South Africa has imposed a year-long ban on leopard hunting in 2016 in a decision hailed Monday by conservation activists. “Provincial conservation authorities were informed that leopard hunts should not be authorised in 2016,” the…
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#Travel: Gambia International Bird Festival slated for October 2016
With over 550 species, The Gambia provides some amazing opportunities for birdwatchers. The five-day festival, organized with the Department of Parks and Wildlife Management and hosted in Tendaba Camp, which is located in Kwinella in…
#Conservation: Malawi boosts wildlife with new Reserves’ management
The on-going emergence of Malawi’s wildlife received another great boost in 2015 with African Parks taking over the management of two more of the country’s reserves – Liwonde National Park and Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve. African…
#Conservation: Pink dolphins at risk of disappearing
As Hong Kong seeks to expand its international airport and with a major new bridge project under way, campaigners warn that the dwindling number of much-loved pink dolphins in surrounding waters may disappear altogether. Conservationists…
#Conservation: Over half of world’s primates on brink of extinction
More than half the world’s primates, including apes, lemurs and monkeys, are facing extinction, international experts warned Tuesday, as they called for urgent action to protect mankind’s closest living relatives. The population crunch is the…
#Conservation: Lion numbers could be halved across Africa by 2035
Lion populations could be halved across much of the African continent within 20 years, with those in west Africa in danger of being wiped out due to hunting and humans’ increasing need for cultivated land,…
Lupita sneaks quietly back into Kenya
Lupita Nyong’o is back in Nairobi, Kenya. The Oscar-winning actress is in Kenya to host an arts mentorship at the Godown Arts Centre, and later an exclusive gala dinner at Villa Rosa Kempinski on Thursday,…
Did you know today is #WorldWildlifeDay?
Today is World Wildlife Day. Proclaimed on 20 December 2013 during the sixty-eight session of the United Nations General Assembly, March 3 celebrates the many beautiful and varied forms of wild fauna and flora, recall…
Protected areas offer glimmers of hope for wildlife
National parks and other protected areas offer hope for threatened species at a time of plunging wildlife numbers, conservationist group WWF said Tuesday, but their success has not been universal. While the headcount of land-dwelling…