By Professor Lee White - The Guardian African elephant recognised as two separate species – both endangered This critically endangered ‘gardener’ of the forest has been ‘red listed’ independent of its famous savanna relative for the first time. It’s time to take its...
By Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime - In Mail & Guardian evelopments in two major ivory trafficking cases in Tanzania are not what conservationists might have hoped for. The conviction of Boniface Mathew Malyango, known as “Shetani Hana...
By Edwin Tambara For wild animals in Africa on the verge of extinction and the tight knit communities who protect them, COVID-19 is a specter, disrupting a delicate balancing act of survival for both humans and endangered species. African officials and...
By Susan Canney - Open Access Government What does it take for humans and elephants to live together? This was the question that has guided nearly 18 years of research and local engagement in the Gourma region of central Mali The article begins with a section on...
By Stephen Tsoroti - New Zimbabwe The rickety yellow Toyota van screeched to a stop. The driver, Collen Sibanda, a dread-locked, soft spoken man in his mid-thirties, announced, "Gentleman and Lady, this is it. My vehicle cannot go beyond the river." The expansive...
By Dr. Fikrejesus Amahazion - Ministry of Information, Eritrea Every year, on a number of different days across the calendar, the international community comes together to observe international days. As declared by the United Nations (UN), international days are...
By Kitty Block - The Humane Society of the United States A federal court in New York has rejected a challenge by trade groups to the state’s landmark ban on elephant ivory and rhino horn sales. The ruling is not just a win for these beleaguered animals, whose numbers...
By PHIL MISTRY - PetaPixel Photographer Chris Fallows grew up in South Africa and has been exposed to wildlife since he was taken on a safari at age two. His father was an amateur wildlife photographer and introduced him to the hobby in his teens.Fallows...
By John Grobler A reply to Gail Thomson The Story Behind the Namibian Elephant Auction Gail Thomson of Conservation Namibia's article ("The story behind the elephant auction") that seeks to justify the capture of the last free-roaming elephant herds outside the...
By Enrico Di Minin, Anna Haukka, Anna Hausmann, Christoph Fink, Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Gonzalo Cortés-Capano, Hayley Clements & Ricardo A. Correia - The Conversation In sub-Saharan Africa, almost 1,400,000 km² of land spread across many countries — from...