By The New Zimbabwe A Hwange magistrate has accused police and ZimParks rangers of setting a trap on former Victoria Falls Mayor Sifiso Mpofu and his two co-accused to emerge with false allegations of poaching. The ex-mayor, aged 42, Milton Sibindi (47) and Patrick...
By Lisa Monique-Kent - Basement Medicine I didn’t know. I really didn’t know that taking ivory from elephants meant their deaths. I thought that poachers took part of the ivory, but left the animals alive. That’s not exactly better, but at least in my version the...
By Lily Annenberg - News Decoder Poachers trading ivory are threatening Africa’s elephants with extinction. I shot a film showing how dogs are stemming the flow of illegal ivory in Kenya. When I was younger, I dreamed of watching wild elephants roam across the vast...
By Zimbabwe Elephant Foundation - Zim Eye Zimbabwe Elephant Foundation is campaigning for the 32 young elephants that where bundled up in the middle of the night, early hours of October 24 onto an awaiting Saudi Airways Cargo flight from Victoria Falls to...
By IPP Media Environmental crime has become the world's fourth largest crime sector, growing at 2–3 times the rate of the global economy. Interpol and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) estimate that natural resources worth up to US$258 billion are being...
By Ellanie Smit, The Namibian Sun Ten suspects were recently arrested in connection with wildlife crimes and four new cases were registered. Statistics provided by the Intelligence and Investigation Unit in the environment ministry and the Protected Resources Unit in...
By ROBERTA STALEY - Corporate Knights As Africa’s grey giants clash with a growing population in southern Kenya, the Mara Elephant Project goes high-tech Fred is one of the elephants notorious for crop raiding who has been collared by the Mara Elephant Project. Photos...
By Newsday The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) raked in over US$3,2 million in the sale of 101 baby elephants to China and the United Arab Emirates between 2016 and this year. The proceeds have reportedly gone into the capacitation of...
The New York Times MANA POOLS, Zimbabwe — Weak from hunger and thirst, the elephant struggled to reach a pool of water in this African wildlife reserve. But the majestic mammal got stuck in the mud surrounding the sun-baked watering hole, which had dramatically shrunk...
By Ademola Adegbite, The Nigerian Tribune An indigenous oil company, Green Energy International Limited (GEIL) has said it is partnering some biodiversity and environment-focused experts and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to develop a strategy for conservation...