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 …
The president of Congo-Brazzaville has set fire to nearly five tonnes of seized elephant ivory at a summit to draw up the first pan-African strategy on wildlife poaching. Denis Sassou Nguesso held out a long flaming torch to set ablaze the tusks, fuelled by captured illegal timber, then stepped back …
Kenya and Tanzania have signed an agreement on environmental conservation and management of trans-boundary forest resources. In a meeting in Arusha last week, the two countries signed an MoU to strengthen cooperation on management of forests and enhancing the laws on forests. Kenya Forest Service acting CEO Emilio Mugo and …
THE government has been urged to mark afresh all forest boundaries and fence off six blocks of the Mau Forest to stop encroachment and massive destruction. Ogiek Welfare Council national coordinator Joseph Towett yesterday said fencing off Logoman, Likia, Mariashoni, Bararget, Kiptunga and Nesuit forests will reduce further encroachment of …
THE government has said that it needs support from all stakeholders, ranging from public, private and relevant communities, to tackle thorny issues in conservation efforts such as poaching, which has increased over the years. The Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Mr Lazaro Nyalandu, made the remarks over the weekend …
The mining mafia continues to dig into the Sutlej riverbed here as the authorities concerned have failed to tighten the noose around the culprits. The Tribune team today visited the site at Ramsinghwala and found more than 10 tractor-trailers, not bearing any registration number and being filled by a JCB …
Brazzaville — Conference to seek advancement of Africa-wide strategy to tackle illegal trade in wild fauna and flora. African Heads of State, government representatives and experts are gathering at the International Conference on Illegal Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora in Africa where they will develop a common roadmap to …
Illegal sand, gravel mining goes on despite public protests Illegal mining has been continuing unabated in Ropar district despite a hue and cry by the public here. The involvement of huge money, vested interests of a section of local people and political patronage proved stronger than any measure taken up …
The National Green Tribunal has come down heavily on Rajasthan government over the illegal mining of minor minerals in Alwar district and directed it to submit data regarding the same in four weeks. A bench headed by Justice U D Salvi pulled the state over indiscriminate mining activities in Alwar …
A Division Bench of the Hyderabad High Court comprising Justice Dilip Bhosale and Justice A. Ramalingeswara Rao on Wednesday expressed its displeasure at the attitude of the Telangana government in dealing with illegal mining at Mannapur village of Tarrur mandal in Mahabubnagar district. The Bench was dealing with a writ …
Despite ban on mining of stone along the Dikhow river, illegal stone mining is a thriving and lucrative activity in Sivasagar district. Facilitated by corrupt politicians and officials, indiscriminate stone mining has ravaged Dikhow river. Indiscriminate and illegal mining of stone along the Dikhow river has not only led to …
Illegal online trafficking in imperiled wildlife is rampant, and attempted controls are few and largely ineffective. Log on to most any international internet store that deals in wildlife or wildlife parts, and you’ll find a charnel house of endangered and protected species hawked openly or under phony names and in …
An Elephant Trade Information System (ETIS) has been put in place to monitor ivory trade in the Central African Sub-region. Experts in wildlife protection have decried the alarming decrease of elephants population as well as other protected wildlife species in the Central African Sub Region. Meeting in Limbe on April …
THE Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism under, Mr Lazaro Nyalandu, seems to have introduced a new mode of fighting against poaching of the nation's natural resource of wildlife. On Tuesday a national daily reported that five people were nabbed in Morogoro with elephant tusks hidden in a plastic container …
Illegal mining continues in many areas in Haridwar, despite a National Green Tribunal (NGT) order banning such activity. On April 15, the NGT ordered that “no illegal, unauthorised, unscientific mining” should take place in Haridwar “without taking environmental clearance.” Swami Shivanand of the Matri Sadan Ashram is on an indefinite …
Hundreds of activists of civil society movements in the State assembled at Muthalamada village in Chittur taluk in Palakkad district on Sunday in a rare show of solidarity against the mining lobby. Activists representing over 20 civil society movements joined hands with the local community in organising the protest. The …
Haldwani resident Ravishankar Joshi filed a petition on Saturday alleging rampant illegal mining in areas like Jamrani, Amiya and Amritpur by people who had got government land on lease. The court has sought a response in the matter from the state government within four weeks. "As per the law and …
Honduras is the deadliest place for environmental activists with scores of Hondurans killed defending land rights and the environment from mining, dam projects and logging, a campaign group said on Monday. Between 2010 and 2014, 101 activists were murdered in Honduras, the highest rate per capita of any country surveyed …
Thai customs officials have seized four tonnes of ivory worth $6 million, authorities said on Monday, in what the department called the largest bust of its kind in Thailand's history. The elephant tusks were hidden in bags containing dried beans in containers originating from the Democratic Republic of Congo, the …
THE Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism under, Mr Lazaro Nyalandu, seems to have introduced a new mode of fighting against poaching of the nation's natural resource of wildlife. On Tuesday a national daily reported that five people were nabbed in Morogoro with elephant tusks hidden in a plastic container …
India is the fifth largest generator of e-waste in the world revealed this new report released by the United Nations University. India (1.7 Mt) along with Japan (2.2 Mt) and China (6.0 Mt) is amongst the top three Asian nations with the highest e-waste generation in absolute quantities. E-waste, or …
