The announcement on Monday of events celebrating Mozambique’s National Administration of Conservation Areas’ eighth birthday on Saturday, June 1, formed the backdrop for the revelation that Niassa Special Reserve, the country’s largest, is also celebrating a milestone – a year without a single elephant dying at the hand of poachers. The ANAC noted in the …
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A new Filipino law requires all graduating high school and college students to plant at least 10 trees each before they can graduate. The law formalises a tradition of planting trees upon graduation, which is also hoped to simultaneously combat global climate change. The proponents of the law say the legislation could result in as …
Humanity’s ongoing destruction of wildlife will lead to a shrinking of nature, with the average body size of animals falling by a quarter, a study predicts. The researchers estimate that more than 1,000 larger species of mammals and birds will go extinct in the next century, from rhinos to eagles. They say this could lead …
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A Canadian amateur photographer says he is “overwhelmed” by the worldwide response to a photograph he took of a bald eagle. Steve Biro snapped the image of Bruce the bald eagle at the Canadian Raptor Conservancy and first posted it on some Facebook photography groups. The image of the bird of prey “staring daggers” at …
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Stories by Demola Ojo Late last year, a family of elephants turned up in Zaria Kala-Kala village, Kebbi State. At the report of their sighting, the governor of the state, Atiku Bagudu, ordered their protection pending when they would be handed over to the appropriate authority. As you can imagine, this was an initially difficult …
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Following recent invasion of Cross River state’s reserved and other areas by unknown timber merchants, a greater part of Nigeria’s remaining tropical rain-forest reserve is being threatened. Environmental experts estimate that Nigeria may have lost as much as 90per cent of her original forest cover due to human activities. A significant portion of Nigeria’s remaining …
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BREAKING NEW: Vietnam seizes 5.26 tonnes of #pangolin scales hidden in cashew containers from Nigeria, 9 days after authorities in the northern Vietnamese city of Haiphong seized 8.3 tonnes of pangolin scales (link: https://reut.rs/2HPvBQV) reut.rs/2HPvBQV via @Reuters #WildlifeCrime
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