Mau Forest Threatened: A Dam in the woodland not an Option!
The Kenyan population is rising rapidly while important natural resources such as forests that are crucial life support systems are threatened. The constitution stipulates...
Two Notorious Suspects Wanted for Wildlife Crimes Arrested in Malawi
Nairobi, Oct 11 - Two men on the list of eastern Africa’s most wanted suspects for committing wildlife crimes have been arrested in Malawi,...
Church and Conservation: Promising Experiences in Kenya
Nairobi, Oct 9 -There is much (and indeed much more) that can be done in terms of collaboration between the Church and the conservation...
EAWLS Speaks Out against Proposed Dam in South-West Mau Forest
Nairobi, Oct 4 – The East Wild Life Society (EAWLS) today spoke out strongly against a government plan to build a dam along Kipsonoi...
Laos Becomes Fasted Growing Ivory Market – Report
Nairobi, Sept 29 - The Southeast Asian country of Laos is now the fastest growing ivory market in the world with virtually no law...
Kenyan Mangroves Project Gets Funding from Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation
Nairobi, Sept 26 - American actor Leonardo DiCaprio is supporting the expansion of a university conservation project in Kenya.
The project, by Napier University in...
CRIMINAL GANGS BEHIND TRAFFICKING OF PROCESSED RHINO HORN IN SOUTH AFRICA
Nairobi, Sept 18 - Criminal networks of Chinese origin operating in South Africa are now processing rhino horn locally into beads, bracelets, bangles and powder...
ANOTHER PAIR OF RARE WHITE GIRAFFES SEEN IN EASTERN KENYA
Nairobi, Sept 15 - Two rare white giraffes have been sighted in eastern Kenya, a conservation group reported.
The mother and its calf were seen in...
IMPROVED LAND USE CRUCIAL FOR ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT – REPORT
The consumption of Earth’s natural reserves has doubled in the past 30 years, with a third of the planet’s land now severely degraded, according...
UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS MEASURES TO COMBAT ILLICIT WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING
Nairobi, Sept 14 - The United Nations General Assembly this week adopted a far-reaching resolution on tackling illegal wildlife trafficking.
Measures in the resolution, adopted on September 11,...
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