By Constant Munda, NTV The US wants Kenya to tighten rules on environmental protection and conserving natural resources as negotiations for a new trade deal between the two nations intensify. In the latest third set of proposed texts in the targeted trade deal, the US...
By Gilbert Koech,The Star Five elephants have been killed within the Enduimet Wildlife Management Area of Tanzania by trophy hunters in the last eight months. This is according to the conservation organisation Big Life Foundation. The foundation said the killing...
By the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Rangers from across the Southern African region have now established a new community of practice for monitoring and reporting on elephant mortality. Accurate and consistent...
By Xinhua News Ghana A Tanzanian cabinet minister said on Friday that 23 elephants were among 113 wild animals killed by wildlife authorities in the 2023/2024 financial year to control human-wildlife conflicts. Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism Angellah...
By Anayo Ezugwu, New Telegraph Ahead of World Ranger Day on July 31, senior game rangers confront the daily dangers and challenges they face in their efforts to conserve and protect the remaining elephants, lions and other wildlife in Nigeria from poachers and other...
Julius Alagbe, Market Forces In a landmark joint operation, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), supported by the Wildlife Justice Commission has successfully arrested two major wildlife traffickers in Nigeria. These arrests are linked to the significant seizure of 1.58...
By EricJames Ochigbo, EnviroNews Nigeria A bill for an act to provide for the Conservation and Management of Nigeria’s Wildlife on Thursday, May 16, 2024, scaled second reading in the House of Representatives. This followed the presentation of the general principles...
By Amos Kiarie, The Standard Amid growing concerns of human-wildlife conflict along the wildlife corridor in the Amboseli, conservancies are advocating for a shift from agriculture to livestock, to safeguard the long-term survival of the Amboseli elephants. This...
By Phoebe Weston - The Guardian More than 4,000 species around the world are being targeted by wildlife traffickers, causing “untold harm upon nature”, a UN report has warned. Wildlife crime is driven by demand for medicine, pets, bushmeat, ornamental plants and...
By EnviroNews Nigeria The EPI Foundation, the secretariat to the 24 African member states of the Elephant Protection Initiative (EPI), has expressed its strong opposition to the reopening of domestic ivory markets, as proposed in the Republic of South Africa’s Draft...