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Cameroon government cancels logging concession that threatens wildlife in virgin rainforest
A Cameroonian government decree allowing logging in a forest that is home to the rare Ebo gorilla and other endangered species, like chimpanzees, forest elephants and grey parrots, has been cancelled. The decree, which was signed mid-July, had sparked outrage among...
Lions are less likely to attack cattle with eyes painted on their backsides
The predation of livestock by carnivores, and the retaliatory killing of carnivores as a result, is a major global conservation challenge. Such human-wildlife conflicts are a key driver of large carnivore declines and the costs of coexistence are often...
Help prevent logging and save rare gorillas in Cameroon’s Ebo Forest
Rainforest Rescue released a petition protesting the Cameroonian government’s move to open 150,000 hectares of Ebo Forest – an area the size of Greater London – to logging. The logging concessions would impact one of Africa’s great biodiversity hotspots. Ebo Forest...
Conservation MBA Program Full Funding Opportunity at the African Leadership University
The ALU School of Wildlife Conservation (SOWC), part of the African Leadership University (ALU), is a platform for emerging leaders with interests in conservation to get cutting edge leadership training to learn to lead effectively and manage Africa’s unique natural...
Lion conservation strategies start with good counts
New research published this month indicates that lion populations in Africa may be lower than current estimates suggest. The research, a collaboration involving University of Queensland and Griffith University, published in Frontiers in Ecology &...
Inside the Big Game Industry: Trophy Hunters Exposed
Five years ago, a dentist from Minnesota killed Cecil the lion Hwange National Park’s most famous resident. This caused an outcry in the United Kingdom and in the rest of the world against trophy hunting. Yet people are still killing big game for sport. A new book...
Family of African Women Create first Baboon Rehab and Release Program in Namibia
Kaminjab, Namibia - An hour down a rocky dirt road in northwest Namibia is where the country’s first baboon release program is located. Co’Lu’Bi Wildlife Sanctuary has a mission to rescue and rehabilitate baby baboons that are orphaned and injured and release them...
Exploitation changes leopard behaviour with long-term genetic costs
Throughout their range leopards are in rapid decline, having disappeared from North Africa, much of the Middle East and Asia. Declines have been so severe that the species is now considered vulnerable to extinction. No comprehensive estimates of the number of leopards...
Planting Trees Will Not Solve the Climate Crisis
South African scientists say African governments have been misled into massive tree planting schemes by the Global North misreading Africa's grasslands. Megafires and drought beckon. Trees are good. Trees are green. Trees suck up carbon dioxide. Ergo: plant as many...
South Africa wants to promote wildlife consumption
South Africa is turning towards the implementation of new laws that fully allows the economic exploitation of wildlife. The intention is to market the use of all kinds of wild species, including giraffes, zebras, emu, and duikers, in order to produce cheap meat....