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 …
VIENTIANE, June 28 (Xinhua) -- Lao government has warned poachers, traders and businesses not to hunt, sell or display prohibited or protected wildlife and aquatic species, including live animals, carcasses, their remains or their organs, local media reported Tuesday. Lao Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Sommad Pholsena issued an …
AHMEDABAD: A team of Ahmedabad rural police's special operations group (SOG) raided a mining site at Gyaspur near the Sabarmati river, late on Thursday night, after reports emerged of illegal sand mining. The team seized vehicles worth Rs 1.36 crore including 3 earth moving machines, 2 dumpers and 12 tractors …
Deforestation is rife in the Amazon, Colombia and the Philippines, say environmental groups British shoppers could be unknowingly buying wooden furniture, flooring and even food items that are byproducts of destructive illegal logging in the Amazon, environmental campaigners are warning. Friends of the Earth is calling on ministers to make …
Bokaro: Fire broke out in an illegal mine Maoist-dominated Tungri Upar area of Gomia block following land subsidence, measuring 2,500 sqm. Earlier fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the fire, but when it did not work out, the administration started filling the land with earthmovers taking help of …
At least 185 environmental activists were killed last year, the highest annual death toll on record and close to a 60% increase on the previous year, according to a UK-based watchdog. Global Witness documented lethal attacks across 16 countries. Brazil was worst hit with 50 deaths, many of them killings …
Depts pass buck as forest goes barren in key jumbo corridor Constant quarrying has rendered the forest in theAnekal range barren. The ecology of the Bannerghatta National Park (BNP) has taken a beating, due to the unabated stone quarrying in the area. Adding insult to injury is the confusion over …
Around 1.7m animal “trophies” have been exported across borders by hunters in the last decade, with at least 200,000 of them endangered species, according to a new report. US hunters are by far the largest killers of trophy animals, including half of all the 11,000 lions shot in the last …
Bhopal: Mining mafia men roughed up forest department staff again in Damoh, on Sunday night. This is second such incident in the district and third in the region over past two months. This month's earlier incident had taken place in Damoh on June 5. After a tip-off on June 12 …
A new report by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and Interpol has highlighted the sophistication and growth of environmental crimes across the world. These crimes range from the illegal trade of wildlife, illegal mining, illegal forestry and fishing. And despite our growing global attention towards conservation, these crimes have …
A huge legal sale of ivory intended to cut elephant poaching instead catastrophically backfired by dramatically increasing elephant deaths, according to new research. The revelation comes just months before a decision on whether to permit another legal sale and against a backdrop of more African elephants being killed for ivory …
Members of Raitha Sangha and other organisations staged a protest in Hassan, demanding a ban on illegal quarrying at Dadadahalli and Bettadahalli in Shravanabelagola hobli, Channarayapatna taluk on Monday. Farmers, labourers and office-bearers of various organisations took out a rally from the Hemavathy statue in the city, up to the …
Rampant illegal mining on the Manawar-Tawi river in the Nowshera area of Rajouri district has destroyed more than 200 kanals of agricultural land. Residents of the Jaba Hanjuna area of Nowshera Pain alleged that the stone-crusher owners were continuously excavating sand and stones from the Manawar-Tawi river in their locality, …
The National Green Tribunal has slammed the Haryana government over illegal sand mining and extraction of minerals on the floodplains of Yamuna in the state and directed it to submit a report on the violations and action it has taken to check them. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice …
South Africa's department of environmental affairs said on Wednesday an on-again-off-again moratorium on domestic trade in rhino horn had been reinstated after it appealed to the top court in the land to render judgment on the thorny issue. The outcome has no bearing on a ban on international trade in …
U.S. agents searched the offices of a California-based wood importer this week as part of a broadening government crackdown on imports of illegally harvested timber, according to a previously unreported federal search warrant seen by Reuters. The Department of Homeland Security agents are probing whether privately held Global Plywood & …
At the end of April, Kenya incinerated 105 tonnes of confiscated elephant ivory, aiming to send a clear signal to the poachers and public alike: killing elephants for their tusks and buying ivory-based products is simply not acceptable. But do such spectacles really help conserve elephants? Or could they, in …
The government has submitted a special request to a United Nations council responsible for controlling illegal wildlife trade, pushing for permanent and immediate ban of ivory business in the world. The Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Prof Jumanne Maghembe, has said here that it was hard for the country …
HANGZHOU -- Thirty-two people in East China's Zhejiang province have been sentenced to up to 13 years in prison for trafficking endangered animals. They were found guilty of trafficking 100 million yuan's ($15.2 million) worth of wildlife, including pangolins, bear claws and salamanders, in 10 provinces and cities, announced the …
Thailand's 'tiger temple' was a front for the commercial exploitation of tiger bones, skins and other parts for the lucrative international trade, writes Simon Evans. It made no contribution to conservation and the animals were subject to extreme cruelty. But while the temple's closure is good news, there are hundreds …
YANGON - Myanmar authorities plan to shut down a notorious border town where exotic animal parts are sold openly, an official said Tuesday, as Southeast Asia struggles to stem a billion-dollar wildlife trade fuelled by Chinese demand. It is part of the "golden triangle," a hotbed of illegal activity, including …
