By Robert Zoellick and John Scanlon Ten years ago we founded the International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime. What has been achieved and still needs to be done? We have made progress, but to end these highly destructive crimes and prevent future pandemics, it...
By Gail McCormick - Penn State Preserving wildlife corridors between protected areas could help maintain genetic connections between African elephant populations, researchers report. Their new large-scale study of African elephant genetics in Tanzania reveals the...
By Anna Zangger[i], Adam Cruise[ii], Keith Lindsay[iii], John Duhig[iv] and Rosie Awori[v] The latest Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) report, published on October 29th 2020, warns that “Future...
By Andrew Wight - Forbes When Mavis Nduchwa, a social entrepreneur from Botswana saw farmers struggling to deal with elephants trampling their crops and homes, she saw a golden business opportunity: bee hives could both scare off elephants and restore bee populations....
By Dr Keith Lindsay and Dr Adam Cruise An investigation into the killing of a male elephant calf by his herd at Zurich Zoo earlier this year has falsely concluded that it was a natural occurrence. On August 19, 2020, a young elephant gave birth to her first...
By Dr Adam Cruise On the 18th August this year, three African circus elephants at Szadar Safari Park near Budapest were found unconscious in a trailer used to transport them. Only one survived. The other two, a female and 37-year male both died, possibly from...
By Rosie Awori – Pan African Wildlife Conservation Network World leaders came together on 30th September to express their commitment to maintaining and protecting global biodiversity. At the UN Summit on Biodiversity, 64 political leaders, most speaking...
By Kitty Block and Sara Amundson - Humane Society of the United States The trade in live wild animals and their body parts threatens the survival of so many wildlife species, and it poses serious global security and public health risks. In a one-two punch targeting...
By Frédérique Ries and Arnaud Goessens - The Parliament If the EU is serious about fighting elephant poaching, it must completely close its domestic ivory market and ban all ivory imports and re-exports, argue Frédérique Ries and Arnaud Goessens. By Frédérique...
By Wiebe Van Der Veen, University of Twente / Phys.Org By recognizing the movements of animals in the wild using attached sensors, it may well be possible to detect if poachers are nearby. These animal activity recognition sensors can also help in biodiversity...