By Dr Adam Cruise - Stellenbosch University, South Africa Today is World Elephant Day, a day the world celebrates the majestic giants of Africa and Asia. Sadly, however, there is not much to cheer about. Poaching for elephant tusks, mysterious die-offs that nobody...
By Linus Hiscox, studying MSc Global Biodiversity Health and Conservation at the University of Bristol and DSWF Programmes and Policy Intern In 2007, a University of Hong Kong study warned that the presence of a “large reservoir of SARS-CoV-like viruses” in horseshoe...
By Ufrieda Ho - Maverick Citizen Wild spaces keep shrinking and humans’ gluttony and greed tip the scales against the creatures we share this planet with. It can feel like pushing elephants up a hill, but Michelle Henley is up to the task. Everyone’s got an opinion,...
By Christina Russo - Tenderley I do not have coronavirus. But I have been living in isolation. For 633 days. In October 2018, I had an elective gynecological surgery called a laparoscopic myomectomy — a benign mass removed from my uterus. There was no indication that...
By Center for Biological Diversity and Natural Resources Defence Council (NRDC) If we want to avoid future pandemics, we must fundamentally change our relationship with wildlife and nature. The COVID-19 pandemic’s devastating global impact is demonstrating that policy...
John E Scanlon, special envoy for African Parks and former secretary-general of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, speaks to the FT's Vanessa Kortekaas about how conservation efforts have been affected by the Covid-19...
By Dr Adam Cruise – Stellenbosch University, South Africa The successful conservation of wild species, as well as providing global human well-being, comes down to just a single notion: we need to re-create and expand the space on this planet for natural biodiversity...
By Dr Tempe Adams - Research coordinator for Botswana-based wildlife NGO Elephants Without Borders (EWB) Conservationists and rural farmers in Africa are constantly trying to find new ways to help protect farms from elephants that like to eat crops. In Botswana, the...
By Dr Pieter Kat - Director, LionAid Back some time ago, there were reports that a number of elephant carcasses had been found, most in the smallish concession area NG11 in the Okavango region. Then the number of carcasses began to escalate, and escalate, and go...
By Dr Adam Cruise - University of Stellenbosch, South Africa Elephant poaching throughout Africa is not declining. This is according to the latest scientific analysis by Elephants Without Borders (EWB) in collaboration with researchers at the University of Washington...