#Act4 Wildlife Move will hopefully curb vast wildlife trade from farm, street markets, and online traders. Billion-dollar wildlife industry in Vietnam under assault as law drafted to halt trading 20 March 2020
#Act4 Wildlife All interested citizens and organisations are invited to respond to the consultation. Targeted consultation on the future of the LIFE Programme 20 March 2020
#Act4 Wildlife Two extremely rare white giraffes have been killed by poachers in north-eastern Kenya, conservationists say. Rare white giraffes killed by poachers in Kenya 16 March 2020
#Act4 Wildlife Ten new species were added to the the Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals' Appendices and concerted actions with targeted conservation plans were agreed for fourteen species. Main outcomes of the 13th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals 16 March 2020
#Act4 Wildlife Environmental law contributes to biodiversity conservation. This article explores one way in which its effectiveness can be impaired: progressive dilution. Wildlife law: case study on a wild‐born orca kept for ‘research’ purposes 6 February 2020
#Act4 Wildlife A debate over the future of trophy hunting points out that many effective alternatives to funding and supporting conservation have started to emerge. Scientists: Trophy hunting ‘not irreplaceable’ for conservation funding 3 December 2019
The African MGS consultation meeting carried out a stock take of previous AMCEN decisions and actions from global forums and conferences. African Ministers Conference on the Environment - Very little space for civil society engagement 20 November 2019
#Act4 Wildlife The Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) announced today the theme of United Nations World Wildlife Day 2020: “Sustaining all life on Earth”. “Sustaining all life on Earth” will be the theme of World Wildlife Day 2020 19 November 2019
Report claims 400,000 insect species face extinction amid heavy use of pesticides ‘Insect apocalypse’ poses risk to all life on Earth, conservationists warn 13 November 2019
#Act4 Equines Tens of thousands of wild horses and burros are ranging over federal land in the West, three times what the land can support, and the agency says its efforts to manage the herd are increasingly coming up short. On Virginia’s Eastern Shore, wild horses are an asset, not a headache 12 November 2019
#Act4 Wildlife The stark images of malnourished grizzly bears on the coast of British Columbia have garnered widespread media attention. The evolutionary links between grizzlies and salmon 10 November 2019
#Act4 Wildlife A recent study found that one-fifth of vertebrates on land are affected by the wildlife trade. Vietnamese schools to teach children about threatened wildlife 9 November 2019