Conservation News
Namibia: Pressure mounts over seal massacreWith only 38 days remaining to the Namibian seal hunt, The Seals of Nam are pulling out all the stops and are urging the Namibian government to end the annual ... Read more Thursday, 24 May 2012 | Hits: 130 | Comments |
South Africa: Benefits and scope of the Mountain Zebra - Camdeboo Corridor ProjectThe Open Day held in Graaff-Reinet on 16 May to provide information about the Mountain Zebra - Camdeboo Corridor Project has clarified the aims and scope of the project for ... Read more Wednesday, 23 May 2012 | Hits: 92 | Comments |
Mozambique: Signs of Recovery in Gorongosa National ParkMaputo — Gorongosa National Park in the central Mozambican province of Sofala is reported to be showing signs of recovery. The park is widely regarded as the jewel in Mozambique's ... Read more Tuesday, 22 May 2012 | Hits: 165 | Comments |
South Africa: Evil underworld of poaching - Head of Anti-Poaching Intelligence speaks outOne would be forgiven for thinking that the Edenvale and Bedfordview areas are the hub for poaching syndicates and related activities. But the syndicates that profit from poaching activities are rife ... Read more Tuesday, 22 May 2012 | Hits: 150 | Comments |
Concerned Conservationists Kenya: Relaunch Wildlife ConservationConservationists in Kenya have launched an international campaign to push the government to urgently amend the Wildlife Bill so as to provide more deterrent penalties for illegal trade in ivory. The ... Read more Monday, 21 May 2012 | Hits: 149 | Comments |
Kenya: KWS Gets Sh15 Million for Biological LaboratoryNairobi — Plans by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) to set up a forensic and genetic laboratory have received a major boost following a pledge of equipment worth $178,000 (Sh15m) ... Read more Monday, 21 May 2012 | Hits: 86 | Comments |
Kenya’s last hunter-gatherers in Coast face extinctionTHEY have been the inhabitants of the Boni Dodori forest for ages but that is set to change. The minority Boni group has been living in the forest, and all ... Read more Monday, 21 May 2012 | Hits: 347 | Comments |
Kenya: Nasa Shows Elephant Poaching On the RiseThe Kenya Wildlife Service has failed to contain elephant poaching in Kenya and it has now reached alarming levels, according to research by KWS scientists and their American counterparts using ... Read more Friday, 18 May 2012 | Hits: 241 | Comments |
Kenya: Finding a home for the rhino away from poachersDespite increasing numbers in scattered populations, it is still a tough fight to save this mega-herbivore. The Nairobi National Park is famed for being the only wilderness park in the world ... Read more Friday, 18 May 2012 | Hits: 245 | Comments |
Cheetah Conservation Fund Comments On Transfer Of Three Orphan Cubs To KWS FacilityThe Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) works to conserve cheetahs in the wild; not in captivity. However, CCF does work with captive facilities as they are important to keep orphans alive. ... Read more Thursday, 17 May 2012 | Hits: 227 | Comments |
DRC insurgency threatens gorillasKasese – Renewed fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has put the lives of mountain gorillas in the Virunga massif at risk. The intense fighting, which broke out on May ... Read more Thursday, 17 May 2012 | Hits: 177 | Comments |
South Africa: Govt Makes Some Strides in Fight Against PoachingCape Town — South African soldiers, posted on the SA-Mozambican border to conduct border security patrols, seized 22 poachers and confiscated 19 hunting rifles and AK-47s between April last year ... Read more Thursday, 17 May 2012 | Hits: 219 | Comments |
Kenya: Sable Antelopes on a Serious decline
Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has constituted a national Sable antelope conservation task force to co
Zimbabwe: ZNSPCA Makes the Year’s Second, Successful Pangolin Recovery
The Zimbabwe National Society is pleased to report the successful recovery of a female Cape Pan
Eritrea: New Scheme to Be Introduced As Regards Conservation of Trees and Wild Animals - Ministry
Asmara — The Ministry of Agriculture said that new work scheme would be introduced to back up endeav
Kenya: Charcoal Burners and Loggers Deface Kijabe
Kijabe's beautiful valleys and water springs could soon be no more if the current wanton felling of
Kenya: Two Elephants Killed in Laikipia 'For Witchcraft'
Two elephants were killed on Mugie Ranch in Laikipia on May 8. The carcasses of a young male and fem
Congo rebels threaten rare mountain gorillas
GOMA, Congo — There are only about 800 mountain gorillas left in the world and most of them live in
DRCongo army forces bomb rebels in famed African Virunga National Park
GOMA, DR Congo — Government forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo launched airstrikes Saturday
South Africa: Call for Fynbos Conservation Awards 2012
The Cape Action for People and the Environment programme would like to invite you to submit your nom
Open Letter to Congolese Government: Stop Oil Exploration in Virunga National Park
Virunga National Park, Africa's oldest National Park and home to the last mountain gorillas, is unde
Poaching in Liberia's Forests Threatens Rare Animals
Liberia's forestry authority said poachers have overrun the country's national parks and are killing
South Africa: Number of Rhinos Poached Rises to 210
Pretoria — The number of rhinos poached in South Africa since the beginning of the year has risen to
SA mulling rhino-horn trade, says minister
SOUTH Africa is considering whether to approach the international community with a proposal to trade
Kenya: Stiffer Sentences Will Help Save the Elephant
Two months ago ivory poachers caught in West Laikipia in the act of hacking out the tusks of a newly
AZA Zoos Unite to Address Human-Wildlife Conflict in Africa
Human-wildlife conflict is a serious obstacle to wildlife conservation worldwide. As human populati
Kenya: Experts Strategise On Zebra
Conservation experts from Kenya and Ethiopia yesterday converged in Nanyuki to review the national c
Kenya: Kijabe's bleak future
Loggers have almost wiped out Kijabe forest strip and experts predict if this does not stop, landsli
Nigeria: Shell Responds to Al's Criticisms Over Niger Delta Oil Spills
SHELL Nigeria has reacted to the latest criticisms of its oil exploration in Nigeria and the attenda
Rwanda: Rescued Baby Gorilla to Be Handed Over to DR Congo
A lowland orphaned gorilla named Ihirwe rescued from traffickers by the Rwanda Police last year will
Action Alerts
Action Alert: Congo's Rainforests – Including Gorilla Rich Virunga National Park - Targeted by UK’sThe Congo Basin – home to some of Earth's last large, ecologically intact, biodiversity rich rainforests – may soon be decimated by oil rigs, pipelines, deforestation, and oil spills. SOCO ... Read more Action Alerts | Wednesday, 28 March 2012 | Hits: 649 | Comments |
Save the Rhinos!The rhino is being hunted into extinction and could disappear forever unless we act now. Shocking new statistics show 440 rhinos were brutally killed last year in South Africa alone ... Read more Action Alerts | Monday, 26 March 2012 | Hits: 371 | 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: 2668 | 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: 3070 | 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: 6919 | 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: 4779 | Comments |
