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African elephants face extinction amid poaching, habitat loss
26 Mar 2021 African elephants living in forests and savannas are increasingly threatened with extinction, according to the latest Red List of the world’s most threatened species, with conservationists stepping up calls for an urgent end to poaching and the destruction of the elephants’ habitat. The new assessments by the International Union for Conservation of … Continue reading African elephants face extinction amid poaching, habitat loss
The world’s last rhinos are in bad trouble – here’s why
By Helena Kriel and Don Pinnock Saving rhinos Part 1: The crisis. As anti-poaching costs soar, protecting rhinos has become a costly liability. Debates on what to do about it have become a war zone, and the biggest losers are the rhinos themselves. https://spkt.io/a/1684974 First published in the Daily Maverick 168 weekly newspaper. In the … Continue reading The world’s last rhinos are in bad trouble – here’s why
Wildlife protections, especially in Africa, cut sharply during pandemic -IUCN conservation group
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – The COVID-19 pandemic is undermining nature conservation efforts, cutting park and anti-poaching patrols in more than half of Africa’s protected sites, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said on Thursday.Rhinos graze in the Pongola Nature Reserve in Jozini, South Africa, October 6, 2018. REUTERS/Rogan Ward/File Photo The collapse … Continue reading Wildlife protections, especially in Africa, cut sharply during pandemic -IUCN conservation group
