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June 17, 2013, at 01:44:19 PM | Print this Post 
Underpaid, ill-equipped and outnumbered, park rangers fight a one-sided war against vicious gangs of poachers. Hundreds have been murdered in the defence of endangered wildlife, and their deaths leave their own families in jeopardy. David Smith reports from Zambia . . . → Read More: Fighting the poachers on Africa’s thin green line June 12, 2013, at 10:02:57 AM | Print this Post
Cabinet sends strong message to Kenyans that things are changing fast, the wildlife sector will thrive and who seek to destroy the wildlife asset will not be tolerated . . . → Read More: Kenya overhauls wildlife laws following rise in elephant and rhino deaths June 11, 2013, at 10:00:49 PM | Print this Post
Arrests follow series of pit collapses in which dozens have died, and highlight social and environmental challenges of China’s presence in Africa . . . → Read More: Ghana arrests 168 Chinese nationals in illegal mining crackdown June 10, 2013, at 07:36:12 PM | Print this Post
Precious metal boom gathers pace in Uganda’s poorest and most marginalised region but some fear locals will not benefit . . . → Read More: Gold rush could help transform Uganda’s wild west June 10, 2013, at 05:22:23 PM | Print this Post
Marine fisheries in Africa are over-exploited, but with the right type of fish and support from NGOs, smallholders could help bring about growth . . . → Read More: Could aquaculture solve Africa’s fishing crisis? June 5, 2013, at 04:01:45 PM | Print this Post
Kenyans aghast as deadly co-ordinated attacks bring country’s rhino death toll to 24 this year . . . → Read More: Seven rhinos killed by poachers in Kenya’s bloodiest week June 5, 2013, at 02:46:58 AM | Print this Post
Canned hunting is a fast-growing business in South Africa, where thousands of lions are being bred on farms to be shot by wealthy foreign trophy-hunters . . . → Read More: ‘Canned hunting’: the lions bred for slaughter June 3, 2013, at 01:00:06 PM | Print this Post
Howard-Yana Shapiro, a scientist with the Mars confectionery company, will make the information free to boost harvests . . . → Read More: Decoding ‘orphan crop’ genomes could save millions of lives in Africa May 30, 2013, at 12:46:56 PM | Print this Post
Secretary general calls poaching ‘grave menace’, and will urge central African governments to recognise spiralling illegal trade . . . → Read More: Ban Ki-moon to warn UN security council of dangers of wildlife trafficking |
Google X working on green energy project
Green groups warn government of national parks hunting backlash
UN challenges Australia to protect Great Barrier Reef
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How lack of food security is failing a starving world
Starvation is a symptom of a larger problem involving land, health, power and ecological damage, say experts . . . → Read More: How lack of food security is failing a starving world