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 lead to the deaths of rhinos. Increased precipitation, longer monsoons and seasonal floods are already resulting in stranding, drowning …
A mostly female anti-poaching unit from South Africa has won a top environmental award at the United Nations. Dressed in boots and camouflage uniforms, two members of the Black Mamba group received the UN accolade on behalf of their unit in New York on Sunday. They were among several individuals …
Unemployed and bored, Collet Ngobeni and Felicia Mogakane both jumped at the chance when asked if they wanted to join South Africa's first all-female anti-poaching team. Ngobeni, 30, and Mogakane, 27, were two of the original members of the 24-strong Black Mambas, a group set up in 2013 to protect …
Nagpur: The common bird monitoring programme, which was jointly organized by Wild-CER and Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), revealed that poaching of different species of birds is rampant in rural areas of the region. The startling fact came directly from the field when volunteers of the programme interacted with villagers …
With China being the main consumer market for tiger parts and products, a group of leading wildlife conservationists from India and other tiger-bearing countries have moved US President Barack Obama to pursue Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is at present on a six-day visit of the US. The signatories to …
US has offered to help India in the country's efforts to track and protect Bengal tigers, as the two countries seek to strengthen collaboration in wildlife conservation and combating wildlife trafficking. The two sides have finalised the text of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in this direction. Details of the …
A new report has debunked the argument that the illegal wildlife trade in East Africa significantly funds terrorism - an exaggeration used to justify the militarization of anti-poaching squads and the persecution of tribal subsistence hunters. The report titled "An Illusion of Complicity: Terrorism and the Illegal Ivory Trade in …
A full bench of the High Court in Pretoria on Wednesday reserved judgment in a bid by two rhino breeders to set aside the government's moratorium on rhino horn trading. John Hume has blamed the sharp increase in rhino poaching on the ban, which came into effect early in 2009. …
Zimbabwean police on Tuesday arrested a local hunter who was linked to the killing of Cecil the lion in July on new charges of transporting 29 sable antelopes without a permit and as accomplice to smuggling the animals. Theo Bronkhorst already faces trial on Sept. 28 on charges of breaching …
No gun fire, no smoke, not even a swish of the net that is spread well before the unsuspecting victims land in a flock on lakebeds and floating hyacinth. Even before you can spell `poaching', migratory birds are stuffed away in the hundreds in gunny bags to little-known eateries that …
HA NOI (VNS) — An agreement to fortify the enforcement of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) was signed yesterday between Viet Nam and China. Cao Chi Cong, director of the Viet Nam Administration of Forestry, said the event was a milestone …
The ornate ivory statues and carvings sold in Scott Defrin's New York gallery date from the 17th and 18th centuries, but the antique dealer's business is being upended by a 21st century fight over saving the African elephant. Despite a 25-year-old international ban on most international elephant ivory trade, poachers …
An anti-poaching group who call themselves the Black Mambas has decreased hunting in South Africa's Balule Private Game Reserve by 76 percent. The group of mainly women patrols for poachers in the preserve, and they were recently awarded the United Nations' Champions of the Earth prize for their conservation efforts …
The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA)'s rhino task force has suggested that the CBI should be given the mandate to investigate, suo motu, those cases of rhino poaching in which the horn of the animal is not found within two days of the crime being committed unless intelligence inputs confirm …
Like other crimes, rampant rhino poaching in the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) is also a product of poor governance and weak institutional structures, observed the Rhino Task Force constituted by the Union Environment and Forest Ministry to study the problem of rhino poaching in the KNP. The Task Force has …
The Members of the joint Select Committees on Land and Mineral Resources, and Communications and Public Enterprises were impressed by South African National Parks' (SANParks') anti-rhino poaching initiatives. The Committees met with the management of SANParks and the Department of Environmental Affairs in a two-day meeting that started on Tuesday …
The South African Black Mamba anti-poaching unit, a ranger group mostly made up of women, has been named one of the winners of the United Nation's top environmental accolade, the Champions of the Earth award. With this award, made in the Inspiration and Action category, the United Nations Environment Programme …
The Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit, a South African and majority-women ranger group, has been announced as one of the winners of the United Nation's top environmental accolade, the Champions of the Earth award. With this award, in the Inspiration and Action category, UNEP is recognizing the rapid and impressive impact …
KINIGI, Rwanda — Youths wearing gorilla costumes and rubber boots grunted and scampered in front of Rwanda's president on Saturday during the ceremonial naming of 24 baby mountain gorillas in the African country, where the critically endangered animals live in volcano-studded forests that are visited by increasing numbers of foreign …
Tigers from Ranthambhore National Park move through degraded and fragmented forest patches and agricultural fields to reach Kuno Palpur Wildlife Sanctuary and Madhav National Park—two of the most important corridors in the Western India Tiger Landscape. We present the challenges and possible solutions to mitigate threats for these corridors, often …
Sudanese poachers have been taking advantage of the chaos in conflict-torn Central African Republic and are killing elephants for their ivory and other wild animals, an expert panel that monitors U.N. sanctions said in a confidential report seen by Reuters. Central African Republic (CAR) descended into chaos in March 2013 …
