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 US hunter who paid $350,000 (£225,000) to kill a black rhino in Namibia has successfully shot the animal, saying his actions would help protect the critically endangered species. Corey Knowlton, from Texas, downed the rhino with a high-powered rifle after a three-day hunt through the bush with government officials …
In the Texas grassland, home to white-tailed deer and rattlesnakes, outdoorsman Charly Seale sees a vast sanctuary of open spaces that could be used to protect the wild African rhino from its biggest enemy - poachers in search of the animals' valuable horns. Seale is part of an ambitious project …
As Cambodia’s tree cover recedes due to legal and illegal logging, people who live off the forests gathered in Phnom Penh on Tuesday to brainstorm ways to improve the fledgling green economy and increase the chances of preserving their local environments. The forum organized by the Non-Timber Forest Products Exchange …
The Uttarakhand high court (HC) on Monday ordered a curb on all mining activities in a 10-km radius of the Rajaji National Park (RNP). The order comes in the wake of a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by a Haridwar resident, Mohammed Dilshad who alleged that mining activities were rampant …
Taking a strong view of the State Government's declaration on rampant illegal mining, the Jharkhand High Court directed it to immediately close all the illegal mines and crushers being operative in Jharkhand. The court, while hearing a PIL initiated suo motu, also asked the Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board to …
In an effort to curb an upsurge in wildlife crimes, Minister of Environment and Tourism Pohamba Shifeta says no private guns would be allowed into national parks following a series of illegal poaching of rhinos and elephants. Not all carcasses of rhinos and elephants that have been found since the …
The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT) and Lewa Wildlife Conservancy have embarked on a relocation programme that will see the critically endangered black rhino reintroduced to Samburu ranges 25 years since the last individual was poached in the area. At least 20 preselected rhinos will be moved …
BUCHAREST, Romania — Romania's president says a new law allowing the logging of small woods could lead to "uncontrolled deforestation" in the country, posing a national security threat. President Klaus Iohannis said Monday that the proposed legislation could lead to the logging of as much as a million hectares. Romania …
Canada and the Philippines are reportedly close to a solution to the vexed issue of hazardous waste containers shipped to Philippines. There are about 50 container vans of household trash illegally shipped to the Philippines from Canada in 2013 with no solution in sight regarding its disposal. According to Canadian …
DUBAI // Emirates airline has banned hunting trophies of elephants, rhinos, tigers and lions from all its aircraft. The airline already has a ban on products and parts of endangered animals and plants listed under appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites). The new policy, …
Mozambican police have seized nearly 1.3 metric tons (1.4 tons) of ivory and rhino horns, obtained from the illegal slaughter of 65 rhinos and 170 elephants, in a house belonging to a Chinese national. Mozambique is a major source of poachers willing to cross the porous border with South Africa …
Global aviation giant, Emirates Airlines, has sent shock-waves through the South African hunting industry after it became the second major airline to place an embargo on the transport of elephant, rhino, lion and tiger hunting trophies in less than a month. The embargo becomes effective on Friday 15 May, a …
Abuja — The Federal Government, yesterday, announced the outbreak of lead poisioning in some villages in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, which has claimed 28 lives. Minister of State for Health, Fiddles Nwankwo, who briefed newsmen over the incident in Abuja yesterday, noted that most of those affected …
Peeved over receiving flak for its perceived failure to check increasing volume of illegal mining activities, the State Government might decide to hand over the mining sector to the private sector, said the Finance Minister, Indira Hridayesh, here on Thursday. The mining sector is one of the primary sources of …
Rampant felling of deodar trees is going on in McLeodganj and Dharamkot tourist areas of Dharamsala. Trees are being felled for the construction of hotels and other commercial complexes, most of which are illegal. The Tribune team surveyed the area in McLeodganj where rampant felling of deodar trees had been …
IN a desperate bid to track down elusive poachers, the Ministry of Environment and Tourism has increased the reward money of whistle-blowers on poaching from N$30 000 to N$60 000. Tourism minister Pohamba Shifeta said government would rely on anyone who has information on poaching incidences to come forward as …
Unable to curb wanton illegal sand mining, state government has initiated a move to denotify parts of Chambal and Son gharial sanctuaries in Morena and Sidhi districts, respectively. A proposal is likely to be put up before state wildlife advisory board in its next meeting to consider the same. But, …
With poaching at an all-time high, two conservation groups are trying to move 6% of South Africa’s white rhinos to a comparable climate in the US Flying a thousand white rhinos from South Africa to south Texas sounds like something out of a bad Disney movie. But the proposal to …
Kruger National Park remains the hardest hit when it comes to rhino poaching - losing 290 animals of the 393 killed in South Africa by April, Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa said at a briefing on Sunday. While figures for the rest of South Africa show either a decrease or …
Colombia's armed forces have arrested 59 people in a major crackdown on illegal mining in the Amazon. Defence Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon said they had dismantled an illegal financing network used by the Farc guerrilla group. He said 63 sites near the border with Brazil and Venezuela - where gold, …
