Conservation News
South Africa: DEA, NGOs Battle With Rhino PoachingCape Town — The Department of Water and Environmental Affairs has revealed that 232 suspects were arrested in connection with rhino poaching last year. The suspects consisted of 194 rhino poachers, ... Read more Friday, 27 January 2012 | Hits: 92 | Comments |
East Africa: Rhino Endangered As Horn Price EscalatesTHE rhinoceros has become the world's most endangered species, amid booming business of the animal's horn, the Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Mr Ezekiel Maige, has said. "The rhino's horn ... Read more Friday, 27 January 2012 | Hits: 87 | Comments |
Kenya: KWS Launches Wildlife Monitoring SystemThe Kenya Wildlife Service has launched the ranger-based Management Information System programme for routine collection of wildlife conservation status data. The programme was launched on Monday at the Rhino Base, Tsavo ... Read more Friday, 27 January 2012 | Hits: 33 | Comments |
Kenya: Lamu Residents File Legal Petition on the Multi-Billion Lamu Port ProjectLamu community members filed a legal petition yesterday at the Milimani Courts in Nairobi arguing that the Government of Kenya (GOK) has violated several sections of the new constitution with ... Read more Thursday, 26 January 2012 | Hits: 163 | Comments |
Namibia: A Love for BIG Cat PredatorsWORLD-RENOWNED big cat conservationists, authors and photographers Jonathan and Angela Scott are heading to Namibia to share their passion for big cat predators. The Scotts have achieved world fame for their ... Read more Thursday, 26 January 2012 | Hits: 5 | Comments |
South Africa: Kruger Park Back in Action After FloodsSouth Africa's Kruger National Park has reopened its gates and is mostly back to normal after last week's floods, which saw park officials having to evacuate 60 tourists who were ... Read more Tuesday, 24 January 2012 | Hits: 52 | Comments |
Tanzania: More Rhinos Equals More MoneyReports to the effect that the number of rhinos is rising in Ngorongoro is good news for two reasons. First, efforts to protect endangered species are evidently paying off. Second, we ... Read more Monday, 23 January 2012 | Hits: 44 | Comments |
Tanzania: Wetlands Are Habitat for Common Bishop BirdsThe monitoring project run by the Animal Demography Unit at the University of Cape Town has been urging me to send in another report. I have wanted to send an ... Read more Sunday, 22 January 2012 | Hits: 44 | Comments |
A Different Way of Thinking About Rhino Poaching?It is a violent act to kill a defenseless, non-offending animal like a rhino. However we will never see the end to such violence if we do not deal with ... Read more Thursday, 19 January 2012 | Hits: 577 | Comments |
Mozambique: Zinave National Park to Receive More AnimalsMaputo — Zinave National Park, in Mabote district in the southern Mozambican province of Inhambane, will in June begin receiving a hundred wild animals as part of a restocking programme. According ... Read more Thursday, 19 January 2012 | Hits: 66 | Comments |
South Africa: Rhino rehab for orphaned calvesA project aimed at rehabilitating orphaned rhino calves – one of the tragic consequences of South Africa's poaching crisis – has been launched. The Rhino Orphan Response Project, developed by the ... Read more Wednesday, 18 January 2012 | Hits: 339 | Comments |
Tanzania: Crayfish Invasion Threatens Local Marine Life in LakesTanzania needs to be constantly on alert following the invasion of the Louisiana crayfish that are infamous for eating small freshwater fish, fish eggs, other aquatic organisms and plankton. Tanzania Fisheries ... Read more Monday, 16 January 2012 | Hits: 207 | Comments |
Government inaction, lack of funding worsen vulture crisis, especially in Africa
BOISE, Idaho – Despite their value to humans and the environment, vultures continue to experience se
South Africa: Rhino Poaching Deaths Continue to Increase in Nation
South Africa — Despite increased law enforcement efforts, rhino poaching accelerated in South Africa
South Africa: Rangers Kill Poachers in Kruger Park
Two suspected rhino poachers have been shot dead by rangers in South Africa's Kruger National Park,
West Africa: Shark Fin Hunt Empties Seas
Retired fisherman Sada Fall is upbeat. His two sons are returning from sea with a boatload of "gold"
Zimbabwe: Rhino Horns Found in Minister's Car
LOCAL Government, Rural and Urban Development Deputy Minister Cecil Zvidzai has been named in a case
Tanzania: Great Lakes rail link to circumvent the Serengeti
Tanzania and Uganda have agreed that a proposed joint commercial rail track from Tanga to Arusha and
Uganda: Elephants On Rampage, Oil Firm Blamed
More than 1 000 homesteads have had their crops destroyed after hundreds of elephants and other wild
Kenya: KWS' Advice to Ranchers in Taita
RANCHERS in Taita Taveta county have been challenged to convert their ranches into community wildlif
Nigeria: Benue Raises Alarm Over Wildlife Extinction
The Benue State government has raised alarm over threats of extinction facing wildlife in the state.
