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COUNTING LIONS: EWT SURVEYS DECLINE IN KRUGER’S NORTHERN PRIDE
The Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area (GLTFCA), which includes Kruger National Park,...
Zululand’s green jewels in jeopardy — indigenous forests under threat from poaching, grazing, budget cuts
VANISHING TREASURES The remnant natural forests of Zululand have enjoyed legal protection for...
US Fish and Wildlife Service Has Halted Critical Conservation Funding
The move imperils countless threatened creatures, from elephants and primates to sea turtles. An...
Karoo Dust Bowl (Part I) — here come the dunes, a death knell for plant species and farmers’ livelihoods
The recent years-long drought may have tipped parts of the Northern Cape towards an irreversible...
Vietnam chided over poached rhino horn ‘secrecy’ by global wildlife trade regulator
Vietnam’s apparent reluctance to share DNA samples of smuggled horns with South Africa – the...
Big Trunks, Bigger Questions: Rethinking Elephant Numbers in Kruger
What the Research Says About Elephant Numbers All we know is that change is certain, and...
Installing separate water points for elephants could mitigate conflicts with humans: Study
A new study has highlighted the potential of separate water points for elephants, located away...
Study confirms massive elephant die-off in Botswana was caused by toxic algal bloom due to climate change
Some four years after the mysterious death of nearly 400 African elephants in Botswana’s Okavango...
Live Interview: Elephant Culling: Solution or sacrifice for Kruger Park?
In a discussion with Mike Wills, Sam Ferreira, a Large Mammal Ecologist at SANParks, highlights...
The elephant in the room: Tourism futures in Southern Africa
Substantive wildlife tourism potential should be producing rapid broad-based development in all...
EMS FOUNDATION PUBLIC STATEMENT – APPLICATION BY SA HUNTERS AND GAME CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
WHY MINISTER GEORGE MUST OPPOSE THE APPLICATION BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN HUNTERS AND GAME CONSERVATION...
CNRG STATEMENT ON ELEPHANT CULLING
Harare –18 September 2024 – The Centre for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG) has learned with...
Hunters’ association fires first salvo at state law legislating ‘wellbeing’ considerations of wild animals
It was only a matter of time before hunters challenged former environment minister Barbara...
Outcry over killing of elephants in KZN
The Human Elephant Foundation is concerned over the recent killing of nine elephants on a farm near Vryheid, in northern KwaZulu-Natal.
The foundation said there was no legal permission for this action, which is required by law.
However, Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife refuted the claims that there was no permit.
Out-of-Control Wildlife Trade Is Shackling a Key Climate Solution
Reining in the unruly global trade in wild species could help mitigate the climate emergency,...
Ecotourism: An obvious panacea or a looming conundrum?
I have been working across three spheres of the ecotourism sector for the past 33 years....
Domestic ivory markets must not be reopened – EPI Foundation
The EPI Foundation, the secretariat to the 24 African member states of the Elephant Protection...
Cruel and needless — the grim truth about wildlife farming exposed in new report
A generation ago, farming with animals like lions, rhinos and crocodiles would have seemed...