In 2019, the illegal wildlife trade reached staggering levels. Pangolin scales and ivory were being trafficked in massive quantities from Africa to Asia, exposing a network of crime syndicates operating at an industrial scale. The sheer volume of these shipments marked a disturbing milestone, one that revealed the global reach …
Dodoma — The Parliamentary Steering Committee is in an emergency meeting here to discuss the recommendations and the role the legislature can play to support President John Magufuli's resolve to bringing sanity in the mineral sector. The committee, to be chaired by Mr Mussa Azan Zungu (CCM - Ilala), is …
Seven smugglers involved in the illegal ivory trade from Uganda to Singapore have been arrested following an 18-month investigation by African and Asian law enforcement officials, a counter-trafficking organization said. The operation netted a top Kenyan customs officer and shipping agents who facilitated the covert ivory pipeline, highlighting progress in …
Durban - A cross-border African task-force has arrested several key members of an ivory smuggling pipeline that covertly moved tons of elephant tusks from Africa to Asia. Details of the intensive six-week clandestine operation were released in Nairobi on Friday, the culmination of a crackdown by the Lusaka Agreement Task …
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's Sibanye Gold said on Monday that 178 illegal miners have now been arrested at its Cooke operations since the start of a violent wildcat strike last Tuesday. A company source, who declined to be identified because he is not authorised to speak on the record, …
The tiger paces back and forth in its cage, groaning mournfully. A second big cat sleeps soundly in the corner, while a third stares blankly at the bars. Next to this cage is another containing three more tigers, and after that three more cages: a line of small pens, each …
HONG KONG (Reuters) - African rangers detailed harrowing first-hand tales of elephant poaching at a public hearing in Hong Kong on Tuesday, the latest attempt to halt wildlife trafficking through the Chinese-ruled city, as ivory traders defended their business. Hong Kong, at the mouth of China's Pearl River Delta, is …
According to the Chief Fisherman, Nana Enubasa, the water from the estuary used to be fresh and clean and served as a source of drinking water, “but now you cannot drink this water anymore" According to the Chief Fisherman, Nana Enubasa, the water from the estuary used to be fresh …
The sun has set over the scrubby savannah. The moon is full. It is time for Ryan Tate and his men to go to work. In camouflage fatigues, they check their weapons and head to the vehicles. Somewhere beyond the ring of light cast by the campfire, out in the …
HARIDWAR: High drama was witnessed on Sunday at the Matri Sadan ashram whose chief seer Swami Shivanand, had been on fast since May 24 against resumption of mining in the Ganga. A team of district officials and police which reached the ashram in the evening tried to cut the grill …
Zimbabwe has been ranked among the most fragile states in the world - just a few weeks after President Robert Mugabe, 93, insisted that his country was the "most highly developed country in Africa after South Africa," a report shows. Harare - At least Eight illegal miners have been confirmed …
Zaka — The anti-riot police was on Sunday deployed to Panganai Business Centre in Zaka district under Chief Nhema to disperse thousands of illegal gold miners who invaded the area last week. The development comes as villagers reportedly discovered gold deposits, a move which triggered the mass exodus of illegal …
The South African Police Service in Limpopo is still continuing to win the fight against the illegal hunting of protected species, especially on the new trend of hunting the pangolines. In the Alldays Policing area, a 21-year-old man was arrested yesterday in Possession of a Protected Species (Pangolin) at Alldays …
Bhopal: The central bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) admitted a petition filed by former minister and former BJP MLA Kamal Patel regarding illegal mining in Narmada River at Harda and Dewas districts on Thursday here. The tribunal after admitting the petition issued notices to the respondents in the petition. …
On Monday, the Nepalese government set fire to more than 4,000 items of confiscated wildlife parts in an attempt to demonstrate zero tolerance for the illegal wildlife trade. The stockpile included parts from 48 species, including 67 tiger skins, 418 common leopard skins, 354 elephant tails, 15 bear gallbladders, 357 …
Kolhapur: The district forest department will review the mining activities in the district in the next few days. "If we find any illegal mining in the forest area, strict action will be taken against the private owners," said deputy forest conservator Prabhunath Shuka. Bauxite mining is most common in the …
Bhopal: A day after banning extraction of sand through machines in rivers across the state, the Madhya Pradesh government will now sell sand directly in the market in a "transparent manner" and issue quarry licenses to societies and self-help groups run by women and youth. The mining policy will be …
The Defense Minister, Dominic Nitiwul has ordered the Chief of Defence Staff to launch an immediate investigation into alleged reports that some military men are protecting illegal gold mining concessions, especially in the Ashanti region. The revelation was made by the Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu, when …
A day after the ban on mechanised sand mining in all the rivers of the state, heavy earth moving machines were seen digging out sand from Ken river in Chattarpur district on Tuesday. Protesting against this mining, people of Hinota village in the district have been sitting on a dharna …
Windhoek — The Ministry of Environment and Tourism has revealed that they arrested more than 222 suspects for poaching and illegal possession of either rhino horns or elephant tusks in 2016. Minister of Environment and Tourism Pohamba Shifeta made the revelations on Friday during the ministry's belated annual staff meeting, …
GURUGRAM: There has been a 125% increase in the number of illegal mining cases in Gurugram in the past one year, revealed the response to an RTI query. As many as nine cases of illegal mining were reported from different parts of the district in 2016-17, as against four cases …
