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Forest rangers were subjected to occupational violence by their employers. This in turn can provoke a violent reaction to illegal activities, resulting in violent policing tendencies.
Satellite technology and machine learning are helping track down illegal and environmentally damaging ‘dark fleets’ of fishing boats.
The death toll stands at nearly 400 elephants of both sexes and all ages.
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.
Protected areas in Nigeria are generally hampered by limited funds and resources.
Kenya can save its roan population if it re-stocks from other countries, eliminates poaching and improves their habitat.
Attacks on chimpanzees are happening at an alarming rate, within and outside national parks.
Earth-orbiting satellites and AI tools can track fishing vessels around the world.
New report reveals big cats are kept in awful conditions. But the link to poaching in the wild is not clear cut.
In light of Botswana’s decision to allow trophy hunting again, new evidence suggests elephant poaching has been on the rise.
Four of the five contemporary migrations in East Africa are severely threatened and have virtually collapsed.
Wildlife tourism is a million dollar industry, but do we know enough about how wildlife feel about tourists in their habitat?
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?
There is a significant elephant-poaching problem in northern Botswana that has likely been going on for over a year.
Few people could argue that hunting wildlife for trophies is moral, but conservationists have bigger fish to fry to reverse biodiversity loss
Trading rhino horn has been legalised in a bid to undercut poachers and the black market.
Breaking the cycle of illegal abalone poaching in South Africa is going to be tough, but not impossible.
Saving the rhino means tackling demand for its horn.
Botswana has been an unparalleled elephant conservation success story. That seems to be changing.
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