By University of Kent Research from the University of Kent's Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) has found that elephant ivory is still being sold on the online marketplace eBay, despite its 10-year-old policy banning the trade in ivory. The...
By Tracy Keeling - The Canary If 2020 has taught people anything, it’s that our relationship with the rest of the natural world needs to change. We’ve faced a devastating pandemic, most likely thanks to our trading in wildlife. Communities and...
By Graeme Greene - Independent Media Institute Throughout the long, dark, difficult days of the COVID-19 crisis, many hopeful voices have been arguing against us slipping back into business as usual post-lockdown; this wake-up call is a chance for our relationship...
By Rocky Kistner - The Revelator Despite their massive size, African forest elephants remains an elusive species, poorly studied because of their habitat in the dense tropical forests of West Africa and the Congo. But the more we learn about them, the more we know...
By Mary Jo DiLonardo - Treehugger A herd of around 580 African elephants entered Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from neighboring land, causing an unexpected transformation to the park. The elephants have torn through trees and...
By Rosie Awori A call on EU Commissioner Sinkevičius to show global leadership by closing EU’s ivory market In the 1970s, Africa had a population of some 1.3 million elephants. Presently, the number of elephants stands at about 400,000, meaning the population has...
By Tess Joosse - Mongabay Forty years of global conservation research reveals that mammal populations are declining due to hunting in poor countries and within preserved areas, especially in Africa.Large mammals are particularly vulnerable, since their slow growth and...
By KADDU SEBUNYA - The East African The current global pandemic is a clear depiction of our broken relationship with nature. Disparities that for so long were hidden under the hustle and bustle of our daily lives are right in the open for us to see. For the longest...
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...