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African tourism surging, but challenges remain

Security concerns, poaching are undermining efforts to promote tourism in the continent

South Africa to set up panel to look into rhino policy

New panel to review earlier recommendation of legal trade in rhino horn; look into trade and handling of elephants, lions, leopards

Yes, jackals are poached in India too

Jackals, those tricksters of our folktales, are poached too, but for reasons entirely different from charismatic species

We asked people in Vietnam why they use rhino horn. Here’s what they said

The findings suggest that the demand for rhino horn is unlikely to fall because people’s beliefs are firmly entrenched. The hope is that …

Tiger poaching issue reaches Uttarakhand High Court

The court has asked the respondents to file their independent replies on the seizure of five tiger skins in March 2016

Eight including three guards arrested in rhino poaching case

Investigations likely to unveil a big poaching nexus, sources say

Environmental crime on the rise, says report

More than one quarter of the world’s elephant population has been killed in the past 10 years

Forest officials attacked in the Sundarbans

A party of officials led by the Divisional Forest Officer in the South 24 Paraganas were attacked with sticks when they tried to arrest an …

Africa losing $25-million tourism revenue each year due to elephant poaching

Poachers kill between 20,000-30,000 African elephants each year for illegal ivory trade

Tiger poaching in India has risen by 63% in two years

Despite the government spending Rs 15,000 crore on tiger conservation between 2014 and 2016, poaching cases rose by 63 per cent

Kenya joins the ‘Elephant Protection Initiative’

President Kenyatta makes pledge as part of package of conservation on signing to the Pan-African ‘Giants Club’

'Did the blackbuck and chinkara commit suicide?'

There’s a lack of seriousness in prosecuting offenders under the Wildlife Protection Act

Ahead of CITES CoP18, Botswana tries to lift ban on ivory trade

It is trying to mobilise other Southern African countries to come to a common consensus on how to deal with the rising population of elephants

Guns, snares and bulldozers: New map reveals hotspots for harm to wildlife

Researchers identify global hotspots of human impacts on threatened species, as well as “coolspots” where species are largely threat-free

For environmental rights defenders, 2016 was the deadliest year on record

India emerged the fourth deadliest country in the world for land and environmental rights activists

Death of a king

A street play in Delhi urges people to stop poaching.

Government faces $30m suit

For forest elephants in Central Africa, no place is safe from poaching

A recent study shows a 78-81 per cent decline in elephant population from the most protected area in Central Africa over a period of ten years

No horn or no horned rhinos?

Substantial decline in tiger population

With a sharp fall in India's tiger population, the ministry of environment and forests has decided to set up special teams to deal with poaching.

Stripe strikes

The rising incidence of tiger poaching may be checked with the creation of a proposed strike force

Conditional surrender

Lynching the lynx

Sanctuary's sorrow