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Study: community engagement is key in wildlife conservation
A study in Tanzania has confirmed just how important community engagement is in successful conservation.
Economy or ecosystem: No easy choice for African palm oil
On the African continent, with its pulsing youth and a projected 2.5 billion people by 2050, economic development is a top priority and oil palm plantations provide opportunities. At the same time, Africans already face unprecedented climate change impacts –
Let’s stop taking selfies with captive wild animals
In search of that perfect selfie, how often are we using endangered animals as props for selfies?
Should we give half of the Earth back to Mother Nature?
More than two decades ago 150 nations signed the Convention on Biological Diversity, aiming to stop biodiversity loss by 2010. That target was later moved to 2020, but it is also unlikely to be met. The task is far from
Wild elephants are now being hunted for their skin too
Asian elephants have long been hunted for their tusks around Southeast Asia. Now in some areas of Myanmar (formerly Burma) they are also being hunted in record numbers for their skins. The reason: many people have come to believe that
Seeking to nab the traffickers of endangered pangolins
Pangolins, a scaly ant-eating animal with long claws and an ever longer snout, are among the world’s strangest mammals. They are also among its most trafficked animals, being driven inexorably ever closer to extinction by unscrupulous poachers and wildlife trafficking