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 …
A Tanzanian government minister described elephant poaching on Thursday as a national disaster, and urged China to curb its appetite for ivory. The east African nation’s elephant population shrank from around 110,000 in 2009 to a little over 43,000 in 2014, a fall of 60 percent, according to a census …
A series of raids conducted across Asia, Africa and Europe resulted in more than 300 arrests and over 600 seizures of assorted wildlife contraband — from several tons of ivory and rhino horns to whale ribs and sea horses, authorities said on Thursday. Law enforcement agencies from 62 countries took …
Scientists may actually be able to trace poaching with the help of a little DNA. Researchers have started to use DNA from tons of ivory samples in order to find out where in Africa ivory is coming from. "Africa is a huge continent, and poaching is occurring everywhere," said Samuel …
THE elephant population in the country has decreased from 136,000 in 2005 to 43,000 this year, a recent census conducted by the African Wildlife Foundation has shown. This 60 per cent decrease in only ten years has been attributed to, among others, poaching and illegal trade in wild animals. According …
Poaching of elephants is now occurring at rates that threaten African populations with extinction. Identifying the number and location of Africa’s major poaching hotspots may assist efforts to end poaching and facilitate recovery of elephant populations. We genetically assign origin to 28 large ivory seizures (≥0.5 tons) made between 1996-2014, …
Raids conducted at 19 locations where greenery was plundered; equipment seized One of the quarries that was raided in Anekal taluk of Bengaluru Urban district on Wednesday. In coordinated raids across Anekal taluk, the Bengaluru Urban district authorities clamped down on illegal quarrying at 19 locations on Wednesday, including one …
Ranchi DC Manoj Kumar on Wednesday held a meeting to review mining activities at coal mines, crushers, balu ghats and brick kilns done illegally. It was decided in the meeting that inspection of leased mines will be done by handing a over list of mines to circle officers and a …
LANDI KOTAL: With the rehabilitation activity gaining momentum in Tirah valley of Khyber Agency, the forests in the picturesque area face serious threat owing to cutting of trees by local residents both for reconstruction of their damaged houses and smuggling the precious timber to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab provinces. A …
Windhoek — The escalation in the poaching of rhinos, elephants and other valuable wild animals in the Etosha National Park and around the country's parks has prompted the Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) to commit itself to join forces in the fight against the illegal hunting of game. With the current …
MADURAI: The Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Wednesday appointed TSR Venkataramana as an advocate commissioner to inspect the alleged illegal sand quarrying activities in the Cauvery river in Trichy district. Justice S Vaidyanathan appointed the advocate commissioner on a petition filed by Musiri-based farmer S Narayanan. In …
China has pledged to end the processing and sale of ivory, a move that – if fulfilled – would be a major victory in the battle to end the slaughter of tens of thousands of African elephants by poachers every year. But it has not said how quickly it will …
Chairperson of the Parliamentary Commitee on Natural Resources and Climate nchange Hon.Werani Chilenga 2nd from left speaking during the Press conference at C O I - Pic by Stanley Makuti Lilongwe, June 9, 2015: The Chairman for Natural Resources and Climate Change Committee, Werani Chilenga has said the committee implemented …
Soldiers and forest officials began felling rubber trees in illegal plantations covering 1,200 rai in Phitsanulok province on Monday. The four rubber plantations razed were encroaching on 1.9 square kilometres of forest reserve around Ban Tor Ruea village in Wang Thong district. About 900 soldiers and forest-protection officers were deployed …
Rwandans have been urged to efficiently use natural resources and protect them with eco-friendly activities. Evode Imena, the minister of state in charge of mining, made the call while addressing residents of Rutsiro District during national celebrations to mark the World Environment Day, on Friday. "The natural resources have been …
Persecution and overexploitation by humans are major causes of species extinctions. Rare species, often confined to small geographic ranges, are usually at highest risk, whereas extinctions of superabundant species with very large ranges are rare. The Yellow-breasted Bunting (Emberiza aureola) used to be one of the most abundant songbirds of …
Matri Sadan Ashram chief Swami Shivanand, who had been fasting against illegal mining on the Ganga riverbed since May 21, ended his protest on Sunday after Chief Minister Harish Rawat assured him that his proposals on the issue will be considered. Swami Shivanand has ended his fast, Mr. Rawat said …
Windhoek — Minister of Environment and Tourism Pohamba Shifeta says government does not have a policy to cage wild animals, which are declared "problematic", hence it allows trophy hunting. Shifeta's remarks come amid outcries from critics, who feel it was wrong timing for government to allow controversial Texan hunter Corey …
Government data shows industrial scale of poaching for ivory as number of elephants in Tanzania drops from 109,051 in 2009 to 43,330 in 2014 Tanzania has emerged as the epicentre of Africa’s elephant poaching crisis after a government census revealed it had lost a “catastrophic” 60% of its elephants in …
Democratic Republic of Congo's biggest logging companies are systematically violating national laws to plunder Congo's forests, undermining efforts to protect the world's second largest rainforest, a campaign group said on Wednesday. London-based Global Witness said in a report that none of Congo's 87 million euros ($97 million) of timber production …
Poachers hunting Africa’s elephants and rhinos are getting tougher, killing the animals at an alarming rate. In their quest to profit from international black markets where ivory and rhino horn can be worth more than cocaine, these armed groups are getting their hands on bigger, more powerful weapons. But so …
