28 March 2017 | TRAFFIC International News Release
Hong Kong — Continuation of Hong Kong’s 150-year-old ivory trade hangs in the balance as the Legislative Council Panel on [Continue Reading…]
Archives for March 2017
Urgent Ban Needed to Save World’s Elephants
March 27, 2017 posted by
27 March 2017 | World Wide Fund For Nature-Hong Kong News Release
Today, the Legislative Council’s Panel on Environmental Affairs is discussing the government’s proposal to phase out Hong [Continue Reading…]
Uganda Biodiversity Fund Launched
March 25, 2017 posted by
25 March 2017 | Wildlife Conservation Society News Release
Kampala – WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) has launched the Uganda Biodiversity Fund with support from USAID [Continue Reading…]
Marine Biodiversity Protection Needs Additional Funding
March 24, 2017 posted by
24 March 2017 | Wildlife Conservation Society News Release
March 22, 2017–Marine protected areas (MPAs) are an increasingly popular strategy for protecting marine biodiversity, [Continue Reading…]
Responsible Travel Promoted Through “Wild Africa” Salon
March 22, 2017 posted by
22 March 2017 | TRAFFIC International News Release
Beijing, China, March 2017—Last week, TRAFFIC, WWF and Qyer co-hosted a “Wild Africa” salon on the theme of “Being a [Continue Reading…]
TRAFFIC Helps Deliver Training in Tanzania and Kenya
March 21, 2017 posted by
21 March 2017 | TRAFFIC International News Release
Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania, 2017—Inadequate investigative capacity for wildlife crimes has proved to be a major [Continue Reading…]
Lottery Fund to Help Save Puffins
March 20, 2017 posted by
20 March 2017 | The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds News Release
An RSPB Scotland project to aid conservation efforts for puffins has been awarded £49,800 by the Heritage Lottery [Continue Reading…]
CITES Combats Illegal Wildlife Trade in West Africa
March 20, 2017 posted by
20 March 2017 | Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora News Release
Geneva/Ougadougou – On 7 March 2017, at the Triple Point in the heart of Park W, [Continue Reading…]
New Report Calls to Protect Threatened Corals
March 15, 2017 posted by
15 March 2017 | Earthjustice News Release
Paris — A report by lawyers at Earthjustice and Environmental Justice Australia, launched this week in Paris, outlines the international legal responsibilities of [Continue Reading…]
RSPB’s Newest Reserve is Island Paradise
March 14, 2017 posted by
14 March 2017 | The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds News Release
The RSPB has acquired a new nature reserve on the Humber after signing a 50 year lease for Whitton Sands, a secluded [Continue Reading…]
Remarkable Recovery of Kaka Population
March 13, 2017 posted by
13 March 2017 | Department of Conservation-New Zealand News Release
In the mid 2000s the kākā population in Waitutu Forest was being ravaged by stoats and possums with female birds and [Continue Reading…]
Diversity and Carbon Storage in Tropical Forests
March 13, 2017 posted by
13 March 2017 | Wildlife Conservation Society News Release
New York – Conservationists working to safeguard tropical forests often assume that old growth forests containing great stores [Continue Reading…]