Apart from poaching and habitat loss, climate change-induced droughts have been threatening the rhino population in Africa, pointed out a new report. On the other hand, climate disruptions in Asia can lead to the deaths of rhinos. Increased precipitation, longer monsoons and seasonal floods are already resulting in stranding, drowning …
Arusha — Tanzania has authorised the use of drones in Tarangire National Park in a hi-tech battle against poachers who threaten the country's multi-billion dollars wildlife tourism industry. Covering an area of 2,600 square kilometers, Tarangire National Park in northern Tanzania, is best known for its large herds of elephants …
The recent forest fires in Uttarakhand torched over 2,000 hectares. In a three-part series, Business Standard looks at the burning issues that need to be resolved An overpowering smell of smoke hangs over Bhimtal, days after most of its forest fires burned out. Although it has been raining here since …
There has been a 30 per cent rise in the tiger population in the country from 2010 to 2014, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. “The third country wide assessment of the status of tigers, co-predators and their prey, using the refined methodology has shown a country wide 30 per …
Nagpur: In a huge victory for the forest department, the Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court on Monday quashed and set aside Amravati sessions court order to suspend sentence of dreaded tiger poacher Bhajan Hotel Dhurve. Bhajan is an expert in killing tigers and operated in forests of Vidarbha. He …
The Kenyan president set fire to a huge stockpile of ivory on Saturday in an effort to show his country’s commitment to saving Africa’s elephants. Uhuru Kenyatta ordered the destruction of more than 100 tonnes of tusks from around 6,700 elephants, stacked in 11 pyres at a ceremony in Nairobi …
Government has stopped the European Union's bid to ban the import of hunting trophies from Zimbabwe with exports of wildlife from the regional bloc expected to soar, a Cabinet minister has said. This was after Government launched massive campaigns against the ban saying the move had major repercussions on the …
The kingdom of Swaziland has made a surprise proposal to legalise the trade in rhino horn in order to pay for anti-poaching measures. In a leaked document addressed to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites), Swaziland’s anti-poaching body said it wanted to sell the country’s 330kg stockpile …
African leaders are to meet in Kenya to discuss how to save the continent's elephants from extinction. The inaugural summit of the so-called Giants Club will be led by the Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta. As well as heads of state, the conservation group will bring together business leaders and scientists. …
Poachers killed more tigers in the first four months of 2016 than in entire 2015, according to a latest data by the Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI), as reported by the Hindustan Times. Twenty eight tigers were killed till April 26 as compared to 25 poached for body parts …
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 …
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 …
Dangling from a helicopter with a high powered rifle, a Kenyan vet fires drugged darts at elephants to sedate them so they can be fitted with satellite collars. Ten minutes after the elephant is darted, the lumbering creature stumbles, and falls asleep. Ground teams are scrambled, rushing to the scene …
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 …
There are estimated to be 2,400 one-horned rhinos, out of a global population of 3,300, at the park in Assam A rhino was killed by poachers in India's Kaziranga national park on the same day the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge toured the sanctuary. The adult male rhino was shot …
