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Frontline Online: Conservation’s New Winners & Losers
March 19th, 2013
by Lorna Howarth
The CITES COP16 (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna) has just ended in Bangkok, to very mixed reviews. Lorna Howarth reports on the good news, and the bad. more...
Why the Philippines’ role in the illegal ivory trade must stop
Dan Bucknell
16th October, 2012
The Philippines have become a significant transit point for illegally traded ivory, and far greater law enforcement is required, says Elephant Family's Dan Bucknall more...
Shot, face hacked off, tusks stolen... horror of the elephants butchered for their ivory
Mary Rice
26th September, 2011
More than 3000 elephants may have been slaughtered in 2011 so far - and that's just those we know about. In Kenya, Mary Rice from the Environmental Investigation Agency witnesses the bloody reality of the global ivory trade more...
Illegal ivory openly on sale in Chinese cities
Rosie Spinks
17th August, 2011
Activists question allowing China to participate in ivory trade, with estimates that as much as 90 per cent of retail items in the country are illegal more...
Walking Thunder: In the Footsteps of the African Elephant
Ruth Styles
28th July, 2011
Cyril Christo and Marie Wilkinson’s stunning images highlight the luminous beauty of Africa’s elephants, says Ruth Styles, and show why ending the ivory trade is more important than ever more...
Among necessary giants: why we can’t afford to lose the elephant
Cyril Christo and Marie Wilkinson
27th July, 2011
Cyril Christo and Marie Wilkinson, authors of Walking Thunder, explain why the survival of the elephant is critical for our own future more...
Who needs Africa's land more: us or wildlife?
Thembi Mutch
29th December, 2009
An explosive mix of animals, people and economics means that land in Africa is becoming more valuable - and more contested - than ever more...
Q & A: Pollyanna Pickering, artist and wildlife conservationist
Laura Sevier
13th August, 2009
Pollyanna Pickering on being one of the few westerners to see a giant panda in the wild, saving the Abyssinian Wolf and how art has led her to a greater appreciation of the natural world... more...
The Elephant Whisperer
Robert King
12th November, 2005
Lek lives in Thialand. She saves Thai elephants. Now, thanks to a clumsy campaign launched by animal rights activists in American all her work is at risk more...
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