Elephants could be extinct in 25 years if measures to crackdown ivory trade are...
In 2014, 20,000 African elephants were killed by poachers and between 2009 and 2015, Tanzania and Mozambique lost over half their elephant populations, with...
Biotech Company plans to flood Chinese market with fake Rhino horn
Last year, a San Francisco biotech startup came up with 3D print fake rhino horns that carry the same genetic fingerprint as the actual...
Vietnam Now A Leading Illegal Ivory Market – Report
Vietnam is now one of the world’s largest illegal ivory markets and the trade continues to thrive as a result of high demand in...
India attempts to break the Guinness world record by planting 49.3 million trees in...
India attempted to break a tree-planting Guinness world record by planting 49.3 million trees in 24 hours, nearly meeting their goal of 50 million...
Scientist paints eyes on cattle backs to stop lions from hunting them
A British scientist in Botswana is experimenting a new way of saving farmers’ cows from lions by painting eyes on their rumps. Neil Jordan...
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)....
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...
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...
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...
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