With its 1.7 billion square kilometres, an area equivalent to 5 times the size of Germany, the Congo Basin forest is the world's second largest tropical forest.

The Wildlife Conservation Society announced the results of the first-ever evaluation of a large, "landscape-wide" conservation approach to protect globally important populations of elephants and great apes.

Madagascar seeks to increase agricultural production ANTANANARIVO, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- The island country of Madagascar is keen to raise its agricultural production to improvethe living standard of people and boost its agricultural export.