No 262 Wildlife Trade News 11th November 2014 PART 2

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No 262 Wildlife Trade News 11th November 2014 PART 2

Who is exterminating Africa’s elephants? (Answer: Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Thailand, China, Vietnam, Malaysia, USA, etc etc.)

UN gives 31 new species protection http://www.news24.com/Green/News/UN-gives-31-new-species-protection-20141110

Activists to protest in Delhi over delay in translocation of lions to MP http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/madhyapradesh/activists-to-protest-in-delhi-over-delay-in-translocation-of-lions-to-mp/article1-1284502.aspx

CAN YOU MAKE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THIS DEAD ELEPHANT AND THIS FLAG?

WE’RE NOT SURE IF

CITES/UNEP CAN…OR WANT TO: ARE YOU?

CITES Secretariat welcomes APEC Joint Ministerial Statement (NA comment: The Secretary General finds time to comment on yet another conference in …….China – but not on the China/Tanzania scandal. Have you noticed how at all these events people who think they are important love to have their photo taken? Do you think they smile because they know they have told others what they want to hear, but have no intention of following through with?)

Poachers target birds in Satkosia http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/Poachers-target-birds-in-Satkosia/articleshow/45096251.cms

Catherine Bearder calls for EU action plan against wildlife crime http://www.libdems.org.uk/catherine_bearder_calls_for_eu_action_plan_against_wildlife_crime

Tanzania: State to Conduct DNA Tests Task Force Formed On Ivory Stockpile http://allafrica.com/stories/201411100824.html

Call for Australia to act over illegal PNG logging http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/259032/call-for-australia-to-act-over-illegal-png-logging

Two poachers killed in Kaziranga http://www.ptinews.com/news/5331520_Two-poachers-killed-in-Kaziranga.html

Saving Charlie: Lebanese Ruling Recognizes the Independent Interests of Animals http://english.legal-agenda.com/article.php?id=663&folder=articles&lang=en

‘Too many people’: Philippine island being deforested despite extensive protections http://news.mongabay.com/2014/1031-gfrn-panela-palawan-loses-forests.html#lfrKiHfsEEaxRPWj.99

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#sthash.hJW5LpGQ.dpbs

Palm oil: the secret in your shopping basket – have your say http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2014/nov/10/palm-oil-secret-in-your-shopping-basket-have-your-say

The future of palm oil: can it be sustainable? – live chat http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2014/nov/10/future-palm-oil-sustainable-business-live-chat

Environment Min urges collaboration to fight deforestation Thailand – See more at: http://thainews.prd.go.th/centerweb/newsen/NewsDetail?NT01_NewsID=WNSOC5711100010052#sthash.yVN3soVP.dpuf

South Africa Mulls Legal Rhino Trade as Poaching Surge Slows (NA COMMENT: Slows? Really?) http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-11-10/south-africa-sees-success-in-saving-rhinos-mulls-trade-in-horn.html

Zoo in Peshawar http://tribune.com.pk/story/788834/zoo-in-peshawar/

Stopping Wildlife Crime? There’s an APP for That http://newswise.com/articles/stopping-wildlife-crime-there-s-an-app-for-that

South Africa Conservationists Say Saving Rhinos Is Complex Problem http://www.voanews.com/content/south-africa-conservationists-say-saving-rhinos-is-complex-problem/2514841.html

SA sees success in saving rhinos http://www.moneyweb.co.za/moneyweb-south-africa/sa-sees-success-in-saving-rhinos

Is Dehorning Rhinos to Protect Them From Poachers Really a Good Idea? http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/is-dehorning-rhinos-to-protect-them-from-poachers-really-a-good-idea/

Top Government Officials’ Implicated in Trafficking Elephant Tusks Uganda: Bye-Bye to the Jumbos? extract: In the last two years, about 12 tonnes of ivory from poached elephants has been seized in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi; and all of it came from Uganda. http://allafrica.com/stories/201411102491.html

State govt ready to expand Totally Protected Areas SABAH/MALAYSIA (NA comment: Yet another conference. More feel good conservation. Believe it if you ever see it put into action – which you won’t. More orangutan habitat is currently being considered for logging and palm oil plantations.

http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/11/11/state-govt-ready-to-expand-totally-protected-areas/

More funds for Heart of Borneo scheme SABAH/MALAYSIA (NA comment: More promises waiting to be broken.) http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/11/11/more-funds-for-heart-of-borneo-scheme/

WOW! At last some government honesty about the state of what remains of Malaysia’s rainforests. Chances are this hapless Minister didn’t realise the revelation he was making at the time. What he knows about the environment and wildlife you could write on the back of a postage stamp. He does even less for the environment and wildlife.

Rather embarrassing for his colleagues, not least those in Sabah who regularly boast about their rainforests – while secretly cutting them down.

Nevada poachers face trial charged as ‘serial wildlife killers’ http://news.yahoo.com/nevada-poachers-face-trial-charged-serial-wildlife-killers-015904346.html

Pinda urges Interpol, other security agencies to join anti poaching fight (Tanzania) http://www.ippmedia.com/frontend/index.php?l=74056

‘Elephant lady’ takes on Sabah Foundation (MALAYSIA) NA comment: Maybe we will now find out the truth behind the deaths of so many ‘protected’ elephants……until now covered up by the Sabah Wildlife Department) http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2014/11/11/elephant-lady-takes-on-sabah-foundation/

On India’s forest fringes, widening animal-human clashes

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/on-indias-forest-fringes-widening-animalhuman-clashes/512023-3.html

Black rhino horns and elephant tusks for auction: activists outraged (AUSTRALIA)
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/black-rhino-horns-and-elephant-tusks-for-auction-activists-outraged-20141111-11jnza.html#ixzz3IjwTw2Vk

MIC calls for agency to preserve and safeguard Camerons MALAYSIA http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/11/11/MIC-calls-for-agency-to-preserve-and-safeguard-Camerons/

‘MR BAKUN’ DR M, join the Baram Blockade if sincere about fighting corruption & deforestation! SARAWAK/MALAYSIA EXTRACT: He acknowledges that much of the logging is caused by corruption and asks the crucial question,
Full article: http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=397131:of-all-people-to-talk-about-corruption-deforestation-dr-m-join-the-baram-blockade-if-sincere&Itemid=2#ixzz3Ijytc8BA

Nigeria’s Oil Palm Development: The Potential and the Threat http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/nigerias-oil-palm-development-the-potential-and-the-threat/193709/

Over-logging in the Sumatran forest? Blame your diary