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India: No quid pro quo with Namibia on cheetahs: Govt on ivory trade

India: No quid pro quo with Namibia on cheetahs: Govt on ivory trade

by Adam Cruise | Dec 24, 2022 | News, Related articles

By The Times of India NEW DELHI: The government on Thursday informed Rajya Sabha that 12-14 cheetahs are likely to be brought from South Africa and or other African countries during the next five years in the country, and there was no agreement with Namibia on their...

Kenya’s proposal to establish a separate fund for non-commercial disposal of ivory stockpiles shot down

Kenya’s proposal to establish a separate fund for non-commercial disposal of ivory stockpiles shot down

by Adam Cruise | Dec 2, 2022 | CITES CoP19, News, Related articles

By Patrick Amimo, The Standard Kenya's proposal to have elephant range States financed upon non-commercial destruction of ivory stockpiles was shot down. The country along with South Africa's proposals was rejected at the just concluded Convention on International...

CITES spurns Zim’s request to sell ivory

CITES spurns Zim’s request to sell ivory

by Adam Cruise | Nov 27, 2022 | CITES CoP19, News, Related articles

By Tatira Zwinoira, Zimbabwe Independent The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites) secretariat has thrown out Zimbabwe’s request to sell its ivory stockpile. Between 1979 and 1989, the number of African elephants...

Poaching on the rise, but CITES COP19 downgrades status of southern white rhino

Poaching on the rise, but CITES COP19 downgrades status of southern white rhino

by Adam Cruise | Nov 27, 2022 | CITES CoP19, News, Related articles

Himanshu Nitnaware, Down to Earth  In a major setback to rhino conservation in Africa, the proposal to downgrade the status of southern white rhino from Appendix I to Appendix II was accepted at the 19th Conference of Parties (COP19). The COP19, organised by...

CITES COP19: Stopping ivory from leaking onto illegal market

CITES COP19: Stopping ivory from leaking onto illegal market

by Adam Cruise | Nov 27, 2022 | CITES CoP19, News, Related articles

By EnviroNews Nigeria The Elephant Protection Initiative Foundation (EPIF) highlighted its pioneering work across Africa in securing stockpiles of ivory and other wildlife products at the 19th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP19) to the Convention of...

India’s U-turn on decades of strong anti-ivory advocacy alarms conservationists

India’s U-turn on decades of strong anti-ivory advocacy alarms conservationists

by Adam Cruise | Nov 27, 2022 | CITES CoP19, News, Related articles

By Namita Singh, The Independent  An unprecedented decision by India to abstain from a recent vote to re-open the commercial sale of African elephant tusks has alarmed experts who fear that any change in the country’s decades-old anti-ivory advocacy will lead to a...

Export of live elephants from Africa halted

Export of live elephants from Africa halted

by Adam Cruise | Nov 26, 2022 | CITES CoP19, News, Related articles

By Gilbert Koerch - The Star •Wildlife Research and Training Institute head Dr Patrick Omondi who is attending the Conference said Kenya supported the move. •Kenya, famous for its wildlife, including its elephant population which is growing, is a member of the...

New protections for sharks, songbirds, frogs and more at CITES trade summit

New protections for sharks, songbirds, frogs and more at CITES trade summit

by Adam Cruise | Nov 26, 2022 | CITES CoP19, News, Related articles

By Elizabeth Claire Alberts - Mongabay The 19th meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES, known as CoP19, ended Nov. 25 in Panama, after two weeks of negotiations.Member states agreed on new trade...

EU moves get praise from telling factions at wildlife conference

by Adam Cruise | Nov 25, 2022 | CITES CoP19, Commentary, Related articles

By Tracy Keeling - The Canary The European Union has come under fire from wildlife charities, among others, for some of its actions at the World Wildlife Conference. Not everyone is displeased with the trade bloc, however. According to attendees of a meeting at the...

CITES places temporary ban on the export of live elephants from African countries

CITES places temporary ban on the export of live elephants from African countries

by Adam Cruise | Nov 25, 2022 | CITES CoP19, News, Related articles

By Lenin Ndebele, News 24 he ongoing Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites), in Panama, placed a temporary ban on live elephant exports from Africa and shut the door on the ivory trade. The brief ban has compromised...

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