Tanzania halts multi-million energy project to protect wildlife
A decision by Tanzania to halt a multi-million dollar energy project to protect a wildlife sanctuary and farming land has been applauded by conservationists....
KWS to use digital mechanisms to curb down poaching
Kenya Wildlife Service will now use smart phones to track endangered species of elephants, lions and cheetahs that are at risk of poaching. In...
Tanzania to use paramilitary force to protect wildlife
The Tanzanian Government will use paramilitary force to protect wildlife and other natural resources in the country. According to the country’s authorities, the paramilitary...
Erik Solheim of Norway Takes Over as UNEP Executive Director
Erik Solheim, a former environment and international development minister in Norway, has taken over as executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)....
Kenya’s oldest Elephant attacked in poaching attempt
Kenya’s biggest and oldest elephant “Tim”, was attacked by poachers at the Amboseli National Park last week. The elephant was found by conservationist David...
Malawi to relocate 500 elephants to new sanctuary
Malawi wildlife experts will move 500 elephants from two overcrowded wildlife reserves in the country's south to Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve, a distance of more...
UAE bans ownership of ‘exotic animals’
The UAE Federal National Council passed a draft law which would stop individuals from owning wild and other domesticated but dangerous animals such as...
Climate Change drives the Bramble Cay melomys to extinction
A new report, published by the University of Queensland, researchers say the long-tailed, whiskered rat, known as a Bramble Cay melomys is officially history...
Famous lion Killed in Namibia
Animal lovers have expressed their outrage around the world after a famous endangered lion was shot dead with two others fighting for their lives...
Norway announces a total Ban on Deforestation
Norway has become the first country to ban deforestation. The Norwegian Parliament pledged that the government’s public procurement policy will be deforestation-free. Any product...
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