CITES: Countries must continue to report on their domestic ivory markets
The Standing Committee of the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), at its meeting in Lyon, France,...
Elephants
Govt. to raise Kshs. 100M in jumbo naming festival
The Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife is targeting to raise Ksh. 100 million during the upcoming Magical Kenya Tembo Naming Festival slated for October. Tourism...
First Lady commends local conservationists for initiative to protect elephants
First Lady Margaret Kenyatta has commended Elephant Neighbours Centre Executive Director Jim Nyamu for his conservation campaign dubbed ‘ivory belongs to elephants’ that has helped...
Hundreds of elephants found dead in Botswana
Mystery surrounds the “completely unprecedented” deaths of hundreds of elephants in Botswana over the last two months. Dr Niall McCann said colleagues in the southern...
Unique elephant conservation initiative dubbed ‘Herd of One’ launched
Conservation organization World Wide Fund for Nature – Kenya (WWF-Kenya), and Sankara Nairobi, have joined hands in a unique partnership to enhance elephant conservation and...
Kenya maintains its uncompromising stance against ivory trade
Proposals to improve protection for elephants, giraffes, sharks and other species were on the agenda of the 18th Conference of the Parties (CoP) of the...
Giraffes are listed for first time to halt their ‘silent extinction’: CITES
There was a big win for giraffes at the 18th Conference of the Parties (CoP) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of...
Attempts to reopen international ivory trade fail at CITES conference
Attempts by Southern African elephant range states at CITES to resume international sales of ivory stockpiles were rejected by governments at the 18th Conference of...
Govts attending CITES conference urged to act on domestic ivory markets
Governments attending the 18th Conference of the Parties (CoP18) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) faced...
Kenya calls for total protection for elephants at 18th CITES conference
Proposals to improve protection for elephants, giraffes, sharks and other species will be on the agenda as the 18th Conference of the Parties (CoP) of...