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Veld Fire Devastates Wildlife in Maize TriangleFIFTY wild animals perished in a huge veld fire that gutted about 800 hectares of grazing land in the maize triangle, a forest ranger in the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry said yesterday.
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 14:36
Africa: Continent's Rare Species of Flora and Fauna Face Extinction as Poaching Intensifies
Most rare and precious African fauna and flora species are on the verge of extinction, today more than in the past years following increased illegal trade in the past decade as global demand for these increases on daily basis.
Source : AllAfrica | 09-Oct-2008 10:51
Nigeria: Quelea Birds - FG Begins Spray of Pesticides in Borno
The Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources, Abba Sayyadi Ruma yesterday launched the 2008 quelea birds control program for the North-East zone with the commencement of aerial spray of quealatos to battle the pests that have destroyed hundreds of farmlands in Borno and Yobe States.
Source : AllAfrica | 09-Oct-2008 10:26
Africa: People and Nature to Benefit from Innovative Private-Public Partnership
A three-year partnership to integrate health, population and environmental needs for rural communities in Kenya, Nepal and the Democratic Republic of Congo was announced by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Johnson & Johnson, and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) at a signing of a Memorandum of Understanding today.
Source : AllAfrica | 08-Oct-2008 16:58
South Africa: Baboon Plan Gets Backing
The "big three" players in the field of baboon management on the Peninsula - CapeNature, Table Mountain National Park and the city of Cape Town - will meet to hammer out a long-term agreement on funding.
Source : AllAfrica | 08-Oct-2008 11:30
West Africa: Whales, Dolphins and Manatees Win Protection Under UN-Backed Pact
Dolphins, small whales and manatees living in the waters off West Africa or islands in the mid-Atlantic Ocean will now receive greater protection after 15 countries signed an agreement under a United Nations-backed treaty that aims to conserve wildlife and habitats.
Source : AllAfrica | 08-Oct-2008 07:23
South Africa: Country Needs More Veterinarians
Attracting young people from historically disadvantaged communities into the Veterinary field remains a challenge.
Source : AllAfrica | 07-Oct-2008 17:06
Kenya: Evolution Caught in the Act
In what could be a first in the world, scientists have caught evolution in the act of creating a new species in Lake Victoria as animals and plants try to cope with increased pollution and the effects of climate change.
Source : AllAfrica | 07-Oct-2008 10:11
Cameroon: With 40,000 Signatures in Hand, Africans Come to World Bank to Save Their Last Forests
Cameroonian Students Ask World Bank Not to Repeat Mistakes in Congo
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 21:24
Angola: Luanda Hosts World Habitat Day Events
Angola's capital city, Luanda, is hosting Monday the main celebration of the World Habitat Day, with the participation of the UN executive secretary for Urban Settlement, Anna Tibaijuca.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 17:23
Namibia: Biodiversity Management - Walvis Bay Sets an Example
THE 52-page Walvis Bay Biodiversity Report (2008) was launched on Friday.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 17:15
Namibia: Water for Kavango Wildlife
TWO water reservoirs and two drinking troughs for wildlife have been built in two communal conservancies in the Kavango Region.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 16:48
Tanzania: Pastoralists Not Threatened by Legislation Amendment
The chairman of the Ngorongoro Conservation Authority Board of Directors Pius Msekwa has allayed fears of mass eviction of pastoralists from the area.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 16:30
CCF Leads the Way in Cheetah Management
The Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) has started offering international courses on cheetah management practices.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 12:01
South Africa: Cape Baboons Cause Chaos, Again
Management of the peninsula's baboon troops is in crisis again, with no monitors on duty after existing funding come to an end.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 09:52
Namibia: Elephant Hunting - Pros And Cons
There have recently been a large number of newspaper articles and a certain amount of controversy surrounding elephant hunting in the communal areas of northwest Namibia. A lot of confusing and erroneous information has been published and this paper has been written in order to contribute some science to the debate. It has been developed on the basis of data obtained by Dr Keith Leggett over a 10 year period (1999-2008) on a group of 56 elephants resident in the hyper-arid regions of western Namibia.
