by Adam Cruise | Aug 13, 2024 | News
By Oladehinde Oladipo, Business Day A new report by the Wild Africa Fund revealed a catastrophic decline in Nigeria’s elephant population. Over the past three decades, the country has lost 73 per cent of its elephants, leaving a mere 300 to 400 individuals remaining....
by Adam Cruise | Aug 12, 2024 | News
By Dr Adam Cruise – The Bateleurs The wave of elephant poaching over the past two decades appears to have substantially subsided while prices of ivory have collapsed, but there remain serious threats to some elephant populations. We honour World Elephant Day...
by Adam Cruise | Aug 12, 2024 | Commentary
By Dr Adam Cruise – AllAfrica An aerial survey has revealed a dramatic increase in elephant poaching in northern Botswana, with little official concern about reports of the poaching. There has been a sharp spike in elephant poaching in northern Botswana....
by Adam Cruise | Aug 8, 2024 | Studies
By Lauren Quinn, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Phys.org Elephant conservation is a major priority in southern Africa, but habitat loss and urbanization mean the far-ranging pachyderms are...
by Adam Cruise | Aug 8, 2024 | News
By Temwani Mgunda, Dialogue Earth Tackling nature crime in Africa – and globally – is a major challenge. A big factor is that many of these are cross-border crimes, which need the kind of international cooperation and information sharing that is scarce. The Nature...
