by Adam Cruise | Jan 9, 2019 | News
By Jane Dalton, The Independent The international body responsible for protecting endangered animals is to consider relaxing restrictions on the ivory trade, prompting fears such a move could trigger a huge rise in elephant poaching.Wildlife experts warned against any...
by Adam Cruise | Jan 2, 2019 | News
by Mongabay.com Over two surveys conducted between November 2016 and June 2017, TRAFFIC’s researchers found more than 10,000 ivory items being offered on sale across 852 physical outlets and 17 online platforms, suggesting an ivory market that has...
by Adam Cruise | Jan 1, 2019 | Reports
An update from the African Elephant Database This is the fifth printed African Elephant Status Report (AESR) produced by the African Elephant Specialist Group (AfESG) of the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC). Like its predecessors, the AESR 2016 is based on data...
by Adam Cruise | Dec 1, 2018 | Reports
BY M. CHASE, S. SCHLOSSBERG, R. SUTCLIFFE, & E. SEONYATSENG EXECUTIVE SUMMARY During the 2018 dry season, a fixed-wing aerial survey of elephants and wildlife was flown over the core conservation areas of northern Botswana as well as surrounding pastoral lands....
by Adam Cruise | Nov 1, 2018 | Documents
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: BIODIVERSITY ACT, 2004 (ACT NO. 10 OF 2004) THE NATIONAL NORMS AND STANDARDS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF ELEPHANTS IN SOUTH AFRICA I, Derek Andre Hanekom, Minister of Environmental Affairs (Acting), hereby under section 9(1), read with...