Source : AllAfrica | 03-Oct-2008 14:51
Namibia: Swakop Bird Found On Polluted Nigerian Beach
A damara tern that was ringed by Swakopmund environmentalists Rod and Sigi Braby in 2003 and 2007 was s potte d by th eir da ughter, Justine Braby, on the beaches of Lagos, Nigeria, in August.
Source : AllAfrica | 03-Oct-2008 13:11
Uganda: Bwindi Park Gets New Gorilla Family
The Uganda WildLife Authority (UWA) introduced a tourism product in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
Source : AllAfrica | 03-Oct-2008 10:58
Kenya: Three Rifles Seized in Crackdown On Poachers
Three guns have been seized in the past week in a crackdown on game poachers in the district.
Source : AllAfrica | 03-Oct-2008 08:25
Hunters Hunting Hunters
To get rid of poachers, give them a new life and join forces to trace their colleagues. "Why do poachers hunt? For most of them, it is a question of survival."
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Oct-2008 16:17
Illegal Trade in Wildlife - Urgent Need to Control Forestry Control Posts
A project to monitor the effective implementation of the Wildlife law for good governance was launched in Yaounde last Monday.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Oct-2008 15:12
Wildlife Scheme Takes Another Step
More than 20 farms from seven regions have been selected to be the first beneficiaries of the Wildlife Breeding Stock Loan Scheme.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Oct-2008 14:58
Sierra Leone: Paramount Chief Embraces Gola
Paramount chief of Tunkia chiefdom, Kenema district Saturday reconciled with authorities of Gola forest programme operating in his chiefdom.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Oct-2008 13:12
Namibia: Emerging Farmers' Game Scheme on Shedule
A TOTAL of 160 emerging commercial farms in Namibia are qualified to receive wild animals through the Wildlife Breeding Stock Scheme (WBLS) of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, said a senior official in the Ministry.
Source : AllAfrica | 01-Oct-2008 15:00
Uganda: MPs Want to End Safari Company's Gorilla 'Monopoly'
Members of Parliament have demanded the termination of monopoly rights given to a private firm that operates lodging facilities for tourists visiting gorilla sites in southwestern Uganda.
Source : AllAfrica | 30-Sep-2008 09:56
Uganda: UWA to Participate in World Tourism Fair
THE Uganda Wildlife Authority and Tourism Uganda are going to use a double-deck-stand concept for this years' World Travel Market International fair in November in London, to attract visitors to Uganda.
Source : AllAfrica | 30-Sep-2008 08:58
Case of Hippo Meat in Police Bus Still Open
An investigation into a senior Police officer who was driving a bus in which hippo meat and an elephant foot was found at Mururani veterinary checkpoint last month has not yet been completed, a Police spokesperson said yesterday.
Source : AllAfrica | 24-Sep-2008 13:09
Uganda: National Forest Authority Slaps Ultimatum On Gulu Timber Dealers
The National Forestry Authority has given timber dealers in Gulu and Amuru districts up to two weeks to clear all the timber sheds with illegal wood.
Source : AllAfrica | 23-Sep-2008 09:43
Uganda: Three Held in Amuru Over Poaching
THREE people have been arrested by game rangers in connection with the killing of a buffalo and a hippo in Murchison Falls National Park.
Source : AllAfrica | 23-Sep-2008 09:42
Kenya: Sh8.6 Million Raised for Park Conservation Efforts
Some Sh8.6 million has been raised for wildlife conservation at the Lake Nakuru National Park.
Source : AllAfrica | 23-Sep-2008 09:30
Uganda: UWA to Promote Domestic Tourism
The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has launched a new drive to promote wildlife conservation and local tourism. The campaign, targeting the youth, aims at popularising Uganda's rich wildlife heritage among students.
