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...
China Raises Protection For Pangolins By Removing Scales From Medicine List
The latest version of the Chinese Pharmacopoeia for 2020 does not include pangolins, which means the mammals will no longer be used in traditional...
Iran, UNEP sign environmental joint plan of action
Iran and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) have signed a joint plan of action on managing hazardous wastes and promoting collaborative researches. The...
Research Shows Elephants Key to Savannah Management
Nairobi, April 7 - As wild herbivores are increasingly displaced by cattle in the African savannah, a new research paper has shown that the...
Kenya Launches Lion and Spotted Hyena Conservation Plan
Nairobi, Aug 7 – Kenya has launched a National Recovery and Action Plan for Lions and Hyenas that will ran over the next 10...
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...
Kenya to Propose Total Ban of Ivory Trade at CITES Conference
Nairobi, July 31 – The next triennial meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of...
Cassin’s Hawk-Eagle Sighting on Mt Kenya
By Nick Trent
Mount Kenya, August 4, 2019 – The Cassin’s Hawk-Eagle, formerly classified as Spizaetus africanus, and more recently as Aquila africanus, is a small but robustly...
Beading a Brighter Future: Empowering Women in the Masai Mara
By Helen Njeri
The Masai Mara, one of Africa’s most significant wildlife reserves, is located in southwestern Kenya and...
Outcry as Poaching Again Threatens Amboseli Elephant Population
NAIROBI, March 18 (Swara) - In 1994, the world recoiled in horror when four distinguished elephants, subjects of the Amboseli Elephant Research Project, fell...
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Court Affirms Jurisdiction in Landmark Environmental Case
Nairobi, March 20 (Swara) – Kenya’s Environment and Land Court (ELC) has ruled that it has jurisdiction to hear a petition challenging...
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Mombasa, Kenya, March 3 (Swara)—Kenya marked World Seagrass Day 2025 on March 1 by outlining new measures to strengthen the protection of...
Tragic Lion and Hyena Poisoning in Pololeti Game Reserve
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Developing Nations Disheartened by COP29 Climate Finance Goals
Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov 24 (Swara) – The UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) concluded today with a breakthrough agreement on a new climate...
Beading a Brighter Future: Empowering Women in the Masai Mara
By Helen Njeri
The Masai Mara, one of Africa’s most significant wildlife reserves, is located in southwestern Kenya and...
African Elephant Populations in Steep Decline – Study
NAIROBI, Nov 12 (Swara)—African elephant populations have suffered dramatic declines over the past five decades, with forest elephants down by 90 per...
The Forgotten Gems of Marsabit National Park
By Santiago Legarre
In the early 20th century, newlyweds Martin and Osa Johnson left the United States on an...