By Boris Ngounou, Afrik 21 The partial Gourma Elephant Reserve in eastern Mali will be raised to the status of a biosphere reserve. It is the subject of a bill adopted on May 27, 2020 by the Council of Ministers. Objective: to preserve and rehabilitate the habitat of...
Fiona Timms, Out-Law.com Owners of cultural objects retain some scope to commercialise the intellectual property (IP) rights they own in ivory treasures despite a recent ruling by the Court of Appeal in London. Antique dealers and collectors should, however, review...
By AFP/Daily Express BOMA: The light plane banked sharply to circle back over the plains. The pilot had spotted something below: antelope, first one, then many, the stragglers of a million-strong migration across this vast wilderness.But there are other wonders...
By Robin R. Ganzert, PhD - International Business Times The coronavirus pandemic has demonstrated, more clearly than ever before, the vitality of responsible ecotourism in maintaining and preserving our world's magnificent biodiversity.Since the onset of the...
By Antony Sguazzin, Bloomberg Anthrax and poisoning have been ruled out as the cause of a risingnumber of unexplained elephant deaths in Botswana, the country withthe world’s biggest population of the animals. Wildlife authorities have now discovered 110 carcasses in...
By JOSH SAUNDERS - Daily Express SOUTH AFRICA is deliberating over a radical review of their Meat Safety Act that wildlife activists fear could "pave the way" for elephants, rhinos, giraffes and every animal listed for human consumption. The South African government...
By Abednego Asante Asiedu, My Joy Online Four people have been arrested by police for their involvement in the brutal killing of an elephant at Vamboi in the Sissala East District of the Upper West Region. The suspects, who are believed to be hunters, reportedly...
By AllAfrica The Cabo Delgado provincial court in northern Mozambique has sentenced two poachers to six years imprisonment for hunting in the Quirimbas National Park, according to a Thursday report by the independent television station, STV. The two men are peasants...
By ALBERTINA NAKALE - New Era Fishermen on a fishing expedition stumbled upon a bag containing four elephant tusks hidden in shallow waters between Ondangwa and Ongwediva over the long Africa Day weekend.A group of village boys between Opoto and Shipepe locations near...
By Muzi Zincume - Zululand Observer VIGILANT Mtubatuba police officers arrested two suspects in Khula Village, near St Lucia, for being in possession of elephant tusks. Conducting a routine patrol, police spotted two men walking along the R618 past the Manukelana...