By David Klein, OCCRP The global maritime shipping industry is being exploited by illegal wildlife traffickers, with some shipping companies not even aware they are being misused, according to a new report jointly published by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the...
UNESCO awards Gabon’s Ivindo park World Heritage status
By France24 Gabon's Ivindo National Park was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site on Wednesday in recognition of the nation's success in defending biodiversity and challenging climate change. The park is the second nature reserve -- after Lope Park in 2007 -- to be...
US: Attorney General Ferguson Secures Criminal Conviction For Illegal Ivory Trafficking
By Seattle Medium On Thursday, Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced that a King County antique business and one of its owners pleaded guilty to trafficking in species threatened with extinction under a voter-approved initiative banning the sale or...
Canada launches consultation on stricter measures for elephant ivory trade
By Cision OTTAWA, ON, July 23, 2021 /CNW/ - Here in Canada and around the world, biodiversity is declining at unprecedented rates. Since 1980, the number of elephants in Africa has fallen from 1,3 million to just over 400,000—a...
Conservationists urge Congo to reverse pay-to-poach decision
By France24 Environmentalists in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday urged the government to reverse a move to tax rather than forbid poaching, saying the move endangered millions in conservation funds. "With this measure to maximise revenues, the Congolese...
Eco-inclusive enterprises awarded for community impact
By The Herald A company in Botswana that trains farmers to use bees to stop elephants destroying their farms, a Zambian business which promotes sustainable bee-farming, and a Malawian start-up which turns leftovers into cooking gas have won the SEED Awards for Climate...
Tanzania plans to conduct aerial survey of stray elephants
By Xinhua A Tanzanian official said on Monday the authorities will conduct an aerial survey to establish the number of stray elephants in villages in the country’s southern districts. Hashim Komba, the commissioner of Nachingwea district in Lindi region, said the plan...
“It Doesn’t Fly with Us”: New campaign sees aviation industry stepping up to protect threatened wildlife
By Michelle Owen, International Airport Review Poaching through a Pandemic Reports of wildlife seizures over the course of 2020 have revealed that, despite restricted travel, traffickers are still taking opportunities to smuggle contraband through the air transport...
UNESCO removes DR Congo park from endangered list
By AFP The Democratic Republic of Congo scored a key heritage victory on Monday as UNESCO removed one of its nature reserves from a list of threatened sites, the UN agency said. UNESCO praised the country’s conservation efforts and the government’s commitment to ban...
Namibia: Elephant killed at Katima Mulilo
By Lugeretzia Kooper, The Namibian The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism had to put down an elephant on Saturday, as it posed a threat to Katima Mulilo's residents. Three elephants were spotted roaming around the Katima Mulilo sport complex on...