Conservation

A looming trade agreement on tropical timber involving the European Union and Vietnam is being resisted by a civil society group, which insists that the Southeast Asian country must first clean up its act. A truck ferrying timber product Though Vietnam has banned logging in its own forests, Vietnamese loggers are allegedly crossing the border and plundering national parks in ...

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says that more than $900 million worth of Pangolin for illicit trading were seized in Nigeria in 2018. The Pangolin Asst. Comptroller Mutalib Sule of the NCS, Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, Ikeja, Lagos, made the disclosure at an event to mark the 2019 World Pangolin Day on Wednesday, February 13, 2019 in Lagos. The ...

Kenya will in November 2019 host the inaugural Pan African Protected Areas Congress to discuss the continent’s protected areas like wildlife sanctuaries, forests, wetlands and marine ecosystem, officials said on Thursday, February 14. Margaret Mwakima Margaret Mwakima, Principal Secretary in the State Department of Wildlife, said the meeting, which is to be held in Nairobi from November 18 to 23, ...

The Nigeria Customs Service, Pangolin Conservation Guild Nigeria and Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NFC) on Wednesday, February 13, 2019 called for stiffer penalties against poachers and those involved in illicit trading of Pangolin. L-R: An environmentalist, Desmond Majekodunmi; Director-General and CEO of the Nigerian Conservation Foundation, Dr Muhtari aminu-Kano; Associate Professor, Parasitology/Ecology and Environmental Biology Unit, Department of Zoology, University of ...

“I am a hunter, I supply fresh wild animals like pangolins, big snakes, antelopes, wild cats, etc.” This tweet on January 15, 2019, by Onayemi Temitope (@trotsky27), generated a massive online buzz, especially on Twitter where it had over 5,000 engagements. Many called out this young man and labelled his action “wicked” and “punishable”, while others praised him highly for ...

Namibia on Monday, February 11, 2019 joined South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana in calling for the removal of a ban on ivory trade, the country’s Ministry of Environment and Tourism said. CITES Secretary-General, Ivonne Higuero The three countries that account for 61 per cent of the elephant population in Africa prepared a joint petition to be presented at the forthcoming ...

The Minister of Environment, Alhaji Suleiman Zarma, on Monday, February 11, 2019 handed over six forensic toolkits to Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to detect and identify the source of illegal wildlife trade in the country. Minister of Environment, Alhaji Suleiman Zarma (left), handing over the toolkits to the Deputy Comptroller of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Mr Hammi Swomen Zarma, ...

The WWF on Monday, February 11, 2019 published a report on the “Economic impacts of hydrocarbon exploitation in Greece” as part of the launch of its international campaign to halt oil and gas drilling plans in the country. The study, commissioned by WWF and conducted by eftec, finds that a major oil spill in Greece would devastate the country’s tourism and fishing industries, and cost the Greek ...

A study by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has identified tree species native to Indonesia’s Kutai National Park that are resilient to climate change and support threatened East Bornean orangutan populations, recommending their use in reforestation efforts. The study was funded by the Indianapolis Zoological Society, Inc. The tree species are resilient to climate change and ...

The government of Tanzania on Friday, February 8, 2019 ruled out lifting its blanket ban on export of live wild animals, Ministry for Natural Resources and Tourism, told the National Assembly. Constantine Kanyasu “We are working to review the Wildlife Conservation Act 2009 to be able to impose total ban on the export of wild animals. “The ban which has ...