A TRAFFIC survey of seventy-two online platforms found a staggering 1,267 CITES listed species for sale in Central African countries and Nigeria between March 2018 and January 2021. In delivering these findings to the governments of the countries involved, TRAFFIC seeks to bolster national legislation to regulate these online sales …
Kathmandu: An Indian female sloth bear, which was confiscated from two Indian bear trainers here, has finally been sent back to India, thanks to the intervention of animal rights activist Maneka Gandhi. The bear, Rubina, was taken back to India four days back, according to Mekh Bahadur Pandey, Deputy Director …
Banned in 1975, Shahtoosh shawl, made from the wool of endangered Tibetan antelope Chiru, has not lost its charm with a revival in its sale in the last decade, no matter how furtively. Tibetan antelope chiruThe Shahtoosh trade was banned globally in 1975 under the Convention on International Trade in …
In March the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) rejected petitions by Tanzania and Zambia to sell ivory. Samuel Wasser,an ivory tracker and head of the Center for Conservation Biology at the University of Washington, told Sumana Narayanan why CITES first banned ivory trade 20 years ago and …
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), as part of the Indo-French Space Collaboration, is planning to launch a satellite for climate research in a year's time. The
Defying predictions for a drawn-out battle, parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species rejected a bid to ban cross-border trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna, the Rolls Royce of the species, early at their meeting in Doha during the last two weeks of March.
Customary land rightsPalm oil firm loses to Kayans A native community in Malaysia won a 12-year legal battle against the Sarawak state government and palm oil giant ioi Pelita after the state’s apex court recognized their customary land rights. The court ruled that the government had unconstitutionally granted the native …
oil exploration Argentine veterans cry war As diplomatic tensions between the UK and Argentina escalate following oil drilling plan near the Falklands, Argentine war veterans have threatened to invade the South Atlantic archipelago controlled by the UK. A war vets’ association in Bruenos Aires demonstrated in front of the British …
In just ten weeks since January, at least 13 tigers have died, five each in January and March in various reserves across the country. Last year, 60 deaths were recorded. Now, merely 3,500 big cats are left in the wild of which 1,411 are in India. Little wonder that the …
tlantic bluefin tuna could be the first widely eaten species to be banned from being traded internationally. Would it work, and would it set a useful precedent for other species?
Momentum carrying the bluefin tuna towards an endangered species listing - and an effective trade ban - appears to be slowing as key countries align themselves with Japan, which strongly opposes such a prohibition.
Tanzania and Zambia are petitioning the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) to "downlist" the conservation status of their elephants to allow sale of stockpiled ivory. But just 2 years after CITES placed a 9-year moratorium on future ivory sales, elephant poaching is on the rise. The petitioning …
France announced its support for adding bluefin tuna to Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), a move that would effectively ban all trade in the large, migratory fish. But environmentalists say France
MANOJ ANAND With wildlife experts proposing more stricter laws to protect animals falling under Schedule-I, another incident of rhino poaching was reported from Kaziranga National Park on Monday. The park sources said that the carcass of a rhino, an endangered species, was recovered from Agratoli range of national park. Park …
MANOJ ANAND With wildlife experts proposing more stricter laws to protect animals falling under Schedule-I, another incident of rhino poaching was reported from Kaziranga National Park on Monday. The park sources said that the carcass of a rhino, an endangered species, was recovered from Agratoli range of national park. Park …
Tigers are symbols of all that is powerful, mystical, and beautiful in nature. As an apex species, they reflect the health of the ecosystems in which they live and on which people depend. Unfortunately, adverse human activities have driven wild tigers to the brink of extinction. Over the past century, …
Aarti Dhar KATHMANDU: Nepal is seriously engaged in taking the on-going peace process to a positive conclusion, writing a new democratic Constitution within the stipulated time-frame, and meeting the rising aspirations of the Nepalese people. Inaugurating the Kathmandu Global Tiger Workshop here on Tuesday, Nepalese Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal …
The African elephant's misfortune has been its teeth, in particular the well developed pair of upper incisors known as tusks for which it is being killed in large numbers. The visible ivory part of the tusks is made up of dentine with an outer layer of enamel, and when viewed …
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is the key international agreement regulating trade in wildlife. It works through a system of trade controls based on biological and international trade data of species. Trade regulations also affect local people as many rural households, …
