Sign up View from Westminster email expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free Westminster email offer By Keletsu Tobega for the Botswana Guardian New research recommends that increased investments in the wildlife economy would go a long way to boosting Botswana’s gross domestic product, improving the quality of livelihoods among people in both … Read more
Panama City (AFP) – An international wildlife conference has moved to enact some of the most important protections for shark species targeted in the fin trade and dozens of turtles, lizards and frogs whose numbers have been decimated by the pet trade. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, … Read more
Confiscated shark fins were shown during a press conference in Doral, Florida, in 2020. An international conference on trade in endangered species ended Friday in Panama, with more than 500 species protected. Wilfredo Lee / Associated Press PANAMA CITY — An international wildlife conference has moved to enact some of the most important protections for … Read more
panama city — An international wildlife conference has moved to enact some of the most important protections for the species of sharks targeted in the flipper trade and the scores of turtles, lizards and frogs whose numbers have been decimated by the pet trade. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna … Read more
Colorado Parks and Wildlife investigators are asking for the public’s help in identifying the people responsible for a series of suspected poaching incidents earlier this month. Eight deer and elk were killed within two and a half weeks and the bodies left behind. Five of the animals were killed within walking distance of the roads, … Read more
panama city — An international wildlife conference has moved to enact some of the most important protections for the species of sharks targeted in the flipper trade and the scores of turtles, lizards and frogs whose numbers have been decimated by the pet trade. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna … Read more
Cleared lands and construction sites are common in southwest Florida. According to US Census data, Lee County is the second fastest growing county in the state. The increase in population leads to the need for more development, which raises the question of how to preserve the wildlife that makes this area so unique. “Development and … Read more
Community wildlife protection is often promoted as the ideal solution. The idea behind this approach is that people who live near wildlife can be involved in protecting it and have an interest in doing so. This results in wildlife being protected (a global biodiversity gain) and local people benefiting from conservation through tourism revenue, jobs, … Read more
Panama City, Panama – Delegates to a global summit on trade in endangered species on Thursday were set to decide whether to pass a proposal to protect sharks, a move that could dramatically reduce the lucrative and often cruel shark fin trade. The proposal would place dozens of species of reed sharks and hammerhead shark … Read more
Indian wildlife biologist Purnima Devi Barman, who has dedicated her life to preserving the great stork – an endangered wetland bird – has become one of the winners of this year’s UN Environment Programme’s Champions of the Earth. The awards, announced on November 22nd, are among the highest environmental awards, and Barman has been named … Read more
