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Nigeria’s parks record less incidences of poaching – Conservator General

Dr Ibrahim Goni, the Conservator General (CG), of the National Park Service (NPS) on Sunday, February 12, 2023, in Abuja said that the country’s...

Nigeria lost 97% of forest resources to poaching – NCF

The Director-General, Nigeria Conservation Foundation (NCF), Dr Mukhtar Aminu-Kano, has submitted that Nigeria has lost about 97 per cent of wildlife and forest resources...

Fresh IUCN worry over vaquita exploitation, logging, poaching

Illegal fishing, logging and poaching are impacting two-thirds of the 57 natural World Heritage sites monitored by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)...

Elephants now poached for their skins – WWF

Endangered elephants are now being slaughtered in the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar for their skin, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has...

IUCN attributes vilest African elephant losses to poaching

Africa’s overall elephant population has seen the worst declines in 25 years, mainly due to poaching over the past 10 years – according to...

Can elephants ever recover from poaching?

It’s easy to kill an elephant, as hunters and ivory poachers have shown for quite some time. Creating one, however, is an entirely different...

Singh: How rangers are working to save tigers

Rohit Singh supports ranger and law enforcement work across countries that have wild tigers as part of the World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) Tigers Alive...

GEF earmarks fresh $40m to combat wildlife crime in Africa, Asia

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council on Thursday in Washington DC approved an additional $40 million for the Global Wildlife Programme (GWP), expanding its support in the...

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When Rivers, Akwa Ibom communities told tales of oil pollution, environmental degradation

Oil and gas extraction activities in Nigeria are often accompanied by routine gas flaring and oil spills. The resulting...
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Activists want first Loss and Damage Fund meeting to target delivering operational fund by COP28

As the first meeting of the Transitional Committee of the Loss and Damage Fund commenced on Monday, March 27,...

Nigeria, Cameroon plan trans-boundary heritage site to protect endangered species

Nigeria and Cameroon are planning to establish a world heritage site for the protection of endangered species such as...

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When Rivers, Akwa Ibom communities told tales of oil pollution, environmental degradation

Oil and gas extraction activities in Nigeria are often...

Activists want first Loss and Damage Fund meeting to target delivering operational fund by COP28

As the first meeting of the Transitional Committee of...