By Sebastian Mwanza - The Star • A recent census by Elephants Without Borders showed that Botswana hosts the biggest number of African Savanna elephants, with about 130,000 herds. • Studies have shown that only three to five per cent of the income from such hunts ends...
By Adrian Frey - Club of Mozambique The announcement on Monday of events celebrating Mozambique’s National Administration of Conservation Areas’ eighth birthday on Saturday, June 1, formed the backdrop for the revelation that Niassa Special Reserve, the country’s...
By Jason Thomas - The ASEAN Post While it has all the hallmarks of transnational organised crime, the illegal wildlife trade continues to be viewed as being outside ‘mainstream crime’. Frequently linked to other forms of serious crime such as fraud, corruption and...
By Chris Phiri, Zambia Reports Chinsali Senior Magistrate Chinkashi Chilingala has sentenced two men of Mpika to five years imprisonment for allegedly being in possession of elephant ivory contrary to the Laws of Zambia. This is in a matter in which Clement Mwila, 31,...
By Mpho Tebele & Emmanuel Koro, The Southern Times The Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states will have to make unavoidable and difficult choices to deal with the escalating controversy surrounding the conservation of their natural resources....
By JASON G. GOLDMAN - National Geographic Elephant poaching is an Africa-wide program, but solving it requires a local approach. SEVERIN HAUENSTEIN HAD a hunch. The biologist from Germany's University of Freiburg suspected that there was a link between the places...
By Adam Vaughan - New Scientist The number of African elephants being slaughtered by poachers annually has more than halved, with the decline linked to waning Chinese demand for illegal ivory. South-east Asia’s burgeoning demand for illegal wildlife trade products saw...
By Gavin du Venage - The National Business Cash-strapped nations in southern Africa want to end a ban on selling ivory and lift restrictions on elephant hunting, a decision that has not gone down well with environmentalists. Global environmental forum the Convention...
By Meilan Solly, Smithsonian.com Botswana, home to the world’s largest African elephant population, has lifted its five-year suspension of elephant hunting, attracting the ire of conservationists while placating those who argue that the land giants, known to kill...
By GCM Rédaction Deux audiences portant sur la criminalité faunique sont attendues pour le 31 mai 2019 dans les Tribunaux de Grande Instance d’Impfondo dans le Département de la Likouala et de Sibiti dans la Lékoumou. A Impfondo, il s’agit de la comparution de sept...