Guinea-Bissau News » Biombo News Guinea-Bissau » Biombo » Trade: Research uncovers the illegal trade of pet chimpanzees from Guinea-Bissau
News channel or source: https://phys.org/news/2025-03-uncovers-illegal-pet-chimpanzees-guinea.html
Published on: Monday 24 March 2025
The illegal trade in live chimpanzees in Guinea-Bissau is more widespread than current data indicates, scientists believe, and may be a major factor contributing to the decline of the chimpanzee ...
News Guinea-Bissau » Biombo » Trade: Fighting back against Guinea-Bissau’s illegal chimpanzee trade
News channel or source: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/05/fighting-back-against-guinea-bissaus-illegal-chimpanzee-trade/
Published on: Wednesday 28 May 2025
Guinea-Bissau is home to around 5% of critically endangered western chimpanzees, who face numerous threats including habitat loss, disease and illegal trade. A recent study found numerous chimps held ...
News Guinea-Bissau » Biombo » Trade: Guinea-Bissau: How Cocaine Transformed a Tiny African Nation
News channel or source: https://time.com/archive/7152436/guinea-bissau-how-cocaine-transformed-a-tiny-african-nation/
Published on: Sunday 14 October 2012
Tiny Guinea-Bissau has become a base for cocaine trafficking between Latin America and Europe, and officials seem helpless to stop it One morning in early 2005, the villagers of Biombo found hundreds ...