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R4.5m worth of rhino horn seized
extract: JOHANNESBURG – The South African Revenue Service says it’s made its single biggest rhino horn seizure to date.
Its customs team at OR Tambo International Airport has arrested two men travelling from Maputo to Vietnam carrying rhino horn to the value of R4.5 million.
http://ewn.co.za/2014/11/01/R45m-worth-of-rhino-horn-seized
No 253 Wildlife Trade News 1st November 2014
Palm oil industry remains in denial (Malaysia) http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/letters/2014/11/01/palm-oil-industry-remains-in-denial/
Man held for poaching‚ smuggling (Nepal) extract: The accused will face 14 years in jail and fine of Rs 50,000 for poaching rhino and smuggling horns. – See more at: http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Man+held+for+poaching%26sbquo%3B+smuggling&NewsID=432046#sthash.9EzSZ0p8.dpuf
‘Too many people’: Philippine island being deforested despite extensive protections http://news.mongabay.com/2014/1031-gfrn-panela-palawan-loses-forests.html
De-protection of Protected Areas ramps up in Brazil, ‘compromises the capacity’ of ecosystems http://news.mongabay.com/2014/1031-gfrn-watsa-brazil-protected-areas-getting-degazetted.html
Snared leopard saved – – snare-clearing programme launched http://www.kormorant.co.za/2014/10/snared-leopard-saved-snare-clearing-programme-launched/
RWS false advertising for dolphin attraction? (Singapore) http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2014/10/rws-false-advertising-for-dolphin-attraction/
U.S. to monitor turtle exports in face of booming global trade http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/10/31/world/science-health-world/u-s-to-monitor-turtle-exports-in-face-of-booming-global-trade/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=u-s-to-monitor-turtle-exports-in-face-of-booming-global-trade#.VFNEXMlFt7w
Kenyan lion census to be completed in 2015 says wildlife agency http://www.coastweek.com/3744-Kenyan-lion-census-to-be-completed-in-2015-says-wildlife-agency.htm
PT NAS’s Land Clearing is Harming the Orangutan (Eat Kalimantan/Indonesia)
http://www.profauna.net/en/content/pt-nass-land-clearing-harming-orangutan#.VFNvvMlFt7w
Namibia: Reward for Info On Etosha Rhino Poaching http://allafrica.com/stories/201410310984.html
Fujian poachers ravaging Japan’s coral http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001684048
South Africa: Six More Suspected Rhino Poachers Arrested http://allafrica.com/stories/201410310839.html
Villager poisons, kills lions in Serengeti http://www.m.dailynews.co.tz/index.php/local-news/37796-villager-poisons-kills-lions-in-serengetic
Forest anger runs deep (Thailand)
http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/440766/forest-anger-runs-deep
Bird traps seized in Thoubal (India) http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=17..011114.nov14
Man may wipe out lions in Africa within 40 years http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/environment/wildlife/article4254286.ece
Is Asean Corruption More Under Control Now? http://www.establishmentpost.com/is-asean-corruption-more-subdued-now/
Liberia’s Deforestation Repercussions http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1054063-liberias-deforestation-repercussions/
Two get 3-year jail term for smuggling leopard skin (India) http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/two-get-3-year-jail-term-for-smuggling-leopard-skin-114103101540_1.html
Mozambique: Agreement On Fight Against Wildlife Crime http://allafrica.com/stories/201410311377.html
‘400 Perhilitan personnel needed to patrol Taman Nagara full time’ (Malaysia)
Read more: http://www.therakyatpost.com/news/2014/10/31/400-perhilitan-personnel-needed-patrol-taman-nagara-full-time/#ixzz3HjqsJZ64
Chopping off the rhino’s horn and the war on wildlife crime http://theconversation.com/chopping-off-the-rhinos-horn-and-the-war-on-wildlife-crime-33427
Philippines’ rare dwarf buffalo charges against extinction http://www.arabnews.com/news/652951
EXPOSED! Tiger Temple Thailand: a Must for Tourists OR a Front for Flagrant Animal Abuse? http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/tiger-temple-thailand-animal-abuse/
New Indonesian Maritime Affairs Minister declares war against illegal fishing http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/96351/new-indonesian-maritime-affairs-minister-declares-war-against-illegal-fishing
Four foreign poachers detained in Azerbaijan http://vestnikkavkaza.net/news/society/61666.html
Polar Bear Ban-Wagon Targets Inuit Livelihoods http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/terry-audla/polar-bear-banwagon-targe_b_6070514.html
Governments must rejig rules to fit multinationals’ treehugger goals http://www.trust.org/item/20141030103430-gtlnx/?source=fiOtherNews3
NGOs: Malaysian firm an ’embarrassment’ in PNG
Malaysian plantation company Kuala Lumpur Kepong (KLK Bhd) yesterday faced protests from green NGOs who urge them to withdraw from native customary land in Papua New Guinea (PNG).
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (Sam) and Friends of the Orangutans (Foto) said KLK must cease all activities at Lot 5 in Collingwood Bay, PNG so as to not cause further shame to Malaysia.
“The communities’ resistance against KLK Bhd’s operations in Collingwood Bay is high and in order not to cause further embarrassment to Malaysia.
The indigenous Maisin people claim that Lot 5 is part of their native customary land.
The 5,992ha plot consists largely of forests, and tall grass fields which the Maisin use annually to hunt game.
KLK Bhd had allegedly acquired Lot 5 as well as Lots 113C and 143C after it and Batu Kawan Bhd bought a 69 percent share in from Singapore based Collingwood Plantation Pte, via a Malaysian national living in PNG.
KLK Bhd has, however, lost its right to develop Lots 113C and 143C after a local high court ordered the state to cancel the SABLs in May following a legal suit filed by the lots’ customary landowners. http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/279079
