Kenya’s canine cops sniff out illegal ivory
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4 Police Officers arrested for possession of Ivory
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Chinese conservation film breaks China’s box office records
A movie denouncing the human toll on marine life has broken China’s box office records a sign of increasing environmental awareness among the Chinese...
Tsavo National Park, Kenya’s Vanishing diamond
The 22,000km2 Tsavo area is made up of the Tsavo West and Tsavo East National parks - making it the largest national park in...
Kenya to host biggest Ivory destruction in Africa
Kenya will host the biggest destruction of ivory in Africa’s history. The ivory burning event will take place in Nairobi under the glare of...
Sauti Sol Named as the Giant’s Club Ambassadors
Kenya’s popular Afro-pop band Sauti Sol are the Kenyan Giants Club ambassadors. The four-piece band, which was formed in 2008 and has toured Africa,...
China Pledges support to Conservation activities in Kenya
The Chinese government has vowed to proactively engage with Kenyan institutions and local communities to strengthen conservation of wildlife and other ecological treasures, ...
Kenya to host historical gathering to tackle poaching crisis
Kenya will host a historic gathering of African leaders to address the elephant-poaching crisis in the first meeting of the Giants Club, the wildlife-protection...
European Union Adopts Action plan to tackle wildlife trafficking
The European Commission adopted an EU Action Plan to tackle wildlife trafficking within the EU and to strengthen the EU’s role in the global...
UK-run training course to improve detection of illegal trafficking networks
British High Commissioner to Uganda, HE Alison Blackburne, paid a visit to a UK-led training course in Kampala, for intelligence and prosecution officers from...
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