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Zimbabwe defends decision to send 62 baby elephants to zoos in China, France and the UAE as it claims the country is ‘overpopulated’ with the animal
- Zimbabwe says it has 80,000 elephants, but only has capacity for 42,000
- The country has been allowed to trade in wild animals since 1997
- China wants 27 elephants, the UAE 15, and France wants 15 to 20
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2904461/Zimbabwe-defends-decision-send-62-baby-elephants-zoos-China-France-UAE-claims-country-overpopulated-animal.html#ixzz3OUiRhuST UK PAPER WITH APPROX 2 MILLION READERS
NOTHING TO DO WITH OVERPOPULATION
AND EVERYTHING TO DO WITH GREED.
SHAME ON FRANCE, UAE and CHINA
No 315 Wildlife Trade News 11th January 2015
Can Borneo’s Tribes Survive ‘Biggest Environmental Crime of Our Times’?
Politically connected timber barons have destroyed most of Borneo’s rain forest. The Penan are fighting to hold on to what’s left. SARAWAK/MALAYSIA
Ancient rain forests give ground to a barren landscape of oil palm plantations and access roads in Sarawak, one of two states in the Malaysian island of Borneo. More than 90 percent of Borneo’s primary forest has been destroyed.
Photograph by Matthias Klum, National Geographic Creative http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/01/150111-borneo-rainforest-environment-conservation-ngbooktalk/
Police arrest Kalimantan palm-oil tycoon Budiono . INDONESIA
Tan – See more at: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/01/12/police-arrest-kalimantan-palm-oil-tycoon-budiono-tan.html#sthash.xxDfLtQC.dpuf
Palm Oil Threatens Community Forest in Central Kalimantan. INDONESIA http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1191144-palm-oil-threatens-community-forest-in-central-kalimantan/
Malaysia. Deforestation, mining wreak havoc in Temiar outposts (VIDEO)
– See more at: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/deforestation-mining-wreak-havoc-in-temiar-outposts#sthash.Xjpv4M7a.dpuf
Over 2,000 turtles seized in Bengal http://www.newkerala.com/news/2015/fullnews-4485.html
‘Blood Of The Tiger’: Shedding Light On China’s Farmed-Tiger Trade
CITES ISN’T WORKING – IS IT?
ARE CITES AND ITS SECRETARIAT JUST
TAMED CHINESE ‘POODLES’.
Malaysian (ILLEGAL FISHING) ship bombed by Indonesiahttps://sg.news.yahoo.com/malaysian-ship-bombed-indonesia-004807100.html?linkId=11635490
Elephant Conservation Centre in Indonesia’s Lampung province declared a stampeding success http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/elephant-conservation-centre-in-indonesias-lampung-province-declared-a-stampeding-success/story-fni0cx4q-1227181017258?nk=30a88a47b5f68f840aecd6674bd71832
What’s Good for People Is Good for Orangutans
(Photo Courtesy of Nardiyono) http://thejakartaglobe.beritasatu.com/opinion/whats-good-people-good-orangutans/
‘Green’ Tourism Seen as an Answer to Protect Indonesia’s Forests http://thejakartaglobe.beritasatu.com/news/green-tourism-seen-answer-protect-indonesias-forests/
Suspecting illegal transportation, AJYP activists detain elephant. INDIA http://www.sentinelassam.com/state1/story.php?sec=2&subsec=2&id=214749&dtP=2015-01-11&ppr=1
Activists call out ‘one of the worst actors in pulp and paper’
Logged rainforest timber at a TPL concession. Photo taken February 2014 by Canopy. http://news.mongabay.com/2014/1230-gfrn-gaworecki-tpl-deforesting-as-pulp-demand-grows.html
More ‘legal’ ivory will hasten the demise of species http://www.bdlive.co.za/opinion/2015/01/12/more-legal-ivory-will-hasten-the-demise-of-species
Four Arrested In Pender County For Taking 900 Venus Fly Trap Plants. USA http://www.islandgazette.net/news-server9/index.php/news/local-news1/item/1062-four-arrested-in-pender-county-for-taking-900-venus-fly-trap-plants
2 Yellow Monitor Lizards Rescued
Poacher killed in Orang National Park. INDIA http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Poacher-killed-in-Orang-National-Park/articleshow/45845343.cms
Assam taps army on rhino poaching http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150112/jsp/frontpage/story_7951.jsp#.VLNpHXuTIsc
Illegal logging threatens Lake Tanganyika water catchment http://www.ippmedia.com/frontend/index.php?l=76224
Indonesian indigenous groups look to tourists to protect forests http://www.eco-business.com/news/indonesian-indigenous-groups-look-tourists-protect-forests/
NZ navy intercepts toothfish poachers http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/64876249/nz-navy-intercepts-toothfish-poachers
Northeast insurgents poaching rare Assam rhinos? http://www.asianage.com/india/northeast-insurgents-poaching-rare-assam-rhinos-969
Security Beefed up in Similipal Park to Prevent Mass Hunting by Tribals http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/Security-Beefed-up-in-Similipal-Park-to-Prevent-Mass-Hunting-by-Tribals/2015/01/12/article2615996.ece
Fourth rhino killed, army help sought by Dispur http://www.sentinelassam.com/mainnews/story.php?sec=1&subsec=0&id=214880&dtP=2015-01-12&ppr=1#.VLNsvXuTIsc
Again a rhino poached in Assam, 3rd incident in 10 days http://www.indileak.com/again-a-rhino-poached-in-assam-3rd-incident-10-days/
49 per cent forest cover vanished from Andhra Pradesh in 8 decades http://www.deccanchronicle.com/150112/nation-current-affairs/article/49-forest-cover-vanished-ap-8-decades
Poachers electrocuted 88 animals, SC?told http://www.deccanherald.com/content/452926/poachers-electrocuted-88-animals-sc8200told.html
