Women around the world are in daily contact with natural resources as food and livelihood providers. Still, their role and knowledge in natural resource management are often not considered, according to an environment and gender report by IUCN. The…
Ivory taken from an elephant in Africa travels along an elaborate trade chain that spans countries, oceans, and continents—and comprises a network of poachers traffickers, fixers, kingpins, and consumers.
Tackling this…
A magistrate’s court in Zambia has sentenced five men to five years in jail after they were arrested by the Zambia Wildlife Authority’s (ZAWA’s) Intelligence and Investigations Unit (IIU) in February.
The men were in…
The existence of legitimate ivory stockpiles held by African governments represents a growing challenge to the eight-year-old CITES ban on international trade in elephant ivory.Stocks are increasing as a result of the natural mortality of elephants,…
WildAid, African Wildlife Foundation (AWF), Save the Elephants and Animal Planet are calling on the public to do its part to end the ivory poaching crisis by taking the Ivory Free pledge at ivoryfree.org. The new campaign asks consumers to pledge…
December 6, 2013 – WildAid, Save the Elephants, and the African Wildlife Foundation kicked off a campaign to reduce ivory demand today at the Shanghai Pudong Shangri-La Hotel. Former NBA star Yao Ming and WildAid co-founder Peter Knights…
Update: Latest reports show the rhino horns seized in Mozambique have now gone missing. We will provide additional updates as we learn more.It’s not often these days that a wildlife-related news headline out of Mozambique reads positive.When one…
Extinction crisis escalates: Red List shows Africa's Gorillas, Vultures, and Other Species All in Danger2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the world's most authoritative assessment of the Earth's plants and animals, acts as a wake up call on…
The giraffe is now vulnerable to extinction, according to the latest update to IUCN’s Red List of Threatened Species. The update moves the giraffe from its previous designation of “least concern” to the “vulnerable”…
KIGALI, RWANDA (February 3, 2022) — The inaugural IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC) previously scheduled for March 7-12, 2022 has been postponed to July 18-23, 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda.
The Government of Rwanda together with all the…
(KIGALI, RWANDA — July 23, 2022) The inaugural IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC) closed today with the adoption of the Kigali Call to Action by more than 2,400 participants from across the continent and beyond.Under the theme ‘For…
Defining the future of African-led conservation
More than 2400 participants from 53 African and 27 other countries participated in the inaugural IUCN Africa Protected and Conserved Areas Congress (APAC) in Kigali, Rwanda from 18-23…
The Sixth Assessment report released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) uncovers that the world is already locked into significant impacts and the global climate action going forward will greatly determine how extreme the…