Follow AllAfrica News: Wildlife, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/all-africa-news-wildlife Thu, 08 Dec 2022 07:40:58 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwZqEVC8EpDfEWFk24e89-qg [UN News] Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday denounced the existing global financial system as "morally bankrupt" and called on youth leaders gathered for a UN summit in Montreal, Canada, to push for justice so that all countries, especially in the developing world, have the tools needed to curb biodiversity loss and restore the balance between humans and nature.]]> Wed, 07 Dec 2022 15:31:47 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwZqEVC8EpDfEWFk24e89-qg https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwZI-4SYtGz5ZUGb1Jh49AJn [Capital FM] Marasabit -- The Government paid out Sh68,340, 300 two years ago for various damages to victims of wildlife conflicts in Marsabit County.]]> Mon, 05 Dec 2022 08:05:21 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwZI-4SYtGz5ZUGb1Jh49AJn https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwb9SkN7mOV98wVLTsI7B9NX [Nyasa Times] Senior Resident Magistrate Wanangwa Nyirenda on Thursday, December 1st 2022, sentenced Zambian national Kelby Roy Malambo to 15 years imprisonment with hard labour for the three charges he faced in the MK53m wildlife crime case involving elephant ivory.]]> Fri, 02 Dec 2022 16:47:21 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwb9SkN7mOV98wVLTsI7B9NX https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwaPAsrgjlwTvSVCAQLB0bf5 [Namibia Economist] Namibia and its partners in wildlife protection and law enforcement will step up efforts against wildlife crime in the country during this year's festive season.]]> Mon, 28 Nov 2022 12:28:52 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwaPAsrgjlwTvSVCAQLB0bf5 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwa2wP4niKgSjG0dX84dnP8Y [New Zimbabwe] Shylet died as she walked home from her older sister's house at dusk. She was 22 years old, and she had her six-month-old baby in a sling around her waist.]]> Sat, 26 Nov 2022 09:04:11 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwa2wP4niKgSjG0dX84dnP8Y https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwYgPYR43xYQf20dX84dnP8Y [The Conversation Africa] As part of an international team of scientists we have confirmed a new species of owl after decades of speculation that it exists on Príncipe Island, part of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe in central Africa.]]> Sat, 26 Nov 2022 08:23:33 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwYgPYR43xYQf20dX84dnP8Y https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwZaGsn4iCL7ULkdRKkm2PJP [The Conversation Africa] Community-based wildlife conservation is often promoted as a win-win solution. The idea behind this approach is that the people who live close to wildlife can be involved in protecting it and have an interest in doing so.]]> Fri, 25 Nov 2022 09:40:38 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwZaGsn4iCL7ULkdRKkm2PJP https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwYaMoyH05sn0XKSkciKEY1s [Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has announced that another male Tusker has died at the Tsavo West National Park.]]> Fri, 25 Nov 2022 07:31:34 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwYaMoyH05sn0XKSkciKEY1s https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwaJ9rAgXsNqeOifqJurszLU [Nile Post] The male White Bengal tiger at the Uganda Wildlife Education Centre (UWEC) has been named Yura.]]> Tue, 22 Nov 2022 10:36:59 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwaJ9rAgXsNqeOifqJurszLU https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwYJCsFsBVoRSrkdRKkm2PJP [SAnews.gov.za] The South African National Parks (SANParks) has welcomed the heavy sentencing of a rhino poacher by the Skukuza Regional Court, to a total of 52 years in prison for rhino poaching and related offences.]]> Mon, 21 Nov 2022 11:16:49 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwYJCsFsBVoRSrkdRKkm2PJP https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwaGd059z56ZCBtLdxSOwF-n [The Conversation Africa] The African civet -- an animal closely related to the mongoose and widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa -- is among four mammals known to secrete scented compounds. Civets produce this "musk" to mark territory and communicate among themselves and other animals. It recently appeared in the news because when the UK's King Charles III is crowned in 2023 he'll be anointed with an oil which includes civet musk. This follows a long tradition. When Queen Elizabeth II was crowned in 1953, she was anointed with]]> Sat, 19 Nov 2022 21:22:32 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwaGd059z56ZCBtLdxSOwF-n https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwap_w0AJjk016gHTd9OkkKt [New Times] Grey Crowned Crane population in Rwanda has more than doubled in Rwanda, according to a report presented during biodiversity day at the 27th UN climate change conference in Egypt.]]