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Kenya welcomes UK’s plan on ending domestic ivory markets

Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has welcomed the British government’s plan to close – with some limited exemptions – its domestic ivory markets. Ivory (whether raw...

admin - January 17, 2018

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EU-funded scheme: Guards kills indigenous Sengwer man in Kenya

Forty one-year-old Robert Kirotich was on Tuesday, January 16, 2018 reportedly shot by EU-funded guards working for the Kenya Forestry Service. Another wounded man,...

admin - January 17, 2018

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National Park Service to be repositioned for global service delivery

The Conservator-General, Nigeria National Park Service, Alhaji Ibrahim Goni, on Monday, January 15, 2018 said that the service would be repositioned for global service...

admin - January 15, 2018

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CITES: Parties urged to take stock of elephant ivory, rhino horn

In line with resolutions reached at the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP17) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species...

admin - January 14, 2018

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Africa loses 43% of its lions in 21 years

The number of lions in the wild is said to be steadily decreasing. In just two decades, Africa’s lion population has decreased by 43%,...

admin - January 14, 2018

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Government to sensitise communities on effect of land degradation

The Federal Ministry of Environment says it will start sensitising communities on the effects of land degradation across the country. Mr Bala Gukut, the Deputy...

admin - January 10, 2018

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NCF explores illegal wildlife trade at Edu lecture series

Lagos-based environmental non-governmental organisation (NGO), the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), is set to begin the year with an annual public lecture which is geared...

admin - January 7, 2018

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Goni urges Nigerians to promote green habitat

The Conservator-General, National Parks Service, Alhaji Ibrahim Goni, has urged Nigerians to imbibe the attitude of greening their surroundings so as to boost healthy...

admin - January 3, 2018

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