By Judith Verweijen, Fergus O'Leary Simpson, and Peer Schouten, The Conversation The Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) conflict-affected eastern provinces are home to numerous protected areas. These areas host unique biodiversity and a range of threatened species,...
By Timothy Kuiper & Eleanor Jane Milner-Gulland - The Conversation It’s a grim and all too common sight for rangers at some of Africa’s nature reserves: the bullet-riddled carcass of an elephant, its tusks removed by poachers. African elephant populations...
By Daniel Allen - Post Magazine Lions, elephants and other wildlife are thriving in Liwonde National Park, seven years after international managers were hired to engage with local villagersSafari tourism, key to making the park self-sustaining, is up and poaching and...
By United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) It was past midnight when Grandson Kenalemang awoke to an all too familiar sound: the rumbling of an elephant rampaging through his farm. By the time he was outside, banging pots to scare the animal away, it was too late....
By Tamar Ron - Daily Maverick Conservation entails high cost to the local indigenous custodians of ecosystems and wildlife who play a central role in enabling climate nature-based-solutions and resilience. A tax-based joint global responsibility fund is proposed as a...
By Adam Cruise On the 25th November, the Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill, a Private Members Bill supported by the government, successfully passed through the House of Commons. It is currently in the House of Lords and, if ultimately successful, the bill...
By Tim Vernimmen - Mongabay Large animals, especially herbivores such as elephants, are often seen as being destructive of vegetation, so are not thought of as a nature-based climate solution. Scientists are proving otherwise.By removing living and dead plants, large...
By Don Pinnock - Daily Maverick If Africa’s elephants had the choice, as they once had for millions of years, where would they go and why? With telemetry, scientists can answer these questions and propose new routes for conservation. Most of the world’s savannah...
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...
By Adam Cruise & Keith Lindsay PANAMA CITY: During the 19th Conference of the Parties (CoP19) in Panama of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), the plight of African elephants has once again been prominent on the agenda. The 170...