31.2 C
Lagos
Friday, April 19, 2024

Tag:elephants

Burkina needs national action plan to conserve elephants – Yameogo

The Elephant Protection Initiative (EPI) Friend of the Month for November 2023 is Colonel Dieudonné Yameogo, who is Director of Wildlife in Burkina Faso, which...

Cross River communities on edge over conduct of stray gorillas, elephants

Communities in Boki and Akamkpa Local Government Areas of Cross River State in Nigeria have said that stray gorillas and elephants are posing risk...

Elephants, biodiversity and climate change

The Elephant Protection Initiative’s (EPI) Friend of the Month for June 2022 is Moses Lesoloyia, from northern Kenya. Moses is Project Manager for the Milgis Trust,...

Elephant, symbol of Cote d’Ivoire, has suffered great decline – Cedric Mondon

The Elephant Protection Initiative (EPI) friend of the month, Captain Cedric Mondon of Côte d’Ivoire, is Head of Wildlife Protection Services in the Ministry...

Namibia auctions 57 wild elephants, gains $400,000

Environment Ministry spokesman Romeo Muyunda on Wednesday, August 11, 2021, said Namibia auctioned 57 wild elephants raising 5.9 million Namibian dollars ($400,000). Muyunda said the...

Rivers LG declares wild elephants, hippos endangered species

Chairman, Andoni Local Government Area (LGA) in Rivers State, Mr Erastus Awortu, has declared wild elephants, hippopotamus and other forest reserves in the area...

Lightning kills 18 elephants in India’s Assam

A herd of 18 wild Asiatic elephants were found dead in India’s eastern state of Assam, possibly because of a massive lightning strike, local...

Kenya’s elephant number rises at 2.8% annually as poaching declines

 Kenya’s elephant population has gradually increased at an annual rate of approximately 2.8 per cent over the last three decades. This is as poaching is...

Latest news

Ghana’s biosafety authority: Granting GMO import permits to be based on regulations, international best practices

Clearly, it will not be out of place to declare April 2024 as “the month of Genetic Engineering GE)”...
- Advertisement -spot_imgspot_img

Stakeholders advocate increased budget to fight impacts of climate change

Stakeholders in the environment sector have called for increased budget allocation to fight the impacts of climate change in...

Domestic ivory markets must not be reopened – EPI Foundation

The EPI Foundation, the secretariat to the 24 African member states of the Elephant Protection Initiative (EPI), has expressed...

Must read

×