This video explores the shocking and lucrative industry of canned hunting, which astonishingly remains legal.....
… Lions bred to be shot in South Africa's 'canned hunting' industry Patrick … There are now more captive lions in South Africa than wild ones, and many of these … farm in North Eastern Free State, South Africa, to investigate the relationship …
A $4m plan to move 80 rhinos from South Africa to Australia is inept, patronising, a waste of scarce resources that contributes nothing to conservation, and betrays an outdated neocolonial mindset, writes Matt Hayward. The money should be spent on successful but underfunded community-based rhino conservation initiatives in Africa that benefit entire ecosystems.
… Rhinos should be conserved in Africa - not moved to Australia! Matt Hayward … Comment Conservation Mammals Rhinos Ecology Africa South Africa Australia southern-white-cut.jpg A $4m …
Ahead of this week's 29th meeting of the CITES Animals Committee, in Geneva, Switzerland, the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) reveals how the legal trade in lion bones from captive-bred lions serves only to exacerbate and drive the illegal trade in wild tiger parts
… How South Africa's trade in captive-bred lions increases … exacerbated by the supply of huge volumes of African lion bone, teeth and claws, sold as … Asia. At the heart of the lion trade is South Africa - the world's largest exporter of lion …
For a generation the nature of warfare in Africa has evolved due to technological advances. The scale of destructiveness in modern warfare has increased. This has had a negative impact on wildlife and its habitats, which had traditionally protected wild animals and environments. CURTIS ABRAHAM reports.
… The evolution of armed conflict in Africa Curtis Abraham | 21st November 2017 … Armed Conflict Conservation Challenge For Africa Food crisis in the Horn of Africa For a generation the nature of warfare …
The Alternative Indaba initiated by faith-based groups eight years ago is a forum to discuss alternatives to the mining rush that brought more doom than gloom over the African continent and beyond. JASPER FINKELDEY reports back from this month's forum which called for the mining industry to be made more accountable
… Finkeldey | 20th February 2017 Comment Mining Africa Fossil Fuels Campaigners mark kernan … that brought more doom than gloom over the African continent and beyond. JASPER FINKELDEY … that brought more doom than gloom over the African continent and beyond. Today the …
The African Wildlife Foundation has uncovered the figures behind the shocking numbers of 'trophy hunters' and the sanctioned trade in exporting dead and living animals out of the continent, reports LAURA BRIGGS
… 2017 News AFW Elephant Hunting Trade Ivory Africa 405529.jpg The African Wildlife Foundation has uncovered the … in exporting dead and living animals out of Africa is threatening endangered species on …
The world is seeing the human cost of climate disruption playing out across the Horn of Africa. Severe droughts, erratic rainfall and rising temperatures have tipped nations towards famine and left communities fighting for survival. But it's also a man-made crisis and one that we can address both in the short and long term reports JOE WARE
… How to fix the East Africa Crisis Joe Ware | 22nd March 2017 News East Africa Crisis Renewables Green Climate Fund east africa crisis.jpg The world is seeing the …
Dominic Dyer reports on a long overdue co-ordinated effort by the international community to take action against the global industry which is slaughtering Africa’s elephants......
… Will the world act to save the African elephant before it's too late? Dominic … the global industry which is slaughtering Africa’s elephants...... In March 2010, I … lives on the line to protect elephants in Africa from a surge in poaching. The article …
An African movement for Earth-centred living and governance, founded in traditional cultures, is growing across the continent, writes HANNIBAL RHOADES. Meet the newly graduated Earth Jurisprudence practitioners helping a revival to flourish
… Africa’s first class of Earth Jurisprudence … Law Justice Indigenous Nature 405217.jpg An African movement for Earth-centred living and … “The root causes of the crises facing Africa today, like land grabbing and ecosystem …
An exhaustive undercover investigation by the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has revealed how criminal gangs originating from an obscure town in southern China have come to dominate the smuggling of illegal ivory tusks poached from African elephants
… smuggling of illegal ivory tusks poached from African elephants Shuidong town is home to a … whose reach extends to East and West Africa, including the elephant poaching … of all poached ivory smuggled into China from Africa. A new report, The Shuidong Connection: …
Hydraulic fracturing is still a ‘known unknown' in South Africa's ongoing energy debate. And whilst two weeks ago communities in the KwaZulu-Natal province made it clear they don't want fracking, President Jacob Zuma does. Jasper Finkeldey reports
… phase one exploratory applications in South Africa Jasper Finkeldey | 20th October 2017 News Fracking South Africa Gas Oil Shale Anti Fracking fracking south africa.jpg Hydraulic fracturing is still a …
Wildlife crime is a multi-million dollar globalised business, ranked fourth in transnational crime in the world, with an international network sprawling across continents. Verity Largo reports from Tanzania ...
… Largo | 16th November 2013 News Natural World Africa Hunting Poaching Wildlife Crime … on poaching. The conservation world in East Africa is highly political, and people must … area rest on not being too critical of East African governments. The tourist industry …
In the second of a three part blog in which Les Carlisle joins a team of translocation experts, he travels across two Southern African countries in 48 hours with the aid of armed guards to safely deliver 6 rhino to their new homes ...
