By Thobeka Ngema, The Independent Online DURBAN: Two suspects were arrested in the posh Zimbali Eco Estate, on the north coast of KwaZulu-Natal, for dealing in elephant tusks. Hawks spokesperson Captain Simphiwe Mhlongo said on Tuesday Hawks members from Port...
By David Klein, OCCRP The traditional Chinese medicine industry has long been one of the major drivers of poaching and the illegal wildlife trade in Africa, but according to a new report by the Environmental Investigation Agency, its markets are getting closer and...
By Don Pinnock - Daily Maverick Proposals to licence the hunting of 150 elephants, 10 black rhinos and 10 leopards have raised objections from environmental NGOs who slammed the environment department (DFFE) for expecting public comment on the basis of a two-page...
By Mongabay he Côte d’Ivoire government says it will work to pretect its remaining forests, following a national inventory that shows the country’s forest cover has declined to less than 9%.Forests are under pressure from expanding agriculture, including extensive...
By Geoffrey York, Globe & Mail For years, Laure Mekamne was besieged by forest elephants. She banged on steel barrels to drive them away. She lit fires. She moved her vegetable crops to a more easily guarded plot behind her village house. Nothing worked. “Whenever...
By Lenin Ndebele - News24 An aerial survey in a southern African nature reserve will shed light on elephant numbers.$3 million has been set aside for the survey in July 2022.The Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area covers Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia...
By SARAH POLUS - The Hill Authorities in the United States and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) used elephant DNA to bust a multimillion dollar animal trafficking scheme, CNN reported on Wednesday. The arrest of two men last week in Edmonds, Wash., led to...
By Phil Helsel, NBC News Two men from the Democratic Republic of Congo were arrested outside of Seattle last week on charges that they shipped ivory and white rhinoceros horn to the United States and had plans to send more, federal prosecutors said. There is an almost...
By Chansa Kunda - ZNBC Tourism Minister RODNEY SIKUMBA has clarified that the two elephants donated to the State of Qatar are purely a state to state transaction. Mr. SIKUMBA says this is contrary to social media assertions that the animals are an illegal...
By Phares Mutembei, The Standard A destructive Lantana Camara plant has invaded parts of Imenti Forest designated as World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). The invasive plant has now covered large...