IVORY COAST
Jumbo seizure
West Africa's chimpanzee population impacted by road construction: Study
The average population density of chimpanzee was lowest nearest the roads and peaked at the far away from them
No horn, please!
About 250 Indian MPs sign a paper to oppose South Africa on rhino trade, but they do not know why
THAILAND
Elephant poaching
SADC COUNTRIES
Half of Africa’s savanna elephants may disappear in less than a decade
Around 144,000 animals were lost over a seven-year period in 18 African countries
Protect the tuskers damn the carvers
In its enthusiasm to protect tuskers from being killed, the government has extended the worldwide ban on ivory trade to India as well. Left in …
Hanging in balance: 64% of West African coast highly or very highly vulnerable, shows study
Socio-economic factors, especially human development activity, major contributor to vulnerability
Africa losing $25-million tourism revenue each year due to elephant poaching
Poachers kill between 20,000-30,000 African elephants each year for illegal ivory trade
Tusker's tragedy
TANZANIA
Ivory trade to resume
Zimbabwe will be able to sell stockpiles of ivory to Japan, earning US $4-5 million for community development
Indian wildlife - The illegal dragnet
An assessment of online media reports presents a snapshot of the vast landscape of illegal trade that originates in the country
COP28: Africa set to scale up green growth through Green Industrialisation Initiative
Kenya president launches initiative, striking conversation on finance, investment and collaboration
No clearance sale
Overshadowed
CITES proceeds cautiously, in the wake of the Convention on Biological Diversity
African elephants face birth control
As the result of the ban on ivory trading, elephants are overbreeding, creating problems such as the destruction of forest land.
African tourism surging, but challenges remain
Security concerns, poaching are undermining efforts to promote tourism in the continent
RTI points to poaching behind dead elephant in Tamil Nadu
Forest officials had covered up the death of the tusker in 2018 and said the animal was a female that had died due to electrocution
CITES adopts resolution to end corruption in wildlife trade
This historic resolution aims at eliminating corruption at every stage of wildlife trade from poaching to selling of wildlife products
Citing an international meet
Another international meet fails to address the concerns of local poor people and follows the path shown by global bullies
Fate of the tuskers
Should nations who have done well for their elephants be punished for improper management by others?
IVORY TRADE