Tag:protected areas

Land Degradation

Brazilian Amazon: Indigenous lands, protected areas are key in slowing deforestation – Study

New research released by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) in the lead up to international climate talks in Belem, Brazil, finds that designating 63.4 million...

Michael Simire - October 29, 2025

Conservation

Championing wildlife and protected areas in Cameroon

The Elephant Protection Initiative (EPI) Foundation friend of the month, Joseph Lekealem, a dedicated conservation leader who has spent decades working to protect Cameroon’s...

Michael Simire - July 29, 2025

Conservation

Benin creating new protected areas to enhance human-elephant coexistence – Hefoume

Colonel Major Rémi Hefoume, the Elephant Protection Initiative (EPI) friend of December 2023, is a courageous wildlife conservationist in Benin. He was one of...

Michael Simire - December 14, 2023

Conservation

Brazil creates new Marine Protected Areas

The Brazilian Federal Government has announced the creation of over 58,000 hectares of new marine Protected Areas in the northern state of Pará, in...

Michael Simire - October 15, 2014