State of the Rhino 2023
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
Poaching
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China's ban on domestic ivory sales comes into force
A ban on all sales of ivory products in China comes into force on Sunday, a move hailed by conservationists as an important step in the fight to protect endangered species such as African elephants.
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Japan’s inaction on illegal ivory exports threatens Chinese ban, report says
Japan’s failure to prevent illegal ivory exports could undermine China’s forthcoming ban on its domestic ivory trade, conservation groups have warned. Inaction by Japan’s government has allowed the
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Elephant poaching nosedives
TAWIRI Director General, Dr Simon Mduma insists that through aerial surveys and spatial analysis, the team revealed that poachers preferred to operate in the wet season – when swollen rivers mean travel
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Ivory towers: an assessment of Japan’s ivory trade and domestic market
Japan remains one of the world’s largest domestic ivory markets, and is home to an active, though shrinking, ivory manufacturing industry. The country also boasts significant stockpiles of raw tusks in
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Corruption could soon wipe out iconic species, CITES warns
Iconic wildlife species such as rhinos and elephants could soon be wiped out if corruption continues to thrive. Corruption fuels wildlife crime, which in turn drives many species to extinction, CITES
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Namibia: 57, 000 sign petition against Elephant hunting
About 57 508 people across the world have signed a petition for the Ministry of Environment and Tourism to stop the hunting of desert elephants in Namibia. Iris Koch from Esslingen, Germany, started
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African elephants under 'imminent risk' of extinction- CITES
Elephants are at imminent threat of extinction in western and central Africa, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species’ (CITES) secretary-general has said at the opening of its 69th
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SADC steps up fight against poaching, illegal timber logging …as Germany sets aside 20 million euros to curb the vice
Lusaka – Concerned with the continued rampant poaching of elephants and rhinos, among other endangered species, Germany has set aside 20 million euros to assist curb the practice in the 15 Southern African
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An assessment of poaching and wildlife trafficking in the Garamba-Bili-Chinko Transboundary Landscape
Foreign armed groups, including the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), the Janjaweed (a Sudanese militia), and other non-State militias, are the main perpetrators of wildlife poaching and trafficking across
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Kenya Wildlife Service Seizes Sh5.8 Million Ivory in Tharaka-Nithi
Kenya Wildlife Service rangers on Tuesday arrested three suspected poachers and impounded 14 pieces of ivory weighing 58kgs. Addressing journalists at Chogoria Police Station, Maara OCPD Johnston Kabusia