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...
By Abhijit Mohanty - Down to Earth More than 630 flora and fauna species in Cameroon are listed as threatened on the IUCN Red List. Cameroon ranks fifth for fauna diversity and fourth for flora in Africa. But mushrooming bushmeat and international wildlife trade has...
By Gail Thomson - Conservation Namibia The recent decision by the Namibian government to sell 170 elephants has been met with public outcries, media articles full of unsubstantiated accusations and considerable confusion. In order to judge why this decision was taken...
By Steve Galster - The Independent The Independent’s Stop the Illegal Wildlife Trade campaign illuminates a criminal underworld that’s as dirty and dangerous as it gets. The slaughter, corruption, and profits of wildlife crime are staggering...
By Dr Adam Cruise The established reaction to widespread ecosystem destruction and species extinction is dominated by the notion of sustainable utilisation of the natural world. This is an influential Western-based paradigm in that preservation of ecosystems and wild...
By Colonel-Major Bourama Niagate (retired) In Africa, and particularly in Mali, elephants have always been of fundamental cultural and traditional importance. The protection of this majestic pachyderm is therefore not new: the Malian population has been taking...