N$25m or 20 years for illegal wildlife sales
ANYONE found illegally selling controlled wildlife will be fined N$25 million instead of the current N$20 000, while jail time which is five now goes up to 20 years. Those found in possession of...
View ArticleNamibia to prioritize wildlife protection against rise of crimes
WINDHOEK Namibia (Xinhua) -- Namibian Minister of Environment and Tourism Pohamba Shifeta on Tuesday highlighted wildlife protection at reserves against the rise of “syndicate-based wildlife crime.”
View ArticleBolgatanga: Three charged for environmental related offences
Three persons have been arraigned before the Bolgatanga Magistrate Court by the Municipal Assembly for various environmental offences. In February this year, the Upper East Regional Coordinating Council
View ArticleIn crackdown, Malawi jails 35 illegal loggers seized in national park
BLANTYRE, Malawi, May 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Last November, rangers in Malawi's Lengwe National Park arrested 35 illegal loggers within the park boundaries as they felled timber with a...
View ArticleSouth Africa: The Police Are Still Winning the Right Against the Illegal...
The South African Police Service in Limpopo is still continuing to win the fight against the illegal hunting of protected species, especially on the new trend of hunting the pangolines. In the Alldays
View ArticleAfrican, Asian Investigators Break Up Ivory-smuggling Syndicate
Seven smugglers involved in the illegal ivory trade from Uganda to Singapore have been arrested following an 18-month investigation by African and Asian law enforcement officials, a counter-trafficking
View ArticleTanzania: Over 1,500 'Poachers' Arraigned in the Past One Year
Dar es Salaam — At least 1,500 people have been arraigned for allegedly being involved in poaching in a period between July 2016 and June 2017. Speaking to The Citizen Tanzania Wildlife Association
View ArticleTanzania: 100 People Charged Over Poaching Since 2014
Dar es Salaam — The government has taken 100 people to court and fined them a total of Sh1.1 billion for poaching between 2014 and 2017. This was said on Wednesday by the government's chief prosecutor
View ArticleInternational illegal logging conference touches on myriad issues
LONDON – A broad gathering of key players in the environmental sector came together last week in London for an international conference on illegal logging. The annual Chatham House conference on illegal
View ArticleHong Kong seizes largest ivory haul in 30 years
Authorities in Hong Kong this week made their largest haul of contraband ivory in more than 30 years, amid surging illegal wildlife seizures fuelled by lax regulations and buoyant demand from mainland
View ArticleThe Chinese town at the epicenter of the global illegal ivory trade
The Chinese government has said it will rein in the smuggling and illegal sale of ivory through tougher law enforcement, among other measures — but those enforcement efforts do not appear to have reached
View ArticleSix more rhino killed in Hluhluwe-Imfolozi
The beefing up of security in other parks, coupled with the conservation area’s small size, may explain the onslaught of rhino poaching in KwaZulu-Natal. This assessment came after Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife’s
View ArticleDownward trend in rhino poaching cause for cautious optimism: Molewa
CAPE TOWN - Environmental Affairs Minister, Edna Molewa says government is escalating the fight against rhino poaching despite current measures yielding positive results. Molewa was briefing the media
View ArticleUS donates R23.4m to combat wildlife trafficking, poaching In Namibia
Windhoek -The United States ambassador to Namibia, Thomas Daughton, yesterday announced a donation of R23.4 million grant aimed at combatting wildlife trafficking and poaching in Namibia. Daughton said
View ArticleRare Delicacy in DRC Connected to Illegal Wildlife Trafficking
Considered to be a rare and expensive commodity in markets throughout DRC's North Kivu province, nyama ya pori, or bush meat, is mostly available by special order. Josephine Katindi, 43, says she prepares
View ArticleIn Colombia, deforestation gangs run rampant
In Colombia’s southeast Guaviare department, which includes almost 20 percent of the deforested areas of Colombia, harvested wood rots on the ground while gangs and drug traffickers take over the land
View ArticleLeading elephant conservationist shot dead in Tanzania
The head of an animal conservation NGO who had received numerous death threats has been shot and killed by an unknown gunman in Tanzania. Wayne Lotter, 51, was shot on Wednesday evening in the Masaki
View ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi honoured for fight against rhino poaching
IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi was among several people honoured on Monday night for his long-standing commitment to rhino conservation. Speaking at the annual Rhino Conservation Awards at Montecasino‚
View ArticleReported murder of 'uncontacted' tribe exposes mining threats in...
Endangered indigenous tribes are increasingly facing threats from miners in the Amazon rainforest amid budget cuts to the Brazilian government agency responsible for protecting them, local officials and
View ArticleIndonesian NGOs lawyer up against environmental crimes
MEDAN, Indonesia — Several NGOs in Indonesia’s North Sumatra Island province have established a joint team of legal experts to focus on addressing environmental crimes in the region. “This team is a
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