Your daily dose of not so good news about ongoing trafficking, wildlife
and environmental crimes.
in the spotlight today ……………………
Wildlife Trafficking: Beyond Elephants and Ivory extract: Between 1975 and 2005, 1.3 million African grey parrots were reported to be legally exported from Africa, and actual numbers removed from the forests of Central and West Africa are likely at least double that due to unreported trade and high mortality in capture and transport. Central American populations of the Scarlet Macaw in Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico, and Belize have been reduced to isolated sub-populations of fewer than 1,000 wild individuals in total—due to illegal trade in this endangered highly attractive bird. http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2014/10/21/wildlife-trafficking-beyond-elephants-and-ivory/
No 244 Wildlife Trade News 22nd October 2014
Open letter to NRE Minister G. Palanivel (Malaysia)
Heartbreaking photos of two elephants killed by an electric fence – who both died because they were touching each other (NA comment: check out the photos.)
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2801856/heartbreaking-photos-two-elephants-killed-electric-fence-died-touching-other.html#ixzz3GnU0GLHn
REMINDER: New Mobile App to Help Combat Illegal Wildlife Trade in Asia http://www.asean-wen.org/index.php/news-trainings-workshops-and-conferences/401-new-mobile-app-to-help-combat-illegal-wildlife-trade-in-asia
Politician calls for military to help with Romanian bear population http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/romanian-bear-463.html#cr
S’wak losing RM100m to illegal loggers yearly http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=92449
Zambia: Intensify Drive to Save Rhinos, Says Expert http://allafrica.com/stories/201410210501.html
Orang Saviour Willie Smits Fighting for the Forests (Indonesia)
http://www.thestarfish.com.au/orang-saviour-willie-smits-fighting-for-the-forests/
Two elephants found dead in Jalpaiguri http://www.ptinews.com/news/5264830_Two-elephants-found-dead-in-Jalpaiguri.html
Deforestation in Brazil is surging again — after years of decline http://www.vox.com/2014/10/21/7023415/deforestation-brazil-surging-again-after-years-decline
Game guard shot by suspected poacher http://www.newera.com.na/2014/10/21/game-guard-shot-suspected-poacher/
Republic of Congo surprise choice on Lonely Planet’s 2015 wish list The publisher’s annual Best in Travel collection puts the Republic of Congo in sixth spot on list of top 10 countries in the world to visit http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2014/oct/21/republic-of-congo-lonely-planet-2015-wishlist
Ecuador’s thirst for oil threatens wildlife http://www.aljazeera.com/video/americas/2014/10/ecuador-thirst-oil-threatens-wildlife-2014102165943168594.html
Two hippos on poachers’ trap for two weeks extract: According to officials of the Kasanka National Park, the only veterinarian officer who can remove the snare from the hippos is in South Africa and is only expected in Zambia after November 2, 2014. (NA comment: Can this be true – a vet won’t return for another week to save two hippos? Is there another vet out there in Africa who can help now?) https://www.zambianwatchdog.com/two-hippos-on-poachers-trap-for-two-week/comment-page-1/
“Those who have the privilege to know have the duty to act.”
? Albert Einstein
1st Battalion Welsh Guards help wage war on big game poachers in Kenya
Welsh Guards teach extraction and anti-ambush drills Photo: MOD http://www.itv.com/news/wales/2014-10-21/1st-battalion-welsh-guards-help-wage-war-on-big-game-poachers/
Nagaland turning into ‘Falcon capital’ for conservation http://zeenews.india.com/news/sci-tech/nagaland-turning-into-falcon-capital-for-conservation_1488098.html
Chimpanzee trust set to intervene in human-wildlife conflicts (Uganda) http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/660951-chimpanzee-trust-set-to-intervene-in-human-wildlife-conflict.html
Illegal cargo (Philippines)
http://manilastandardtoday.com/2014/10/22/illegal-cargo/
Colombia reports drop in deforestation http://news.mongabay.com/2014/1021-colombia-deforestation-monitoring-system.html
‘No forests, no cash’: palm oil giants commit to sustainability, but will they follow through? http://news.mongabay.com/2014/1021-gfrn-harfenist-palm-oil-pledge.html
Coal, climate and orangutans – Indonesia’s quandary
Read more at http://news.mongabay.com/2014/1021-sri-stiles-indonesia-coal.html#B8tJ0XFcfAY8qJvF.99
Endangered Belugas and the Growing Threats in the Arctic http://eia-global.org/news-media/endangered-belugas-and-the-growing-threats-in-the-arctic
Tanzania environmentalists concerned about impact on tourism http://www.eturbonews.com/51716/tanzania-environmentalists-concerned-about-impact-tourism
More Than 3,000 Luxury Logs Found in Wildlife Sanctuary (Cambodia) http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/more-than-3000-luxury-logs-found-in-wildlife-sanctuary-70532/
Foul play stench in death of two more elephants http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Foul-play-stench-in-death-of-two-more-elephants/articleshow/44902735.cms
Govt. to recruit 200 more wildlife officers (Sri Lanka) http://www.news.lk/news/politics/item/3707-govt-to-recruit-200-more-wildlife-officers
Man Caught In Illegal Logging Claims Trial To Bribing Police (Sarawak/Malaysia) http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/state_news/news.php?id=1078847&cat=sre
Baram dam protesters confront forestry officials, set up new blockade. (Sarawak/Malaysia)
Natives protesting against the proposed Baram hydroelectric dam are digging in their heels and ready to confront forestry officials out to dismantle their blockade. – Pic courtesy of internationalrivers.org, October 22, 2014. – See more at: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/baram-dam-protesters-thwart-move-to-dismantle#sthash.etKFIXfU.dpuf
Illegal Loggers Complain to Police Over Wages (Cambodia) extract!!!! About 20 villagers who were employed in an illegal logging racket in Pailin province’s Sala Krao district have submitted a report to the provincial police accusing their two ringleaders of failing to pay their “service fee,” an official said Tuesday. http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/illegal-loggers-complain-to-police-over-wages-70538/
“Black October”; Costa Rica’s Biggest Illegal Fishing Month for Cocos Island http://www.costaricantimes.com/black-october-costa-ricas-biggest-illegal-fishing-month-for-cocos-island/32544
Poachers ‘devastating’ abalone industry http://www.batemansbaypost.com.au/story/1038104/poachers-devastating-abalone-industry/?cs=4057
Sea Shepherd Honors Martin Sheen With New Vessel
http://www.ecorazzi.com/2014/10/21/martin-sheen-christens-new-sea-shepherd-vessel/
CITES calendar
- 27-31 October: Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) 10th Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch (WPEB10)
- 28-30 October: Meeting of the EU Wildlife Trade Enforcement Group, Brussels, Belgium
- 04-09 November: 11th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (COP 11), Quito, Ecuador. See more.
- 05-06 November: 83rd ICPO-INTERPOL General Assembly, Monaco
- 07-08 November: Regional conference on anti-poaching and wildlife conservation, Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania
- http://www.cites.org/
