Gabon: Alleged ivory trafficker arrested in Fougamou

By Boris Ngounou, Afrik21 The Gabonese authorities have just arrested an alleged wildlife trafficker. The latter was caught in the act of holding and selling about twenty kilograms of ivory. In Gabon, elephants are protected by the wildlife law in force. A young...

Nigeria: Breaking Yoke Of Illegal Wildlife Trafficking

Nigeria: Breaking Yoke Of Illegal Wildlife Trafficking

By Bayo Akomolafe, New Telegraph Despite huge seizures, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is still battling smugglers from China, Vietnam and some South East Asian countries using Nigerian ports and porous borders as transit hub for the transshipment of pangolin scales...

Manual to stop human-jumbo conflict launched

Manual to stop human-jumbo conflict launched

By Gilbert Koech, The Star A conservation NGO, Save the Elephants, has launched a manual that can be used by communities to protect themselves and their properties from jumbos. The human-elephant toolbox, which was launched during World Elephant Day on Friday, has...

Scottish Startups to Count African Elephants from Space

By Michael Behr, Digit News Glasgow-based startups EOLAS Insight and Omanos Analytics have joined a project to help conservationists count African elephants from space. Working alongside Peace Parks Foundation and supported by funding from the European Space Agency,...

Private road sparks fears for Cameroon’s Ebo Forest

Private road sparks fears for Cameroon’s Ebo Forest

By Amindeh Blaise Atabong - MongaBay Bulldozers have opened around 40 kilometers (25 miles) of dirt road into the heart of the biodiverse Ebo Forest in southwestern Cameroon, raising fears this will accelerate illegal logging and poaching.A group of local politicians...