By Julius Bizimungu, New Times Private companies seeking to venture into wildlife conservation for commercial gain will now be allowed to do so, thanks to a new law that governs biological diversity and wildlife in Rwanda, whose draft was approved by the cabinet last...
By Associated Press PARIS - France's environment minister has announced a gradual ban on using wild animals in traveling circuses, on keeping dolphins and killer whales in captivity in marine parks and on raising mink on fur farms. Barbara Pompili, France's minister...
By FARAI MUTSAKA, Associated Press HARARE, ZIMBABWE — Parks authorities in Zimbabwe said Monday that the recent deaths of elephants have been caused by a bacterial disease that has previously affected elephants in Asia and other animals in southern Africa,...
By New Business Ethiopia The new documentary film “Ethiopia’s Elephant Crisis,” by award-winning American journalist and filmmaker Antoine Lindley, brings to the forefront the challenges that Ethiopia faces in wildlife conservation, especially its efforts to save its...
By Mpho Tebele, The Southern Times GABORONE: As Botswana authorities this week announced that cyanobacteria was the cause of mysterious death of 330 elephants, their counterparts in Zimbabwe say preliminary investigations show that there is no link between the deaths...
By Langton Nyakwenda - Sunday Mail TWO more elephants were found dead in Victoria Falls last Friday, bringing to 27 the number of jumbo deaths in Zimbabwe in the last two months. The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) suspects the deaths were...
By Chrissy Sexton - Earth.com Researchers at the University of Stirling have led an international study to investigate how climate change has impacted Central Africa’s rainforests, as well as the unique elephants that dwell in them. The study revealed...
By The Dispatch RUBIRIZI, UGANDA: Jovita Kyomugisha, a community wildlife conservationist grew up knowing that elephants only provide revenue from tourists. However, when Kyomugisha went to Magambo sub county in Rubirizi district, some elders told her that elephant...
By Tatiana Rokou - Travel Daily News Luxury Botswana safari operator Desert & Delta Safaris have devised an exciting initiative called the CARES Movement. The initiative enables guests to book a safari at 2020 rates that they can take up to the 31st...
By Brian Benza - Reuters Cyanobacteria are microscopic organisms common in water and sometimes found in soil. Not all produce toxins but scientists say toxic ones are occurring more frequently as climate change drives up global temperatures. Cyril Taolo, deputy...