Malawi reserve resurrected by project
Majete Wildlife Reserve - Antelope, elephants, leopards and lions are grazing and reproducing again
Elephant Population In Tanzania Sanctuaries Drops
The number of elephants in two wildlife sanctuaries in Tanzania has fallen by nearly 42 percent in j
Angola: Approval of Draft On New National Parks Marks Environment Sector
Luanda — The approval at a plenary session of the National Assembly (Angolan Parliament) of the draf
Uganda: No dumping oil waste in parks, say Acholi elders
Elders in Acholi sub-region have said government and its partners in oil exploration immediately sto
South Africa: Outrage over bid to hunt white rhino
An anti-rhino poaching activist has challenged the "mystery businessman" who forked out close to R1
Kenya: KWS Rescues Rare Male Pangolin in Keiyo
KENYA Wildlife Service officers in Keiyo district have rescued a rare and endangered species of grou
Southern Africa: Couple of South African Leopards On Malawi Mission
"The leopards won't like that!" jokes ranger Fyson Suwedi as his pick-up truck rattles along the bum
Africa: Record Ivory Seizures in 2011 - Watchdog
The past 12 months has seen a record number of large ivory seizures across the world, confirming a s
South Africa: Horns poisoned to save rhinos
A Western Cape game reserve owner has resorted to desperate measures against rhino poaching and has
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Rhino Reality: Powerful reality campaign to end demand for Rhino horn in Asia A reality campaign by four young conservationists to end demand for rhino horn in Asia. If you did not know that for every 20 hours during 2011 in South Africa a rhino ... Read more Action Alerts | Thursday, 12 January 2012 | Hits: 129 | Comments |
Save Ngani an elephant bull who will be hunted unless you respond Ngani is 48 years old. He is the dominant elephant bull at a small reserve of 31,000 hectares – only 14,000 hectares is land based, the rest is graced by ... Read more Action Alerts | Monday, 19 September 2011 | Hits: 681 | Comments |
Stop Blackstone Deforestation in Cameroon Oil Palms and the Destruction of a Biodiversity Hotspot The rainforests of the Gulf of Guinea in Cameroon and Nigeria are a biodiversity hotspot. They are among the most biologically ... Read more Action Alerts | Thursday, 30 June 2011 | Hits: 1652 | Comments |
Masoala National Park in Madagascar needs our help! The Masoala rainforest on this extraordinary island is home to numerous unique species of wildlife, such as the Red Ruffed Lemur (one of ten lemur species found there), the ... Read more Action Alerts | Tuesday, 10 May 2011 | Hits: 1202 | Comments |
ACF News
Paintings help save Africa's animals, Cross River gorillas When Daniel Taylor places a paintbrush on a canvas, he's also putting his money where his mouth is. Specializing in high realist acrylic paintings, the Anmore native has devoted the better ... Read more Thursday, 31 March 2011 | Hits: 1924 | Comments |
Art Saving Wildlife – Act Now and Help Save the Cape Parrot of South Africa! The critically endangered Cape Parrot (Poicephalus robustus) is South Africa's only endemic parrot, and there is a high probability that they will go extinct within the next few years unless ... Read more Thursday, 27 January 2011 | Hits: 2302 | Comments |
Saving the Last Cross River Gorillas Critically endangered, rarest of all great apes receives increased attention in the Year of the Gorilla. Following the declaration of 2009 as the Year of the Gorilla, the African Conservation Foundation ... Read more Friday, 27 March 2009 | Hits: 6158 | Comments |
Artist Daniel Taylor and ACF announce release 2009 Year of the Gorilla Special Edition Award-winning Canadian artist Taylor has partnered with the Africa Conservation Foundation to release an exclusive edition of the popular Mountain gorilla painting. "Mountain gorilla" is part of the Art for ... Read more Monday, 22 December 2008 | Hits: 4118 | Comments |
