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CITES unveils new e-learning tools to strengthen global wildlife trade governance

How does the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) operate in practice? What underpins the CITES permit...

Baby elephant rescue spurs unprecedented conservation drive in Nigeria

Hours after dawn on Nov. 30, 2025, workers on a routine patrol at Okomu Oil Palm Company in Edo State noticed a figure wandering...

Conservationists to EU companies: Accelerate transition to electromobility

Biodiversity in Europe faces an existential threat. Not only is climate change putting it under pressure, but also man-made nitrogen emissions into the atmosphere. "This...

UK Minister meets African CEOs to advance nature finance agenda

The UK Minister for Nature, Mary Creagh, on Wednesday December 9, 2025, met in Nairobi with CEOs from the African Natural Capital Alliance (ANCA) to discuss...

Rescued baby elephant undergoing rehabilitation in Edo park

The Okomu National Park in Edo State, on Monday, December 8, 2025, said that a baby elephant which was rescued from an oil palm...

WJC to premiere ‘Seizure’, documentary exposing wildlife trafficking networks, on December 9

The Wildlife Justice Commission (WJC) will premiere its acclaimed short documentary Seizure on its official YouTube channel on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, at 19:00 CET. Directed...

UN recognises World Restoration Flagships in Australia, Canada, South Africa

The United Nations (UN) on Thursday, December 4, 2025, recognised three new World Restoration Flagships in Australia, Canada and South Africa, anchored in Indigenous Peoples...

CITES CoP20: A turning point for Africa’s hornbills

Africa’s forest hornbills face growing threats from unregulated trade and habitat loss. A new CITES proposal approved on Thursday, December 3, 2025, is an...

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Wildlife trafficker, Lin Yunhua, pleads not guilty to corruption charges amid high-stakes trial

Chinese national, Lin Yunhua, the notorious kingpin of a wildlife trafficking syndicate convicted in 2021 for smuggling 2.6 tons...
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SAIPEC confirms first series of speakers for 10th anniversary programme

The Sub-Saharan Africa International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (SAIPEC) has announced the first confirmed speakers for its 10th Anniversary...

Chinedum Nwajiuba: On no harmattan in December 2025, January 2026 in Nigeria

The harmattan experience in Nigeria This is the northeast trade wind emanating from the Sahara, which blows across West Africa,...

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Wildlife trafficker, Lin Yunhua, pleads not guilty to corruption charges amid high-stakes trial

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SAIPEC confirms first series of speakers for 10th anniversary programme

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