Environmental crime
Rhino Poaching Dips Slightly In South Africa
The number of rhinos killed for their horns by poachers in South Africa dipped slightly in the first half of this year,...
Malaysia Arrests Vietnamese Man For ‘ivory Smuggling’
Malaysian authorities have arrested a Vietnamese man and seized a stash of elephant ivory worth almost $70,000, an...
Three Tonnes of Ivory Seized In Vietnam
Vietnamese authorities have seized nearly three tonnes of ivory hidden among boxes of fruit, officials said Sunday, the...
Our Environment Needs To Be Conserved For Posterity
As part of World Environment Day, which fell on June 5 annually, the Ghana Chamber of Mines is calling for effective...
Effective Policy Needed To Conserve the Environment
The Ghana Chamber of Mines used the commemoration of World Environmental Day to reiterate the need for effective...
African Park Ranger Hits Out At Hong Kong Ivory Trade
A frontline park ranger from the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday delivered an emotive testimony to legislators...
Skin Cure Fad Driving Myanmar Elephant Poaching Surge
Myanmar's wild elephants are being poached in record numbers with at least 20 killed this year due to surging demand...
Earth Is On the Brink of A Sixth Mass Extinction
Earth is now on the brink of its sixth mass extinction and human activity is to blame, experts have warned. In a series...
China Rejects Uganda Ivory Trafficking Claims Against Diplomats
China on Thursday rejected allegations that two of its diplomats working in Uganda were involved in the trafficking of...
Humans Pose Ever-Bigger Extinction Risk To Animals, Experts Warn
An ever-expanding human population and exploding demand for food, water and living space, will place animals at...
Humans Pose Ever-Bigger Extinction Risk To Animals
An ever-expanding human population and exploding demand for food, water and living space, will place animals at...
Western Region Fishermen Defy Order On Illegal Fishing
Illegal fishing activities continue to impact Ghana’s fishing industry. The development is reported to have reached...
Government Must Monitor Safety of Fishes
Nana Kwesi Duncan I, the Chief Fisherman of Marine Park Elimina in the Central Region, has urged the government to...
Nepal Torches Valuable Wildlife Parts
Nepal destroyed thousands of valuable animal skins and other parts seized from poachers on a giant bonfire Monday in a...
EU Injects Over EUR2m Into Sustainable Fisheries Development
The European Union (EU) has committed more than two million Euros to the implementation of a four-year sustainable...
Media Coalition, Stakeholders Against Illegal Mining Set Up Public Forum Thursday
The Media Coalition against Illegal Mining and allied stakeholders have slated another public forum for Thursday, May 4...
Mozambique Battles Illegal Logging To Save Tropical Forests
A squad of Mozambican forest rangers made their first arrest just minutes after arriving at a checkpoint near the...
Rare One-Horned Rhino Killed By Poachers In Nepal
Poachers have shot dead a one-horned rhinoceros at a national wildlife park in Nepal, officials said Sunday,...
‘Bronzy One’ Apologizes To Akufo-Addo Over Galamsey Comments
Bronzy One, the illegal mining operator who warned the the President not to initiate moves that will disturb the...