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Over the past two decades, the worldwide population of lions has fallen from over 200,000 to approximately 35,000 presently.
In Kenya, they have reduced from 10,000 to 2,000 over the same period.
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June 1th, 2008
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This young Israeli mercilessly tracks down of ivory and wildlife traffickers in Cameroon. His organization dismantles up one network per week, in spite of death threats. A unique saga in Central ...
May 29th, 2008
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A wildlife conservationist working in Tanzania has been awarded the prestigious 2008 Parker/Gentry Award for Conservation Biology.
Awarded by The Field Museum in Chicago, the prize recognizes Dr. Tim...
May 29th, 2008
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Black rhino conservation yesterday received a boost after five of the rare animals were flown to Zambia yesterday as part of an agreement between Namibia, South Africa and Zambia.
“This tran...
May 29th, 2008
Word count: 350 |
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Congolaise Industrielle des Bois (CIB) and the Tropical Forest Trust announced Tuesday that the timber company has more than doubled the amount of certified rainforest it operates in the Congo Basin, c...
May 29th, 2008
Word count: 868 |
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New GPS mapping technology could be an answer in balancing the needs of the indigenous so-called "Pygmies" communities, the eco-system and the timber production in the recently awarded certific...
May 27th, 2008
Word count: 533 |
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In response to our ongoing appeals for assistance in feeding Tatenda, Bugs van Heerden of Cape Town in South Africa very kindly came to our rescue again with a donation of 100kg of skimmed milk powder an...
May 26th, 2008
Word count: 1149 |
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Three-week-long celebrations of the Kruger National Park (KPN) 110th birthday will kick off today. The celebrations will kick-off with an event in Phalaborwa, which will give the communities living in ...
May 26th, 2008
Word count: 253 |
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Kerryn Morrison, manager of the EWT’s African Cranes, Wetlands and Communities programme (ACWAC) has been awarded the African Association of Zoos and Aquaria’s (PAAZAB) Conservation Award. Ke...
May 26th, 2008
Word count: 805 |
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The Kenya Wildlife Service has finalised the standardisation of problematic leases in national game parks.
This is expected to increase the value of leases for lodges and hotels built inside national ...
May 25th, 2008
Word count: 431 |
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Experts in biological diversity yesterday discussed the challenges of reconciling nature conservation and agricultural practices, all elements necessary for the enhancement of man's wellbeing. Meeting ...
May 23th, 2008
Word count: 261 |
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Windhoek - Eleven primary school children from previously disadvantaged backgrounds are being exposed to Namibia's protected areas while at the same learning about the country's flora and fauna and the i...
May 22th, 2008
Word count: 258 |
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YOFF - Senegalese fishermen dragged dozens of stranded pilot whales back out to sea on Wednesday but at least 20 more died on the beach after mysteriously coming ashore.
More than 100 pilot wha...
May 22th, 2008
Word count: 604 |
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Environmental activists in Tanzania have forced a Tata Group company to put on hold a $500 million soda ash plant by generating protests from across the world.
Campaigners say one of the world&rsquo...
May 22th, 2008
Word count: 309 |
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Roodepoort - Government has identified grasslands biome as a priority for conservation action and will be implementing the national Grasslands Programme to save the deteriorating environment.
Deputy...
May 21th, 2008
Word count: 353 |
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Geneva - The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) will launch in September 2008 a pilot program to assist indigenous communities to document their own cultural traditions, archive this heritag...
May 20th, 2008
Word count: 794 |
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Nairobi - A new report has shown that Kenya's wildlife dependent tourism industry is still threatened by illegal poaching activities.
The Kenya Wildlife Services Annual Report shows that more than 1,2...
May 20th, 2008
Word count: 475 |
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The project will be developed as a facility to release orphans back into the wild
AN EMERGENCY appeal launched by a Cranleigh-based wildlife charity has ensured the future of a group of orphaned eleph...
May 20th, 2008
Word count: 459 |
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Lake Victoria, the source of the White Nile, is the second largest freshwater lake in the world, covering nearly 68,800km squared and a water catchment area of 184,000km squared.
The importance and po...
May 19th, 2008
Word count: 413 |
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Climate change has become firmly established as an accelerant to many of the factors which have put one in eight of the world's birds at risk of extinction, today’s publication of the 2008 IUCN R...
May 19th, 2008
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