Richard Leakey to receive 2017 Legacy Award from Tusk Trust
Tusk Trust - a UK-based conservation charity whose royal patron is Prince William, will honor Dr Richard Leakey, Chairman of the Kenya Wild Service...
China to close down its Ivory Market in 2017
Conservationists have welcomed a move by China to Phase out all ivory processing and trade by the end of 2017. The move is...
Wildlife Crime Discussed at International Anti-Corruption Conference
In a major boost to global efforts to fight wildlife crime, graft and illicit financial flows from the vice were on the agenda during...
EU Strengthens Measures to Combat Trafficking in Wildlife Products
By Stefano A. Dejak Wildlife populations around the world will decline by 67 per cent by 2020 unless action is taken, according to...
Donors Gave $1.3 Billion to Combat Illegal Wildlife Trade since 2010
image courtesy of OCBG The Global Wildlife Program has released the first-ever review of international donor funding for combatting illegal wildlife trade...
In Vietnam, Conservationists, Prince Willian, Urge End to Illicit Wildlife Trade
Thirteen organisations seeking to end illegal trade in wildlife species have urged authorities in Vietnam to deliver on its commitments to...
2016 Likely to be Warmest Year on Record – UN Weather Agency
2016 Likely to be Warmest Year on Record - UN Weather Agency It is very likely that 2016 will be the hottest...
Study Warns of Alarming Animal Species Decline, Urges Conservation Action
Overall global vertebrate populations will decline by an average of 67 per cent from 1970 levels by the end of this decade, unless urgent...
Some 15 per cent of World’s Land Protected, but Crucial Biodiversity Zones Left Out...
With 14.7 per cent of the Earth’s land and 12 per cent of its territorial waters under protection, the world is on track to...
Final results from Great Elephant Census shows massive loss of African savannah elephants
Results of the two-year, $8 million Great Elephant Census (GEC) of African savannah elephants led by Elephants Without Borders (EWB) were released today at...
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Nairobi National Park Must Not Become a Zoo
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