Seung-Ho Lee
Satellite technology and machine learning are helping track down illegal and environmentally damaging ‘dark fleets’ of fishing boats.
July 3, 2020: one of the many elephants found dead in Botswana.
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The death toll stands at nearly 400 elephants of both sexes and all ages.
Female tiger crossing track, Bandavgarh National Park, India.
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A new study forecasts that thousands of miles of new road construction will cut through tiger habitat across Asia by 2050. Planning can make these projects more tiger-friendly.
Omo Forest, a home for elephants, in Ijebu East and North Local Government Areas, Ogun State, Nigeria
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Protected areas in Nigeria are generally hampered by limited funds and resources.
Kenya has seen a huge decline in the number of roan antelopes.
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Kenya can save its roan population if it re-stocks from other countries, eliminates poaching and improves their habitat.
Kila with her infant, Kitu.
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Attacks on chimpanzees are happening at an alarming rate, within and outside national parks.
A fisherman carries a yellowfin tuna to be weighed and sold in Mindanao, Philippines in 2013.
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Earth-orbiting satellites and AI tools can track fishing vessels around the world.
Around 1,000 tigers are kept at this facility in China.
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New report reveals big cats are kept in awful conditions. But the link to poaching in the wild is not clear cut.
Elephants in the Kwedi Area of the Okavango Delta, Botswana.
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In light of Botswana’s decision to allow trophy hunting again, new evidence suggests elephant poaching has been on the rise.
White-bearded wildebeest migrate through the Mara.
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Four of the five contemporary migrations in East Africa are severely threatened and have virtually collapsed.
An elephant faces down a car full of tourists.
Isabelle Szott
Wildlife tourism is a million dollar industry, but do we know enough about how wildlife feel about tourists in their habitat?
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Amid a growing human population, African elephants are confined to an increasingly managed existence. Do we want more for one of the world’s most loved species?
Botswana has about 122,000 elephants left.
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There is a significant elephant-poaching problem in northern Botswana that has likely been going on for over a year.
Elephants in Namibia.
Niki Rust
Few people could argue that hunting wildlife for trophies is moral, but conservationists have bigger fish to fry to reverse biodiversity loss
A rhinoceros after having had its horn removed.
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Trading rhino horn has been legalised in a bid to undercut poachers and the black market.
Gansbaai, a popular town in the Western Cape, South Africa, is battling illegal poaching.
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Breaking the cycle of illegal abalone poaching in South Africa is going to be tough, but not impossible.
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Saving the rhino means tackling demand for its horn.
Elephants in the Okavango Delta, Botswana.
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Botswana has been an unparalleled elephant conservation success story. That seems to be changing.
Marine parks protect fragile ecosystems, like coral reefs.
Justin Rizzari
What would you do if you saw a fisher breaking the law? Would you report the offender to the police? Confront them? Or would you do nothing? These choices affect the future of marine protected areas.
Conservation groups are organizing soccer games to help bridge the gaps between park rangers and communities.
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Environmental organizations are using games to engage communities on conservation matters.