by Adam Cruise | Feb 3, 2019 | Commentary
By Dr. Katarzyna Nowak and Dr. Keith Lindsay. Four southern African countries – Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe – often call attention to their thriving national elephant populations compared to other African nations. These countries have used this...
by Adam Cruise | Feb 1, 2019 | News
Devdiscourse The lead implementer of this project is British NGO Stop Ivory in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and the Attorney General’s Office of Angola. Directors, administrators and consultants from the Ministry of Environment and...
by Adam Cruise | Feb 1, 2019 | News
Rodney Muhumuza, The Republic Ugandan authorities have seized 750 pieces of ivory and thousands of pangolin scales being smuggled from neighboring South Sudan, the revenue agency said Thursday, in one of the largest seizures of wildlife contraband in the East African...
by Adam Cruise | Feb 1, 2019 | News
Viet Nam News Customs agents in the northern city of Hải Phòng discovered nearly 1.4 tonnes of pangolin scales and 20 elephant tusks weighing more than 100kg hidden inside a container shipped from Nigeria. The 20-foot container arrived at Lạch Huyện port in Hải Phòng...
by Adam Cruise | Feb 1, 2019 | News
Rachel Nuwer, The BBC A low rumble reverberates from a rainforest clearing in the Central African Republic. Occasionally, piercing roars and haunting wails emanate from among the trees. These are the calls of forest elephants that inhabit this tropical...