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 …
Preparations are underway in Kenya for the inaugural Giants Club conservation summit that will be hosted by the country’s president Uhuru Kenyatta. The international wildlife summit will see several Heads of States, conservation experts, Hollywood figures among others being in attendance. The event will work towards the goal of developing …
Thailand has strengthened the implementation of its National Ivory Action Plan to stop illegal ivory trade, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) disclosed Wednesday. Thailand is stepping up efforts to bring an end to an illegal trade on ivory and ivory products by strengthening the nation's legislations to be in …
After trekking nearly two hours through dense jungle, Brazilian environmental special forces burst into a clearing where the trees had been sawn and a muddy crater dug: an illegal gold mine on indigenous land in the heart of the Amazon. The miners and gold were already gone, scattered by the …
Poaching is one of the greatest threats in the conservation of wildlife, and even patrol rangers' extreme efforts are not enough to completely fend off poachers, especially in very large protected areas. "In most parks, ranger patrols are poorly planned, reactive rather than pro-active, and habitual," said Fei Fang, a …
In the last hundred years, tiger populations across the world have decreased; from a 60,000 population, only 3,200 were left in the wild by 2010. Poaching has been the main reason for this unnerving drop in numbers, as these amazing big cats are killed for their skins, poaching, medicine, or …
Nairobi — The government has expressed commitment in working with all stakeholders to push for a global ban on trade in ivory. The Principal Secretary, State department of Natural Resources, Dr Margaret Mwakima says it will be hard to continue fighting the illegal trade of ivory if some countries are …
Dimension Data, a South African tech firm and networking company Cisco, announced a partnership to save rhinos being poached in the country. The technology deployed by the companies will track vehicles and people entering the reserve that is located near the Kruger National Park. The primary goal of the pilot …
US ambassador to the UN, Samantha Power, hailed the Cameroon ceremony as symbolic of commitment to win war against illegal smuggling of animal products Some 2,000 illegally trafficked elephant tusks and hundreds of finished ivory products erupted in a ball of fire on Tuesday as Cameroonian authorities conducted what was …
Angola on Monday announced a major push against the ivory trade, pledging to close one of the largest domestic ivory markets in the world and implement tougher border and screening controls.The Southern African nation also promised to fulfill its commitments under the UN Environment Programme-hosted Convention on International Trade in …
Experts say it is nextto impossible to implement theparty’s poll promise In its election manifesto, the DMK has promised to open up all kinds of mining in the State in an effort to free the sector from the hold of ‘cartels’, and create job opportunities for two lakh people. While …
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The latest crackdown on illegal logging in Cambodia is "just a game" and big timber traders are winning, says Ouch Leng, a former government official who has spent two decades helping poor villagers fight poaching of precious tropical forests. Leng's tenacious and perilous crusade to …
The provincial prosecutor’s office in the central Mozambican province of Manica, along the border with Zimbabwe, has expressed concern over the increased number of illegal loggers of timber, some of which is protected by law. Speaking in the province on Sunday, the head of the provincial Attorney General’s office, Miguel …
Nairobi — Tanzanian and Kenyan conservationists have partnered with a US-based university to source for DNA material for 200 species of bird and animals highly targeted by poachers for commercial purposes. The partnership between the Kenya Forest Service, Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute, Sokoine University of Agriculture in Tanzania, National Museums …
NAINITAL: Taking note of alleged serious violations of mining guidelines on Gaula river in Kumaon, a team of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) will visit the river for survey in May. NGT had announced a ban on mining in the river a few months ago and prohibited the use of …
Nagpur: The Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court on Tuesday permitted the petitioners to add divisional commissioners of Nagpur and Amravati as respondents in the case alleging illegal sand mining in eastern Vidarbha. A division bench comprising justice Bhushan Gavai and justice Swapna Joshi then adjourned the hearing for two …
Botswana said on Tuesday that it welcomes the decision by the European Union (EU) Parliament to vote for a ban against hunting trophies entering the bloc.The minister of Environment, Tourism and Wildlife Tshekedi Khama said he had not been officially informed of the planned debate in the EU Parliament to …
KLERKSDORP, South Africa - South Africa will decide this month whether to push to end a global ban on buying and selling rhino horn, a move that could unlock a $2 billion (1.40 billion pound) bonanza and determine the fate of a critically endangered species. Rhino horn is prized in …
Gurgaon: An RTI response from the district mining office has revealed that 14 FIRs against illegal mining have been lodged in the last 19 months in the city. According to the response (a copy is with TOI), FIRs have been lodged against individuals, stone crushing firms and drivers of vehicles …
Accused Violated SC Judgment An RTI response from the district mining office has revealed that 14 FIRs against illegal mining have been lodged in the last 19 months in the city. According to the response (a copy is with TOI), FIRs have been lodged against individuals, stone crushing firms and …
The Madras High Court on Thursday ordered notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department to decide on further investigation into illegal granite mining. The First Bench of Chief Justice S.K. Kaul and Justice M.M. Sundresh passed the direction on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) …
