J C Suresh, In Depth News (IDN) Stretching from the Gulf of Guinea in the west to the Rift Valley in the east, the Congo basin is the beating heart of African biodiversity. Spanning 530 million hectares across six countries – Cameroon, Central African Republic,...
Mainichi Japan will tighten controls on its internationally maligned ivory market in July, requiring dealers to prove via carbon dating that specimens were legally obtained, the Environment Ministry said Friday. "By shutting down the movement of ivory of unknown...
Zoutnet Three Zimbabwean nationals will have to spend the next couple of months behind bars awaiting their next court appearance in the Louis Trichardt Magistrate's Court. The three, Keswane Simango (28), Florence Baloyi (35) and Phillemon Baloyi, appeared in the...
By Samuel Illingworth - The Poetry of Science Once they roamed across the plains like gods, Their gigantic frames drowning out the sun As they paraded in quiet contemplation. Jealous of their size and serenity We hunted them to the brink of extinction, Turning their...
By Patrick Greenfield - The Guardian Exclusive: body parts of endangered animals among those imported through legal loophole Lion bones, leopard skulls and an ottoman chair’s elephant leather were among the body parts of endangered animals imported into the UK by...
By Simon Perry - People “I’m not prepared to be part of a generation that lets these iconic species disappear and have to explain to our children why we lost this battle when we had the tools to win it,” William writes Prince William is speaking out with an...
By Fiona Sach The increasing human population and global intensification of agriculture have had a major impact on the world’s natural ecosystems. This, as we’ve seen, has had devastating effects for populations of mega-herbivores such as African savanna elephants...
by Mari�tte Le Roux -Agence-France Press Luggard, a lively three-year-old, limps behind the rest of his ragtag troupe of orphan elephants, halting to graze or rub against a tree. When he was just five months old, Luggard was found struggling to keep up with his herd...
Silas Nkala, The Zimbabwe Daily Former Zanu PF Victoria Falls mayor Sifiso Mpofu and two of his alleged accomplices are languishing in remand prison pending a High Court decision on their bail application, which they filed last week. Mpofu and his co-accused were...
By BONIFACE KEAKABETSE - Weekeend Post The letter dated 13 March and signed by 28 different worlds environmental NGOs has apparently been submitted to the Office of the President. The letter was signed by Iris Ho, Senior Specialist, Wildlife Programs and Policy,...