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China Backs Malawi’s Wildlife Crime Crusade

LILONGWE, Malawi, November 25, 2015 (ENS) – The Chinese Embassy in the central African country of Malawi has thrown its full weight behind the “Stop Wildlife Crime” campaign by sealing a partnership with pioneer campaigners Lilongwe Wildlife Trust and the Department of National Parks and Wildlife. […]

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Australian Court Fines Japanese Whalers A$1 Million

SYDNEY, Australia, November 18, 2015 (ENS) – In a momentous victory for whales, the Australian Federal Court has found a Japanese whaling company guilty of contempt of court for killing minke whales in the Australian Whale Sanctuary, in violation of a 2008 injunction and Australian law. […]

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Chinese ‘Queen of Ivory’ Arrested in Tanzania

DAR es SALAAM, Tanzania, October 12, 2015 (ENS) – Tanzanian authorities have arrested one of the country’s most notorious alleged ivory traffickers, the so-called “Queen of Ivory.” Yang Feng Glan, 66, is charged with smuggling and trafficking ivory tusks over a 14-year-period. […]

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Beijing Forest Police Bust Wildlife Trafficking Ring

BEIJING, China, October 12, 2015 (ENS) – Beijing Forest Police have arrested 16 suspects in a major wildlife trafficking case code-named May 21. The sting led to the seizure of wildlife products worth about US$4 million, including ivory, rhino horn and bear paws. […]

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Malawi Gets Tough on Wildlife Crime At Home and Abroad

LILONGWE, Malawi, October 1, 2015 (ENS) – Malawian stakeholders from government and non-governmental organizations alike gathered Monday to focus on forestry and wildlife governance, especially the increasing cases of illegal hardwood exports and ivory trafficking that continue to surge. […]

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Sage-Grouse Denied Endangered Species Listing

DENVER, Colorado, September 22, 2015 (ENS) – The greater sage-grouse does not face the risk of extinction “now or in the foreseeable future” so the bird does not need protection under the Endangered Species Act at this time, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has decided. Voluntary conservation efforts will be sufficient to keep the species alive. […]

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Wildlife Conservation Powers Team Up: Poachers Beware

GENEVA, Switzerland, August 28, 2015 (ENS) – Two of the world’s most powerful wildlife conservation organizations today strengthened their collaboration to fight the escalating poaching and illegal trading in elephants, rhinos, great apes and marine turtles and their parts. […]

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Malawi Gets ‘Serious’ About Wildlife Crime

LILONGWE, Malawi, August 9, 2015 (ENS) – The harshest sentences ever handed down for wildlife crimes in Malawi are still too light, said the chairman of the newly formed Malawi Parliamentary Conservation Caucus at the MPCC’s launch ceremony August 3. […]

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UN General Assembly Resolves to Combat Wildlife Trafficking

NEW YORK, New York, July 30, 2015 (ENS) – Recognizing that wild animals and plants are an “irreplaceable part of the natural systems of the Earth,” the UN General Assembly today urged its Member States to prevent, combat and eradicate the illegal trade in wildlife, “on both the supply and demand sides.” […]

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South Africa Releases First Lion Management Plan

PRETORIA, South Africa, April 26, 2015 (ENS) – South Africa’s Department of Environmental Affairs has released for public comment its first-ever Biodiversity Management Plan for lions. There are currently 2,300 wild lions in national parks and 800 “managed wild” lions in smaller reserves. […]

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At Risk

Illicit Wildlife, Gold, Timber Trade Funds DRC Conflict

NAIROBI, Kenya, April 16, 2015 – Organized crime funded by illegal trade in natural resources is fueling the 20-year-long conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC, that has cost the lives of several million people, the United Nations Environment Programme reports. […]