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#Conservation: Humanity decimating planetary wildlife
Nearly three-fifths of all animals with a backbone — fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammals — have been wiped out since 1970 by human appetites and activity, according to a grim study released Thursday. On…
#Conservation: Madagascar lemurs find refuge in private sanctuary
Threatened by habitat loss and hunting, Madagascar’s lemurs, a critically endangered species, are finding refuge in a private sanctuary on this vast Indian Ocean island. At Nahampoana game reserve, one of the wide-eyed creatures —…
#Conservation: Craze for hornbill ‘ivory’ pushes Borneo icon to the brink
A striking bird with monochrome plumage and a formidable “beak”, the helmeted hornbill is being hunted to extinction, one of the latest victims of a thriving global trade in exotic wildlife. For decades poachers in…
#Conservation: Ivory trade vote exposes divisions on saving elephant
The global conference that governs wildlife trade voted Monday against strengthening the ban on ivory sales, exposing bitter divisions among African countries and experts over elephant conservation. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species…
#Conservation: Zimbabwe, Namibia to push for ivory trade
Southern African countries will Monday fight for permission to sell their ivory stockpiles, as an international wildlife conference debates how best to regulate the often illegal trade and protect Africa’s elephants. Targeted for their tusks,…
#Conservation: Julius Yego on World Rhino Day combats illegal trade in Wildlife
Kenyan Olympian Julius Yego locked horns with the illegal trade in wildlife on World Rhino Day, joining a huge global campaign to conserve endangered species. Yego, a silver medalist in the Javelin at the Rio…
Native people’s rights violated in name of ‘conservation’: UN
Some of the world’s leading conservation groups are violating the rights of indigenous people by backing projects that oust them from their ancestral homes in the name of environmental preservation, a top UN expert said…
#Conservation: Warming oceans are ‘sick,’ global scientists warn
Global warming is making the oceans sicker than ever before, spreading disease among animals and humans and threatening food security across the planet, a major scientific report said on Monday. The findings, based on peer-reviewed…
#Conservation: Ol Jogi shortlisted for the Pure Awards 2016
Ol Jogi Wildlife Conservancy is one of 5 projects nominated for the “Conservation and Sustainability” category for the PURE Awards 2016. PURE is a global community of heroes changing worlds by catalysing adventure, personal connections…