AT LEAST 369 alleged poachers have been arrested in the last nine months, the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism says. This comes at a time that elephant and rhino poaching has been on the decline over the last few years. According to the latest statistics from the ministry, the Kunene, Kavango East and Zambezi […]
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Environmentalists are worried by the increase in human-wildlife conflicts in the country saying there is a need to ensure positive coexistence between people and wild animals in the interest of human and environmental wellbeing. To date, over 40 people have been killed by wild animals across the country since January this year, while several others […]
VICTORIA Falls Anti-Poaching Unit (VFAPU) Operations Coordinator Clever Kapandura died after being trampled by, the organisation said in a statement Monday. “Whilst following the GPS coordinates, the team noticed an elephant bull a substantial distance away. For some unknown reason, the elephant bull charged from approximately 120 metres away and the team of 3 scouts […]
As you relax on your couch in a gated estate, a brick-walled fence, a security guard and a short electric fence on top of the wall is enough protection from outsiders. In Mlengwa village, Taita Taveta County, however, the situation is drastically different. Locals live within or near one of Kenya’s largest national parks -Tsavo. […]
Poaching incidents in the country continues to decline, with only 14 rhinos and 5 elephants having been killed so far this year, the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism indicated this week. According to statistics from the ministry’s spokesperson, Romeo Muyunda said, seven white rhinos plus one black rhino were poached from private farms, while […]
Rundu — A 38-year-old man tragically died Tuesday morning after he was shot allegedly by an environment ministry official who was attempting to put down a buffalo calf along the Kavango River. The unfortunate event occurred at Shinyungwe village in the Ndiyona constituency of Kavango East region. According to preliminary reports, a bullet caught and […]
Cape Town — Indigenous peoples are increasingly being acknowledged for their protection and management of land, water bodies and wildlife. As their culture and livelihood are intimately linked to the natural environment they often become the first and fiercest protectors of these spaces. The United Nations Development Programme, through its Equator Initiative and the biannual […]
The Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management (Zimparks) has warned of escalating human-wildlife conflicts, especially involving elephants, as the dry season takes hold. Zimparks spokesperson Tinashe Farawo said the country has registered an overpopulation of elephants in the country. Elephants, whose huge bodies require lots of water, become more mobile in search of the precious […]
United Kingdom (UK) has injected over £460,000 (K460m) into the fight against illegal wildlife trade in Malawi. The support has been made under Round 7 of the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund. British High Commissioner Communications Manager, Benson Linje, told Nyasa Times today that this year, UK will be supporting 17 projects across the globe, […]
A local NGO active in the conservation of vultures, received a substantial donation from Rössing Uranium to help them track the movements of these large raptors. Thanking the uranium miner, Peter Bridgeford of Vultures Namibia said “All six vulture species still found in Namibia, are under pressure from a number of sources, with poison as […]
NAMIBIA welcomed the first container control programme in the Southern African Development Community region at Walvis Bay on Friday. The programme, which was launched by the Namibia Revenue Agency (NamRA), focuses on the interception of illicit trafficking including wildlife, drugs, arms, strategic dual goods and other illicit items. It is an initiative of the United […]
The challenge of conserving wildlife while meeting the many needs of humans is a complex one. Some policymakers don’t see how economies can grow while still making space for wildlife. Others understand that conservation must make space for people, but it’s difficult to do in practice. The issues involved in the coexistence of humans and […]
When I arrive at the Seronera Airstrip in Tanzania’s central Serengeti National Park, a slim woman in her mid-20s dressed in a crisp safari guide uniform is holding up a sign with my name on it. I have been on close to 50 safaris in my time, and Lailatu Wilfred Kivuyo is the first female […]
Last week over 60 penguins died from bee stings. But this ‘freak’ occurrence, that’s caught international attention, highlights a more serious issue of dwindling African penguin colonies that conservation groups say is primarily caused by limited prey availability. Last week, rangers found over 60 penguins dead on Middle Beach, at the Boulders Penguin Colony. The […]
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Namibia: Celebrating World Rhino Day
WORLD Rhino Day will be commemorated with music and soccer at the Herbert Conradie Stadium at Khorixas this weekend. The event will be held under the theme ‘Keeping the Five Alive’. Clemens Naomab, regional coordinator at Namibia Nature Foundation (NNF) told The Namibian on Monday that despite Covid-19 preventing celebrations of World Rhino Day last […]
Gorillas are closely related to humans with similar anatomical and physiological features, and this makes them vulnerable to many of the same diseases. And due to the fact that they live in the wild, gorillas have not developed the necessary immunities to some diseases as opposed to humans. Therefore, first time exposure to an illness […]
THE Minister for Water, Jumaa Aweso has called for continued protection of Mara River so as to foster sustainable conservation of the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem and economic development. The river forms integral part of Serengeti ecosystem and it has a significant contribution to the survival of the great wilde beest migration which remains one of the […]
In recent years, ecologists have been able to confirm the existence of species previously thought to be lost from former parts of their range. For example, in 2020, lowland gorillas were confirmed to persist in central mainland Equatorial Guinea by University of the West of England researchers. This year, Babirusa, a southeast Asian wild pig […]