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Protecting South Africa’s biodiversity
Environmental destruction across the world is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore, which...
Congo: Sniffing out wildlife crime – and the corruption at its core
One after the other the carcasses were extracted from the crammed vehicle. Burnt, shrunken-back...
Experts: Trading rhino horn will only increase poaching risks
A group of international experts comprised of over 30 conservationists, academics, journalists,...
How poachers kill jobs
International tourism to Africa reached record levels in 2013, with 56 million tourists bringing...
Beautiful and twisted: The story of Virunga National Park
Virunga National Park is one of Africa’s treasure troves, and one of its most toxic, and...
Playing with words while captive lions die
In an article published in the Sunday Times a week ago [May 31], Edna Molewa, the minister of...
CAPTIVE BRED OR CANNED HUNTING – a play on words
According to South Africa’s Minister for Environment Affairs, Edna Molewa, there is a big...
CRISIS MANAGEMENT: WORLD EXPERTS GATHER IN CAPE TOWN TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO RHINO POACHING
Cape Town – At a conference here at the end of May, experts from around the world gathered to...
Wildlife crime should be treated like drug trafficking
“Please, let’s stop talking about illegal trade in wildlife. It’s not illegal trade – it’s crime,”...
SILVER BULLET? THE SOLUTION TO THE RHINO POACHING CRISIS
John M. Sellar OBE, retired head of law enforcement at CITES for 14 years, speaking at the...
OF PROFITS AND POWER: official collusion in Northern Mozambique’s ivory poaching
Two hundred metres from Pemba’s popular Wimbi Beach towers an opulent mansion. Initially it could...
Rhino horn trade debate will fuel poaching
Rhino horn trade debate will fuel poaching: By working on a proposal to CITES to legalise trade in...
The efficacy of trading rhino horn debunked
A group of local and international experts converged in Cape Town on Tuesday to discuss the legal...
New government plan promotes canned lion hunting and trade
The draft Biodiversity Management Plan for the Lion (Panthera Leo) in South Africa was published...
Is SA Seeking to Downlist Lions in Order to Trade Lion Bones?
South Africa’s Department of Environmental Affairs has released for public comment its first-ever...
Greed drives elephant trade
Zimbabwe’s minister for environment, water and climate, Saviour Kasukuwere, claims Zimbabwe’s...
Conservation’s biggest con job
South Africa’s lion hunting industry has little to do with conservation and everything to do with...
Australia bans importation of Lion trophies
Australia’s Minister for the Environment has banned the importation of lion parts and remains into...