State of the Rhino 2023
Apart from poaching and habitat loss, climate change-induced droughts have been threatening the rhino population in Africa, pointed out a new report. On the other hand, climate disruptions in Asia can
Poaching
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Kenya to Push for Global Ivory Ban at Historic April 30 Event
Nairobi — The government has expressed commitment in working with all stakeholders to push for a global ban on trade in ivory. The Principal Secretary, State department of Natural Resources, Dr Margaret
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South Africa: Connected Conservation technology to save rhinos from poaching
Dimension Data, a South African tech firm and networking company Cisco, announced a partnership to save rhinos being poached in the country. The technology deployed by the companies will track vehicles
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Ivory products, poached wildlife goods set ablaze in fight against smuggling
US ambassador to the UN, Samantha Power, hailed the Cameroon ceremony as symbolic of commitment to win war against illegal smuggling of animal products Some 2,000 illegally trafficked elephant tusks
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Angola announces major push against ivory trade
Angola on Monday announced a major push against the ivory trade, pledging to close one of the largest domestic ivory markets in the world and implement tougher border and screening controls.The Southern
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Tracking elephants as new railway cuts Kenya
Dangling from a helicopter with a high powered rifle, a Kenyan vet fires drugged darts at elephants to sedate them so they can be fitted with satellite collars. Ten minutes after the elephant is darted,
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Defender of Cambodia's dwindling forests wins Goldman Prize
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The latest crackdown on illegal logging in Cambodia is "just a game" and big timber traders are winning, says Ouch Leng, a former government official who has spent two decades
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Rhino shot in India Kaziranga park hours after royal visit
There are estimated to be 2,400 one-horned rhinos, out of a global population of 3,300, at the park in Assam A rhino was killed by poachers in India's Kaziranga national park on the same day the Duke
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Tanzania, Kenya in Move to Crush Poaching
Nairobi — Tanzanian and Kenyan conservationists have partnered with a US-based university to source for DNA material for 200 species of bird and animals highly targeted by poachers for commercial purposes.
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PM Modi urges international collaboration for tiger conservation
Making a strong pitch for tiger conservation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday underlined the need for collaboration between governments at the highest level to check trafficking in body parts of
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Botswana welcomes EU plan to ban trophy hunting imports
Botswana said on Tuesday that it welcomes the decision by the European Union (EU) Parliament to vote for a ban against hunting trophies entering the bloc.The minister of Environment, Tourism and Wildlife