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Vultures get royal ambassador for conservation

The plight of vultures in Nigeria has been that of orphans who are often neglected by the society to fend for themselves in an...

admin - December 5, 2017

Conservation

EU commits €30m to counter wildlife trafficking in Africa, Indian Ocean

As part of a €30 million intervention, the European Union on Tuesday, December 5, 2017 signed a €17.2 million agreement with three United Nations...

admin - December 5, 2017

Conservation

AfDB, WWF agree to focus on conservation, energy, agriculture

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the Africa Development Bank (AfDB) have announced a new three-year partnership agreement. The agreement comes on...

admin - December 3, 2017

Conservation

Fight against wildlife crime gets a $20m boost

At an event held alongside the 69th meeting of the CITES Standing Committee (SC69) on Wednesday, November 29, 2017, the International Consortium on Combating...

admin - December 3, 2017

Conservation

Turkish Airlines pledges to curb illegal wildlife trade

Turkish Airlines has signed the “United for Wildlife Buckingham Palace Declaration (UFW)”, pledging for zero-tolerance regarding the illegal wildlife trade. Indeed, the UFW, which was...

admin - November 30, 2017

Conservation

GEF/SGP spends $39,000 on reclamation project in Delta

The Global Environmental Facility/Small Grant Programme (GEF/SGP) says it has spent $39,000 dollars (about N14 million) to execute land reclamation in Delta State. Mrs Ibironke...

admin - November 22, 2017

Conservation

Climate change takes toll on natural World Heritage sites

The number of natural World Heritage sites threatened by climate change has grown from 35 to 62 in just three years, with climate change...

Michael Simire - November 13, 2017

Conservation

Ivory, pangolin scales smuggled from Congo seized by Thai officials

Ivory and pangolin scales worth $355,000 smuggled from Congo have been seized in Thailand, Customs officials said on Thursday, November 9, 2017. Four elephant tusks...

admin - November 9, 2017

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