Source : AllAfrica | 22-Sep-2008 10:59
Kenya: Counting Samburu's Vanishing Lions
It is a matter of concern that in only two decades, Africa's lion population has dwindled from 200,000 to 20,000 today.
Source : AllAfrica | 22-Sep-2008 10:45
Tanzania: How the Country Can Export Its Pests And Grow Rich
Tanzania could make its name as a commercial exporter of the verminous quelea-quelea bird.
Source : AllAfrica | 22-Sep-2008 10:45
Buffaloes Terrorise Villagers in Chemagora
BUFFALOES are causing havoc in Gokwe's Chemagora area where they are allegedly terrorising villagers and destroying vegetation.
Source : AllAfrica | 22-Sep-2008 10:41
Kenya: Big Cats Roaring Back Into Nairobi Park
The Kenya Wildlife Service and Friends of the Nairobi National Park (FoNNaP) staged a ceremony on August 21 at the main gate to the Nairobi National Park to celebrate the return of lions and other big cats to the Nairobi National Park.
Source : AllAfrica | 22-Sep-2008 10:41
Cifor Warns Against Uncontrolled Bush Meat Hunt
The Centre for International Forestry Research, CIFOR, has warned against the uncontrolled hunting of bush meat, which it says is affecting the poor.
Source : AllAfrica | 22-Sep-2008 10:07
Uganda: Army Destroys Private Forests in Lira District
The UPDF has been accused of failing to compensate commercial tree growers, whose forests the army destroyed in 2004 and 2005.
Source : AllAfrica | 22-Sep-2008 09:39
Gorilla Population Increases
International cooperation on wildlife conservation seems to be working in the Republic of Congo, where the number of gorillas, a species at risk for extinction, has risen substantially.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Sep-2008 12:25
Namibia: Wild Dogs in Serious Trouble
URGENT and concerted action is needed to save Namibia's African wild dog population from extinction.
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Sep-2008 13:34
Tears Flow As Witness Recalls Leopard Attack
The mother of the child who was mauled by a leopard at a tourist lodge three years ago broke down and wept at the High Court yesterday as a witness narrated how her son's motionless body was found.
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Sep-2008 12:14
Rare Animals Extend Their Range
THE Ehirovipuka Conservancy in the Kunene Region last week received giraffes and Hartmann's zebras caught in the Etosha National Park.
Source : AllAfrica | 17-Sep-2008 13:36
Green Assessment Was Done at Onkoshi, Says Govt
THE recently opened Onkoshi Camp of Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) was allegedly built without an environmental impact assessment (EIA) being done.
Source : AllAfrica | 17-Sep-2008 13:35
Tanzania: Court Told of Leopard's Craving for Roast Meat
The leopard, which killed the son of a United Nations employee in October, 2005, had been frequenting a tourist lodge during barbecue dinners to feed on the leftovers, the High Court was told yesterday.
Source : AllAfrica | 17-Sep-2008 12:29
Kenya: Survival of the Mara Must Always Take Priority
The recent bitter verbal exchange between two Cabinet ministers on whether or not one more tourist camp should be put up at the Maasai Mara national game reserve, must not be taken as just another episode in a drama that has come to characterise our politics since the formation the grand coalition Government.
Source : AllAfrica | 17-Sep-2008 11:25
Africa: Nearly Half of Migratory Waterbird Populations in Continent, Asia in Decline - UN
Poorly planned economic development is at the root of the more than 40 per cent plunge in migratory waterbird populations travelling across Africa and Eurasia, according to a new United Nations-backed report issued today.
Source : AllAfrica | 17-Sep-2008 09:46
Kenya: Tortoise Earns Men Sh80,000 Fine Each
Two men were on Tuesday fined Sh80,000 each for illegal possession of a tortoise.
Source : AllAfrica | 17-Sep-2008 09:21