Devdiscourse The lead implementer of this project is British NGO Stop Ivory in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and the Attorney General's Office of Angola. Directors, administrators and consultants from the Ministry of Environment and prosecutors...
Rodney Muhumuza, The Republic Ugandan authorities have seized 750 pieces of ivory and thousands of pangolin scales being smuggled from neighboring South Sudan, the revenue agency said Thursday, in one of the largest seizures of wildlife contraband in the East African...
Viet Nam News Customs agents in the northern city of Hải Phòng discovered nearly 1.4 tonnes of pangolin scales and 20 elephant tusks weighing more than 100kg hidden inside a container shipped from Nigeria. The 20-foot container arrived at Lạch Huyện port in Hải Phòng...
Rachel Nuwer, The BBC A low rumble reverberates from a rainforest clearing in the Central African Republic. Occasionally, piercing roars and haunting wails emanate from among the trees. These are the calls of forest elephants that inhabit this tropical...
Insight & Opinion, The South China Morning Post. Hong Kong appears to be doing a good job in honouring its obligation as a signatory to the international treaty of wildlife protection, as reflected in the regular seizures of imported endangered animals and their...
Amanda Watson, The Citizen The project is in response to increasing numbers of incursions into the park. There was a morbid beauty in the graceful gliding of the dozens upon dozens of carrion-eating birds swirling above the distended carcass of an elephant in the...
By Mara W. Elliott, San Diego Downtown News. Known for their keen intelligence, immense strength, and devotion to their young, elephants are unique and fascinating animals. Like other keystone species, they play a significant role in sustaining the ecosystems in which...
By Colby Hamilton, The New York Law Journal. An attempt to invalidate a New York State law that all but bans the sale of ivory in the state hit a major hurdle Friday, after U.S. District Judge Lorna Schofield of the Southern District of New York dismissed the...
By Hillary Clinton & John Kasich, Opinions / The Washington Post Voters sent a message in November by splitting government control between Democrats and Republicans: They want people of different backgrounds to come together and solve our problems. This applies to...
By Alok Gupta. Several African countries are defying global wildlife conservation efforts and collectively asking for an easing of international ivory trade regulations, triggering fears of large-scale poaching of elephants. In a proposal submitted early this...