by Adam Cruise | Feb 14, 2023 | Documents
Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Barbara Creecy, has published three important regulations for implementation. The regulations include the Revised Regulations Pertaining to Threatened or Protected Terrestrial Species and Freshwater Species (TOPS...
by Adam Cruise | Feb 13, 2023 | News
By Andreas Thomas – The Namibian COMMUNITIES living in conservancies in the Kunene region want the government to review the compensation for losses caused by wild animals. They feel the compensation for human-wildlife conflict losses is too little compared to...
by Adam Cruise | Feb 13, 2023 | News
By Reuters The number of endangered elephants, rhinos and other animals in Uganda’s reserves is steadily improving, reversing years of declines caused by poachers, traffickers and conflict, a state-run wildlife agency said on Thursday. The population of northern...
by Adam Cruise | Feb 10, 2023 | Commentary
By By John Scanlon AO and Jinfeng Zhou – IISD SDG Knowledge Hub Voting under CITES has, overall, been a strength of the Convention, both at CoPs and in its committees, including when considering compliance and implementation issues. Yet there is a sense amongst...
by Adam Cruise | Feb 10, 2023 | Commentary
By MIGUEL ÁNGEL CRIADO – El País Many elephants are now born without the emblematic ivory and goat scurs are getting smaller. Hunting, whether legal or illegal, upsets the natural order because hunting animals with large horns or tusks create an artificial...