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CITES spurns Zim’s request to sell ivory

CITES spurns Zim’s request to sell ivory

by Adam Cruise | Nov 27, 2022 | CITES CoP19, News, Related articles

By Tatira Zwinoira, Zimbabwe Independent The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites) secretariat has thrown out Zimbabwe’s request to sell its ivory stockpile. Between 1979 and 1989, the number of African elephants...

Poaching on the rise, but CITES COP19 downgrades status of southern white rhino

Poaching on the rise, but CITES COP19 downgrades status of southern white rhino

by Adam Cruise | Nov 27, 2022 | CITES CoP19, News, Related articles

Himanshu Nitnaware, Down to Earth  In a major setback to rhino conservation in Africa, the proposal to downgrade the status of southern white rhino from Appendix I to Appendix II was accepted at the 19th Conference of Parties (COP19). The COP19, organised by...

CITES COP19: Stopping ivory from leaking onto illegal market

CITES COP19: Stopping ivory from leaking onto illegal market

by Adam Cruise | Nov 27, 2022 | CITES CoP19, News, Related articles

By EnviroNews Nigeria The Elephant Protection Initiative Foundation (EPIF) highlighted its pioneering work across Africa in securing stockpiles of ivory and other wildlife products at the 19th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP19) to the Convention of...

Hunting elephants, rhinos and pangolins for trade may affect climate, says UN paper; here is how

Hunting elephants, rhinos and pangolins for trade may affect climate, says UN paper; here is how

by Adam Cruise | Nov 27, 2022 | News

By Rajat Ghai, Down to Earth  Illegal wildlife trade (IWT), which poses a grave risk to several plant, animal and fungi species globally, should not just be viewed from the lens of conservation. It also has cascading impacts on ecosystem functions and processes that...

India’s U-turn on decades of strong anti-ivory advocacy alarms conservationists

India’s U-turn on decades of strong anti-ivory advocacy alarms conservationists

by Adam Cruise | Nov 27, 2022 | CITES CoP19, News, Related articles

By Namita Singh, The Independent  An unprecedented decision by India to abstain from a recent vote to re-open the commercial sale of African elephant tusks has alarmed experts who fear that any change in the country’s decades-old anti-ivory advocacy will lead to a...

Kenya Loses Another Iconic Elephant Nicknamed ‘Lugard’

Kenya Loses Another Iconic Elephant Nicknamed ‘Lugard’

by Adam Cruise | Nov 26, 2022 | News

By Maureen Njeri, Kenyans.co.ke A male elephant nicknamed Lugard passed away weeks after the death of another iconic female one, Dida.  The iconic elephant died of old age, according to an announcement made by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) on Thursday,...

Export of live elephants from Africa halted

Export of live elephants from Africa halted

by Adam Cruise | Nov 26, 2022 | CITES CoP19, News, Related articles

By Gilbert Koerch - The Star •Wildlife Research and Training Institute head Dr Patrick Omondi who is attending the Conference said Kenya supported the move. •Kenya, famous for its wildlife, including its elephant population which is growing, is a member of the...

New protections for sharks, songbirds, frogs and more at CITES trade summit

New protections for sharks, songbirds, frogs and more at CITES trade summit

by Adam Cruise | Nov 26, 2022 | CITES CoP19, News, Related articles

By Elizabeth Claire Alberts - Mongabay The 19th meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES, known as CoP19, ended Nov. 25 in Panama, after two weeks of negotiations.Member states agreed on new trade...

CITES places temporary ban on the export of live elephants from African countries

CITES places temporary ban on the export of live elephants from African countries

by Adam Cruise | Nov 25, 2022 | CITES CoP19, News, Related articles

By Lenin Ndebele, News 24 he ongoing Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites), in Panama, placed a temporary ban on live elephant exports from Africa and shut the door on the ivory trade. The brief ban has compromised...

Kenyan delegation thwarts bid to reopen ivory trade

Kenyan delegation thwarts bid to reopen ivory trade

by Adam Cruise | Nov 22, 2022 | CITES CoP19, News, Related articles

By Gilbert Koech, The Star A Kenyan delegation to a crucial conservation conference has dashed the hopes of countries keen to reopen the international ivory trade. Various African countries were proposing the reopening of the trade at the ongoing 19th meeting of the...

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