by Adam Cruise | Nov 9, 2023 | News
By Etta Michael Bisong, EnviroNews Nigeria Nigerian environmental activists have hailed the federal government’s decision to publicly destroy a sizable amount of wildlife products that were seized, such as crocodile skins, pangolin scales, leopard skins, and python...
by Adam Cruise | Jul 14, 2023 | News
By IOL Corruption is the air that wildlife crime breathes; it is one of the key enablers of widespread and large-scale wildlife trafficking and one of the biggest obstacles to effective law enforcement. This is according to the Wildlife Justice Commission’s new report...
by Adam Cruise | Oct 26, 2022 | News
By Aimable Twahirwa, IPS / Africa.com Every morning, Valerie Mukamazimpaka, a businesswoman selling various food products from Rubavu, a district in Northwestern Rwanda, wakes up early morning to cross “Petite Barrière,” one of the busiest border crossings with the...
by Adam Cruise | Oct 15, 2022 | Commentary
By Oluwole Ojewale, Daily Maverick Globally, over 1,000 park rangers have been killed over the last decade. According to the World Wildlife Fund, more than 100 died on the job in Asia and Central Africa in 2018 — nearly half at the hands of poachers. But hundreds more...
by Adam Cruise | Oct 3, 2022 | Commentary
By Rosaleen Duffy – Professor of International Politics, University of Sheffield Thousands of animals and plants are bought and sold each year globally as food, medicine, clothing and furniture – even in the form of musical instruments. Wildlife,...