… Rhinos without borders: across Africa Les Carlisle | 13th November 2013 … Rhinos Conservation Ivory Natural World Africa rhino.jpg In the second of a three part … experts, he travels across two Southern African countries in 48 hours with the aid of …
As China pursues a startling array of energy, mining, logging, agricultural, transport and other infrastructure projects on virtually every continent, it is having an unprecedented impact on the planet, writes William Laurance. It's not that China is any worse than historic colonial powers - the difference is in the sheer scale and pace of environmental destruction, and the total lack of oversight under which Chinese mega-corporations operate.
… William Laurance | 11th April 2017 News China Africa Development Mining Transport Biodiversity Forests china-road-africa-cut.jpg As China pursues a startling … I've worked as an ecologist in the Amazon, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region on an …
The Ecologist is delighted to launch its collaboration with the Climate Tracker initiative today, with an article about the impact of climate change on the Middle East and North Africa region from LINA YASSIN. The Sudanese engineering student argues that climate change is already affecting the region in dire ways.
… conditions for the Middle East and North Africa Lina Yassin Climate Tracker | 3rd July … News Climate Change Heat Middle East North Africa Water Stress Uninhabitable MENA … climate change on the Middle East and North Africa region from LINA YASSIN. The Sudanese …
The Gaia Foundation just launched its latest film - Seeds of Sovereignty. Sharon Garfinkel attended the launch - and urges all those interested food and farming, in Africa and elsewhere, to watch it.
… 13th December 2013 Reviews Seeds Food Farming Africa seeds-of-sovereignty.png The Gaia … all those interested food and farming, in Africa and elsewhere, to watch it. Wonderfully … the world. With its vivid images of Africa, it makes for compelling viewing and …
From child-soldier to Netflix star, the Congolese park ranger has won his award for stopping oil exploration in the Virunga National Park. He talks to SOPHIE MORLIN-YRON
… of the 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize for Africa: Rodrigue Katembo Sophie Morlin-Yron | … 2017 Comment Mining Activism Goldman Prize Africa 2017_rodriguekatembo_02_ecologist … this year's Goldman Environmental Prize for Africa. Nestled on the country's eastern …
Chinese citizens are responsible for much of the wildlife crime taking place in Namibia, inflicting immense damage to the country's environment, and undermining community based conservation, writes the Namibian Chamber of Environment in this Open Letter to China's Ambassador Xin Shunkang. China must act to stop its citizens' criminal activities, and invest in making good the damage caused.
… for its citizens' wildlife crimes in Africa Namibian Chamber of Environment | 6th January 2017 Activism Namibia China Africa Wildlife Trade Bushmeat … many parts of the world, including in South Africa. And more recently, Chinese nationals …
Botswana has been accused of sacrificing the Kalahari, one of the world's most precious wildlife reserves, to commercial fracking while ignoring the concerns of environmentalists and communities who could lose access to scarce water.
… David Smith | 18th November 2013 News Africa Fracking Fossil Fuels Gas Indigenous … of fierce debate in America, Britain, South Africa and countries around the world, with … than a decade, Botswana , lauded as one of Africa's most stable democracies, has been …
The South African government is currently embarking on streamlining decision-making processes in mining. To many this sounds like more top-down decision-making at the expense of those communities that will have to host mines and paves the way for more violent conflict, warns JASPER FINKELDEY
… Finkeldey | 27th March 2017 News Mining South Africa Acitvisim Violence mining south africa.jpg The South African government is currently embarking on …
Until now, civil unrest and the difficulty of working at night have stood in the way of understanding the true nocturnal diversity of the African rainforests but the recent discovery of a new species of primate hints at what lies in wait to be discovered
… discover a new species of primate from Africa's Angolan rainforests The Ecologist | … the true nocturnal diversity of the African rainforests but the recent discovery … only the fifth new primate described from the African mainland since 2000 and only the …
20,000 square kilometres of Ethiopia are suitable for grid-based wind power generation, with a total capacity of 100 GW.
… Africa's biggest wind farm opens Oliver … Tickell | 26th October 2013 News Energy Africa Electricity Ethiopia Renewables Wind … generation, with a total capacity of 100 GW. Africa's biggest wind farm, at Ashegoda in …
Dian Fossey dedicated her life to the study of the critically endangered mountain gorilla. CURTIS ABRAHAM looks into her life, sudden death and the lasting legacy she left in mountain gorilla preservation.
… Dian Fossey, Africa's mountain gorillas and deadly toll of … | 25th October 2017 News Fossey Gorillas Africa Poaching Murder 405578.jpg Dian Fossey … had a perfectly colonial attitude toward the Africans. On Christmas she’d give the most …
Dr Mordecai Ogada, a professional conservationist, and John Mbaria, his fellow Kenyan and journalist, present a powerful challenge to the prevailing conservation narrative, argues LEWIS EVANS
… the view of Kilimanjaro. He could see many of Africa’s most iconic species -giraffe, water … narrative in Kenya, as well as much of Africa, is thoroughly intertwined with … they are out to preserve.” To colonisers, Africa is and always has been a “wild and …