Mountain Gorillas Reclassified from “Critically Endangered” to “Endangered”

Nairobi, Nov 16 – The number of mountain gorillas in the wild has gradually increased over the past 30 years, and are up from...

Massive Biodiversity Loss the Result of Voracious Human Consumption – WWF

Nairobi, Nov 12 – An exponential growth in human consumption of natural resources is the driving force behind the current unprecedented planetary change and...

WWF Appalled by China’s Legalization of Trade in Tiger Bone and Rhino Horn

Nairobi, Oct 30 - WWF has expressed its profound concern over China’s announcement on Monday that it had legalized the use of tiger bone...

Rules of the Bush (Chinese Version)

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Over 90 per cent of sampled salt brands contain micro-plastics – study

Nairobi, Oct 19 - Over 90 per cent of sampled salt brands globally were found to contain micro-plastics, with the highest number coming from...

World Migratory Bird Day 2017

May 10th is marked as World Migratory Bird Day. This year 2017 theme is “Their Future Our Future” and it highlights the need...

Illegal Wildlife Trade

Frequently Asked Questions In March 2017, Global Financial Integrity published a report, authored by Channing May, entitled “Transnational Crime and the Developing World”. The...

Illegal Wildlife Trafficking Occurs in 30 per cent of Protected Areas – WWF

A new WWF report calls for additional and immediate measures to halt the worrying trend in illegal trafficking for international trade of CITES-listed...

Playing Midwife to Critically Endangered Turtles at Christmas

Image courtesy: Cheryl Sanchez By Liz Mwambui I saw the bird even before I heard the telltale sounds of dirt striking foliage. I...

Wholesale Ivory Prices in China Down as Ban on Trade Approaches – report

image courtesy: Nat Geo The wholesale price of raw ivory in China has fallen by almost two-thirds in the past three years, a new...

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