· October, 2012

Stories about Sao Tome and Principe from October, 2012

São Tomé & Príncipe: Deforestation Threatens Biodiversity

  13 October 2012

São Tomé and Príncipe, like other islands in the Gulf of Guinea, is one of the countries on the West African coast that stands out when the issue at hand is biodiversity. However, large areas of its unique forests are disappearing to make way for monocultures for the production of biofuel.