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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY During the 2018 dry season, a fixed-wing aerial survey of elephants and wildlife was flown over the core…
HordynskiPhotography/Shutterstock Vicky Boult, University of Reading Africa’s elephant population has plummeted from roughly a million in 1970 to around 400,000…
Image supplied A report by Elephants Without Borders claiming ‘a significant poaching outbreak is ongoing in at least four distinct…
Killing of elephants for their tusks crisis is not a new issue Photo credit: Mike Chase After months of controversy,…
Abalone will be on the banquet table of many Chinese families celebrating Spring Festival this year. The sea mollusc will…
PREAMBLE Demands for competing land uses that are not compatible with conservation practices, make the need for viable conservation incentives…
Leopards are Asia’s most trafficked big cat, with more than 4,900 seized from illegal trade in Asia since 2000 –…
Quite apart from the decimation of illegal poaching, legal export to Asian markets is tearing the wild heart out of…
The Trump administration’s lifting of restrictions on importing elephant body parts from Zimbabwe and Zambia is not the last gift…
We’ve all seen the stories of gorillas and elephants brutally slaughtered by poachers in Africa. Whether it’s Diane Fossey’s beloved…
Rhino poaching might be on the decrease, elephant poaching is on the rise, but without up to date poaching figures…
The threat posed by illegal bushmeat hunting to the Okavango Delta‘s tourism industry in Botswana has been exposed in a…
PROLOGUE South Africa is the world’s top ‘canned’ lion hunting destination, the rhino hunting permit system has been repeatedly abused in recent…
Conservationists are alarmed by Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa’s increasingly dangerous ‘conservation’ proposals Edna Molewa. Picture: RUSSELL ROBERTS Many conservationists…
A scathing new report shows that key countries affected by wildlife crime have failed to halt poaching and illegal trafficking…
Image copyright IUCNImage caption A combination of factors has helped drive down giraffe populations in many parts of Africa A…
The landmark London Conference in February 2014 brought together heads of state and government representatives to discuss the rise in…
State Security Minister David Mahlobo has allegedly been hanging out with a Chinese organised crime figure who traffics rhino horns…
Africans are lambasting the EU for voting against a proposal to protect elephants. But perhaps they can learn something from…
Africa’s elephant population has declined by 110 000 in the last 10 years, mainly due to poaching according to a…