Congo Forests Need Elephants to Survive Thursday, 21 March 2013 Without intervention elephant poaching in the Congo may lead to more devastating effects than the extinction of one of the last megafauna on earth, with researchers predicting widespread implications for biodiversity in the region. The diminishing forest elephant population in Salonga National Park, a World […]
Kenya: Will showcasing captive whale sharks advance or hinder marine conservation efforts? Tuesday, 19 March 2013 Protecting a dwindling species, increasing income for a poor community and raising awareness for environmental issues – these are the ambitious objectives of a proposed Indian Ocean Sea Park near Mombasa, Kenya. Will a marine enclosure designed to keep […]
Poachers in South West Chad kill 86 elephants, including 33 pregnant females Tuesday, 19 March 2013 Eighty-six elephants were killed in the last week close to Fianga, an area in Chad nearby the Cameroon border; the latest devastating elephant massacre. Wildlife officials said armed gangs killed the elephants, including 33 pregnant females, and their tusks […]
Kenyan Government Moves Quickly to Push Lamu Port Through, Circumventing Local People and Kenyan Law Tuesday, 19 March 2013 Though the presidential election still remains in dispute in Kenya, with the opposition charging fraudulent and erroneous voting, the left hand of the government is busy pushing forward the multi-billion dollar project to build a second […]
Trans-border Crime Threatens Congo Basin Biodiversity Tuesday, 19 March 2013 Countries of the Congo Basin now face a new threat to biodiversity. Crimes across national borders within the Central African Forest Commission (COMIFAC) are seriously undermining conservation efforts, creating the necessity to merge vital economic growth with social and environmental considerations.
Columbus Zoo and Aquarium Honors Claudine André with their Commitment to Conservation Award Monday, 18 March 2013 Claudine André, President of Les Amis des Bonobos du Congo (ABC) and Founding Director of Lola ya Bonobo, the world’s only sanctuary for the endangered bonobo, will be honored with a $50,000 prize from the Columbus Zoo and […]
Atama Plantations SARL will create largest oil palm plantation in Congo Basin Sunday, 17 March 2013 Half a million hectares of industrial oil palm expansion projects are getting underway in the Congo Basin rainforest, which will result in a fivefold increase in the area of active large-scale palm plantations in the region, according to Seeds […]
Tanzania: Illegal logging rages, blamed on corruption Friday, 15 March 2013 Illegal logging is refusing to die in some parts of Tanzania while flourishing in others mainly owing to corruption among dishonest forest officials and loopholes at checkpoints, a recent survey by this paper shows.
Governments start to rein in ivory and rhino horn trade, give sharks and timbers better protection at wildlife trade meeting Friday, 15 March 2013 Bangkok, Thailand – A critical wildlife trade meeting closed Thursday with decisions from world governments to regulate the international trade in several species of sharks and timber, and to start taking […]
Call for Trade Sanctions to Halt Vietnam’s Vast Illegal Rhino Horn Trade: Vietnamese Diplomats and Criminal Syndicates Driving Poaching Tuesday, 12 March 2013 Environmentalists are today calling for trade sanctions against Vietnam for its failure to take action against its massive illegal trade in rhino horn. The 177 nations currently Party to the Convention of […]
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