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The ivory trade and the war on wildlife (rangers) [commentary]

Fred Bercovitch 13 Jun 2015

Amid rhinoceros poaching frenzy, dark days for South African society

Mic Smith 5 Jun 2015

Coordinated protests hit Socfin plantations in four countries

Greg Norman 5 Jun 2015

The poachers’ bill: at least 65,000 elephants in Tanzania

Jeremy Hance 2 Jun 2015

Photo essay: Polluted, overfished, and choked by weeds, world’s second-largest lake is ‘on its knees’

Isaiah Esipisu 2 Jun 2015

Have the ‘Bandit 6’ poached their last toothfish in the Southern Ocean?

Mike Gaworecki 1 Jun 2015

Private sector innovations reduce food loss in West Africa

Margaret Egbula 1 Jun 2015

Zambia lifts hunting ban on big cats

Jeremy Hance 1 Jun 2015

First-of-its-kind mapping technique sheds new light on tropical forests

Shreya Dasgupta 29 May 2015

Together we stand: A policy approach to reducing food loss in West Africa

Margaret Egbula 28 May 2015

Ghosts of problems past and present loom over Nigerian palm oil plans

Greg Norman 28 May 2015

Uganda’s elephant population has risen 600% since its 1980s low

Jeremy Hance 27 May 2015

Drone Herders: Tanzanian rangers and researchers use UAVs to protect elephants and crops

Mike DiGirolamo 27 May 2015

Up to 11 stunningly colorful chameleon species discovered in Madagascar

Mongabay.com 26 May 2015

Mozambique loses almost 10,000 elephants in just five years

Jeremy Hance 26 May 2015

New hope for the world’s most endangered zebra

Nika Levikov 22 May 2015

Consumer choice: Shade-grown coffee and cocoa good for the birds, farmers, ecosystems

Michael Buelna 22 May 2015

West Africa’s weakest links: Supply chain defects are behind worst food waste

Margaret Egbula 19 May 2015

Flag states can be held liable for violations of fishing vessels abroad, international tribunal rules

Melati Kaye 19 May 2015

Satellite images show deforestation on fringes of UNESCO World Heritage Site in Cameroon

John Cannon 14 May 2015

South African Airways bans all wildlife trophies from flights

Jeremy Hance 14 May 2015

Food coating made with African ingredient aims to decrease food waste

Lois Parshley 13 May 2015

Rhino poaching rate rises 18 percent in South Africa

Jeremy Hance 13 May 2015

World’s critical habitats lost Connecticut-size area of forest in a decade

Morgan Erickson-Davis 8 May 2015

To improve food security, look to the forests, new report says

Mike Gaworecki 8 May 2015

Ranger killed by poachers in park known for grisly elephant slaughters

Jeremy Hance 7 May 2015

Using freely available tools to monitor forest cover in critical chimpanzee habitat

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 6 May 2015

Scientists identify frog through DNA without leaving forest

Jeremy Hance 5 May 2015

Borneo’s rainforest may get high-tech 3D scan to boost conservation

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 May 2015

Ongoing overkill: loss of big herbivores leading to ’empty landscapes’

Jeremy Hance 1 May 2015

Kenya’s Karura Forest, symbol of GreenBelt Movement, suffering death by 1,000 cuts

Protus Onyango 29 Apr 2015

Land redistribution in Zimbabwe threatens wildlife and human populations

Brittany Stewart 29 Apr 2015

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