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 …
Forests the size of a football field were illegally cleared every two minutes between 2000 and 2012 to supply European consumers with beef, soy beans, leather and palm oil, a campaign group said on Tuesday. The European Union (EU) imports 25 percent of all soy produced on illegally cleared tropical …
Judgement of the High Court of Orissa in the matter of Shiba Prasad Sahu Vs Authorised Officer-Cum-A.C.F., Boudh Division, Boudh regarding confiscation of the Applicant's truck carrying Sal Leaves plates by forest officials in Boudh. Consequent upon which, the forest officials initiated a confiscation proceeding against the petitioner under the …
ILLEGAL harvesting and transporting of forest products is continuing with more than two hundred fines issued during the 2012/13 and 2013/14 financial years, despite several intensified patrols and awareness campaigns conducted in the country. The annual report of the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry for the period 2013/14 that …
A fresh report on the status of Tanzania's wildlife sector cited corruption as one of the reasons behind the increasing incidents of wildlife poaching in the East African nation. The 82-page report, which was released here on Monday, came after a study carried out by the Arusha NGO Network (ANGONET) …
Navi Mumbai: An environmentalist, Sumaira Abdulali of Awaaz Foundation, has written a letter to the state government slamming the condition of the Western Ghats. In the letter to the chief minister's office and the chief secretary, she states that Parsik Hill, which is part of the Sahayadri hills, is being …
NAIROBI - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday set ablaze 15 tonnes of contraband ivory and vowed to intensify the ongoing war against wildlife crimes in the country. Kenyatta burnt the ivory stockpile in the presence of dignitaries from government, foreign missions and conservation groups during the occasion to mark …
Wildlife crime worth as much as $10 billion annually threatens the existence of mammals, birds and trees ranging from rhinos to Spix’s macaws and rosewood, the United Nations said. “Wildlife and forest crime is one of the fastly growing forms of transnational crime,” Yury Fedotov, executive director of the United …
China’s booming e-commerce websites have carried thousands of advertisements for illegal wildlife products including ivory, rhino horn and tiger bone, a wildlife trade monitoring network said on Tuesday. More than half of such products offered online in recent months are ivory, the British group Traffic found in a survey of …
(Reuters) - Kenya burnt 15 tonnes of ivory on Tuesday and promised to destroy all of its stockpile this year, the latest step in its campaign against elephant poaching. Poaching has surged in the last few years across sub-Saharan Africa, where gangs kill elephants and rhinos to feed Asian demand …
According to highly-placed sources in the environment ministry, the increase in wildlife crime involving lesser-known species will now be tracked by Interpol, jointly with the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), the wildlife intelligence arm of the ministry. Among the major species whose poaching and illegal trade in the international market …
It is a quiet hamlet of about 100 houses along a muddy, serpentine lane in the remotest corner of Greater Noida. Nearby is an expansive dump yard of grey riverbed sand, with concrete skeletons of under-construction apartment towers looming in the background. Welcome to Kondli — Greater Noida's village of …
Green cover shrinks as corrupt foresters join hands with timber mafia The forest cover in Assam is under threat as timber smuggling at the behest of a section of corrupt forest officials and guards, continues unabated in different parts of the State. The illegal trade has flourished despite a Supreme …
In order to check illegal mining in different parts of the state, the government on Thursday decided to formulate a scientific policy in the next two weeks. The decision to this effect was taken at a high-level meeting of top officials from different government departments in the state capital. Briefing …
China will impose a one-year ban on the importation of carved ivory items acquired after July 1, 1975. The ban, which took effect on Thursday, was announced by the State Forestry Administration, China's wildlife watchdog. It only affects ivory acquired after the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of …
Government officials from Nepal, India and Bhutan have agreed to develop a regional cooperation framework for conservation and development of Kanchanjunga Landscape, an area that spreads across parts of these countries. Concluding the third regional strategic consultative meeting held in Kathmandu from February 23-24, the officials discussed the one and …
A new report has traced the Chinese markets where raw tusks from elephants killed in Africa are turned into statues and other traditional carvings. China maintains a legal ivory market, but this is clearly overwhelmed by illegal ivory markets spattered across big cities like Beijing and Shanghai. "Law enforcement has …
With rhino populations dwindling due to illegal hunting for their horns, poachers have now begun targeting vulnerable baby rhinos instead. In 2014, a record 1,215 rhinos died from poaching - a 21 percent increase from the previous record high set the year before. As a result, several rhino subspecies are …
THREE people were confirmed dead and six others are sick from poisoning in an illegal gold mining operation in Henan Province, local authorities said today. The Songxian County government sent rescuers to a deserted mine on Saturday after receiving tips from the public about the mining operation. According to a …
The High Court yesterday directed the government to submit a report on the status of Sakhipur reserve forest area in Tangail in next two weeks. The court formed a three-member probe committee with the deputy commissioner of Tangail as head, superintendent of police of Tangail and assistant conservator of the …
