Wildlife News

[Namibian] WORLD Rhino Day will be commemorated with music and soccer at the Herbert Conradie Stadium at Khorixas this weekend. The event will be held under the theme 'Keeping the Five Alive'.

[Namibian] Namibian Lives Matters (NLM) movement has challenged the argument of the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) that they are only killing suspected poachers by asking them how a nine-year-old boy they gunned down in 1998 could have been a poacher.

[AIM] Maputo -- The Inhambane Provincial Court in southern Mozambique has sentenced a 51 year old Chinese citizen, Liu Rong Wu, to 14 years imprisonment, for his involvement in an environmental crime consisting of an attempt to smuggle about nine kilos of dried seahorses out of the country, reports the independent television station STV.

[New Era] After Driehoek's water infrastructure was destroyed by elephants, the community has been forced to use salty water or trek 6km to get drinkable water at a nearby village, using donkey carts.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The President of the Republic, Joao Lourenço, Monday in Washington granted audiences to personalities linked to environmental conservation and park management institutions.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- 300 cheetah cubs were poached from the landscape in the Horn of Africa each year between 2010 and 2020; this is according to Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) research.

[Daily Maverick] Wildlife crime has traditionally been a cash economy, but as international syndicates move in, money laundering through banks takes over. South African banks have launched the SA Anti-Money Laundering Integrated Task Force to ensure a consolidated approach to the detection of wildlife trafficking.

[New Republic] The Forestry Development Authority-FDA, is not leaving any stone unturned with its quest to protect the forest and all other parts associated with it. For this reason, it graduated 15 Rangers in the maritime system.

[Monitor] By Tobbias Jolly Owiny

[Namibian] MEMBERS of the Wildlife Protection Services unit were involved in a head-on collision while attempting to stop suspected poachers in the Zambezi region on Sunday.

[New Times] A report on the State of the Wildlife Economy in Rwanda has disclosed that the value of Nyungwe National Park is estimated at $4.8 billion.

[FrontPageAfrica] Vahun -- Forest and wildlife are said to be under threat in Vahun District, near the Liberian-Sierra Leone borders. Report of increased in illegal pitsawing, hunting and mining activities are responsible.

[New Times] Gorillas are closely related to humans with similar anatomical and physiological features, and this makes them vulnerable to many of the same diseases.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Environmentalists say rich countries have a moral and economic responsibility to significantly increase funding as their higher consumption levels put greater stress on natural resources

[IPS] Marseille, France -- One of the most hotly debated issues at the recently concluded IUCN Congress in Marseilles was about designating 30 percent of the planet's land and water surface as protected areas by 2030.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Economic and environmental issues will be capitalised during the working visit of the Angolan President, João Lourenço, to Washington, United States, in which he will be awarded with an International Conservation Caucus Foundation (ICCF) prize.

[New Dawn] The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) has accused Gbarpolu County Senator Botoe Kanneh of undermining the implementation of Liberia's Wildlife Protection Law.

[Daily Maverick] The past decade has marked a drastic decline in the number of southern right whales migrating to South Africa's coast, and a team of research scientists from the Whale Unit at the University of Pretoria's Mammal Research Institute are trying to find out why. But, despite lower migration numbers, local businesses in the top whale-watching town of Hermanus are not overly concerned.

[UNEP] Nairobi, 16 September 2021 -- Meeting this week virtually at the 18th session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN), 54 African Environment Ministers agreed to step-up the continent's response to accelerate the green and sustainable recovery programme to tackle the triple crisis of climate change, loss of biodiversity, and pollution.

[Daily News] THE Minister for Water, Jumaa Aweso has called for continued protection of Mara River so as to foster sustainable conservation of the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem and economic development.

[Daily News] The Tanzania Wildlife Management Authority (TAWA) is set to purchase a special helicopter that will bolster conservation and tourism activities within the Maswa Game Reserve.

[FrontPageAfrica] Tahn -- The Society for the Conservation of Nature (SCNL), an environment civil society in collaboration with the Ministry of Mines and Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Forestry Development Agency Thursday, September 16, ended a two-day training workshop for persons associated with artisanal and small scale (ASM) mining activities in Tahn, one of the towns around the Gola forest.

[The Point] The West African Birds Study Association (WABSA) on Monday commenced a four-day validation workshop for its board members, stakeholders, staff and volunteers on WABSA's five years strategy and Action plans.

[The Herald] ZimParks will work towards strengthening the capacity of recreational parks, usually patronised by Zimbabweans rather than foreign tourists, in order to cushion itself from reliance on high value international tourists through renovations and introducing more accommodation units

[The Conversation Africa] In recent years, ecologists have been able to confirm the existence of species previously thought to be lost from former parts of their range.

[Namibian] A TWELVE-person team from the Elephant-Human Relations Aid (EHRA) organisation climbed Namibia's highest mountain to raise N$500 000 in funds for their elephant conservation efforts.

[The Herald] The taking of animals for wild meat consumption poses significant threats of spreading diseases from animals to humans such as coronavirus into the human population, according to a United Nations report released on Wednesday this week.

[East African] Kenya will use fish DNA barcodes to fight illegal exploitation and smuggling of sea resources.

[New Era] Since March 2020, Covid-19 has altered the way of life for many Namibians.

[Namibia Economist] The Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) announced a 50% discount offering to all frontline officers in Namibia and SADC on renewing or acquiring a Namleisure card.