UAE bans ownership of ‘exotic animals’
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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...
JKIA records highest number if ivory seizures in 7 years
Seventeen percent of illegal ivory seized worldwide in the past seven years was confiscated at Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. According to a report...
China come up with timetable to cease all domestic trade in ivory
China will publish a timetable by the end of the year to halt its domestic commercial trade in ivory, a senior official said on...
Value of Global Environment Crime goes higher – Report
A report by Unep and Interpol shows that the value of global environmental crime is 26 per cent larger than previous estimates. Today, the...
Kenya’s new Airport Court to deal with illegal ivory and drug trafficking
Kenya opened its first airport court at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). The court will handle cases to do with International illegal ivory...
70,000 hectares of forests is lost to illegal logging every year – UN Report
A new report has shown that Kenya loses 70,000 hectares of forest each year to illegal logging. The report done by United Nations Environment...
Campaign to Save Elephants launched by Kenya’s First Lady
Kenya’s First Lady, Margaret Kenyatta launched a conservation campaign to save elephants and rhinos. The Elephant Education Campaign Walk dubbed “ivory belongs to elephants,”...
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