> Fri, 18 Nov 2022 14:35:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwap_w0AJjk016gHTd9OkkKt https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwZXQX9U_t1_Kmw5Ur-z5Bww [The Point] The Honourable Secretary of State for Climate Change and Sustainable Development of the Republic of Angola Ms. Paula Francisca Coelho has presided over the launching of the Pan African Network for the Conservation of Africa's Natural Resources (PANCANR).]]> Fri, 18 Nov 2022 10:34:49 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwZXQX9U_t1_Kmw5Ur-z5Bww https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwbJ6jxC_opQCZONpYks2fGs [VOA] Gaborone -- Botswana said it's seen a dramatic drop in rhinoceros poaching this year after taking greater steps to protect its shrinking rhino population.]]> Thu, 17 Nov 2022 11:04:32 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwbJ6jxC_opQCZONpYks2fGs https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwbH4ybkM7T7tJ8v71dCn6bG [The Conversation Africa] Mangrove forests are a common sight in some tropical and sub-tropical areas of the world like Indonesia, Florida in the US, parts of Brazil and Australia. They can also be found on African coasts, including South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape provinces.]]> Tue, 15 Nov 2022 10:54:35 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwbH4ybkM7T7tJ8v71dCn6bG https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwZHafjjrOzurHHnycKeoCpf [MAP] Geneva -- Morocco was elected to the Standing Committee of the Convention on Wetlands "RAMSAR" as representative of the North African sub-region, for the period 2022-2025, on the sidelines of the 14th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP14), which was held in hybrid mode in Wuhan (China) and Geneva (Switzerland) on November 5-13.]]> Tue, 15 Nov 2022 10:37:54 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwZHafjjrOzurHHnycKeoCpf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwYLUWeQXGkQ7heIF_fEM9tn [The Herald] Climate change, alongside a huge elephant population, land degradation and habitat loss, are emerging as top threats to biodiversity at Mana Pools National Park tucked on the southern banks of the Zambezi River in northern Zimbabwe.]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2022 12:09:40 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwYLUWeQXGkQ7heIF_fEM9tn https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwakmv5Uzro4sfnNuMIJyU22 [The Conversation Africa] Climate change has produced a number of threats to wildlife. Over time, changing rainfall patterns have transformed habitats and forced animals to move. Increasing temperatures are causing mass die-off events during heat waves and making it hard for animals to find food.]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2022 06:39:47 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwakmv5Uzro4sfnNuMIJyU22 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwbkKaPrMiStXgm0QkxGtqLL [The Point] Madam Dench with WABSA Members ,West Africa Birds Study Association (WABSA) last week hosted an eight-member team from 'Flight of the Osprey Expedition Team' from UK led by the UN Ambassador for Migratory Species, Madam Sacha Dench.]]> Fri, 11 Nov 2022 16:17:12 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwbkKaPrMiStXgm0QkxGtqLL https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwYEFs4Unlrtg-4DA87rvhPr [allAfrica] As 2,500 people converge on Panama for the World Wildlife Conference from November 14, two leading international officials responsible for ensuring sustainable trade in wildlife outline how both to protect endangered species and to ensure efficient trading. In a guest column for AllAfrica, Ivonne Higuero, Secretary-General of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), and Shamika N. Sirimanne, Director of Technology and Logistics at the United Nations Confe]]> Fri, 11 Nov 2022 09:40:21 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/cwiAu5TITwYEFs4Unlrtg-4DA87rvhPr