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World Ranger Day: New CITES documentary short film celebrates rangers conserving Ghana’s wildlife

On World Ranger Day 2025, celebrated on Thursday, July 31, just one month after the 50th anniversary of the entry into force of the...

Uzbekistan to host CITES COP20 in Samarkand in 2025

The Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora...

Empowering law enforcement officers to tackle illegal timber trade in Africa

Healthy forests sustain biodiversity, livelihoods, and local economies. Home to most of the planet’s terrestrial species, forests provide millions of people with jobs, along...

Championing wildlife conservation, marine turtle protection in Gambia

Mawdo Jallow is a wildlife conservationist and CITES focal point for The Gambia, actively engaged in marine turtle conservation through the establishment of hatcheries....

Nigeria, UN, others commit to fight against illegal wildlife, forest trade

The Federal Government of Nigeria, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and other relevant stakeholders have collaborated to create effective awareness in...

CITES welcomes G20 declaration on combating corruption related to illegal wildlife trade

In the G20 Leaders Declaration, “Shaping an interconnected world”, released on Saturday, July 8, 2017 after meeting in Hamburg, Germany, G20 leaders reaffirmed their commitment to...

How Nigeria strives to achieve biodiversity conservation targets, by CBD

Government is ensuring the participation of Nigerians in wildlife enforcement, while limiting conservation to specific areas that does not conflict with the interests of...

International Day for Biodiversity: CITES applauds as Nepal destroys confiscated wildlife parts

At the occasion of the destruction of confiscated and other wildlife parts at the Chitwan National Park in Nepal, which was timed to coincide...

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Africa must align climate diplomacy with its industrial ambitions – AGN Chair

At the just concluded 39th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government in...
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VCDF, SEEPCO launch free eye care programme in Delta’s Ndokwa East LGA

Many Nigerians continue to suffer from avoidable vision problems, with cataracts and other eye conditions being major causes of...

ICARRD+20: Group urges banks to finance agroecology, equitable food systems

As governments, social movements, and multilateral institutions gather in Cartagena for ICARRD+20 to advance agrarian reform and rural development,...

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Africa must align climate diplomacy with its industrial ambitions – AGN Chair

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VCDF, SEEPCO launch free eye care programme in Delta’s Ndokwa East LGA

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