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in the spotlight today ……………………
Zimbabwe: stop trafficking in baby elephants https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/mailalert/981/zimbabwe-stop-trafficking-in-baby-elephants#cn=taf&ct=petition-981&md=social&sr=facebook
No 321 Wildlife Trade News 31st January 2015
CITES Secretary-General meets Chinese Vice Prime Minister in Beijing(NA comment: More talk by the CITES secretariat and the Chinese. You may want to make a note of today’s date and remember as the months roll by to look out for any action – results. Without results the talking is, as always, meaningless, do you agree? And this talking has been going on for how long? 100,000 elephants killed in the last three years alone – and all CITES has done is ‘talk’.Shameful, isn’t it?http://cites.org/eng/CITES_SG_meets_China_Vice_Premier
Xinjiang Safari Park, CHINA …..Could this be the bonobo that has gone missing from Armenia?
Look at the conditions this ape is being held in – that’s China for you. Do you think anyone in China’s CITES office cares?
and now …………………..
Bonobos in the wild – where they belong.
Illegal Logging in Myanmar and China’s Complicity http://www.bbj.hu/opinion/illegal-logging-in-myanmar-and-chinas-complicity_91740
SeaWorld Takes to Chinese Social Media Amid New Orca Shows http://www.oceanadvocatenews.com/#!SeaWorld-Takes-to-Chinese-Social-Media-Amid-New-Orca-Shows/c1nni/C433C3CA-945E-404D-AB80-FAEC26DB0F67
Vietnam’s traditional healers take oath against rhino horn http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/vietnams-traditional-healers-take-oath-against-rhino-horn-38230.html
Anger and sorrow as 13 more bears die in Halong. VIETNAM
Ban Ivory Sales — All of Them http://www.huffingtonpost.com/viveca-morris/ban-ivory-sales-now-all-o_b_6576656.html
Indonesia’s decision to put the REDD+ Agency in the Ministry of Environment and Forestry is “not in accordance” with Norway’s US$1 billion REDD deal http://www.redd-monitor.org/
Group Urges End in Trading of Indonesia’s Endangered Primates
(AFP Photo/Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program/Paul Hilton) http://thejakartaglobe.beritasatu.com/news/group-urges-end-trading-indonesias-endangered-primates/
Three held, 80 red sanders logs seized http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/three-held-80-red-sanders-logs-seized/article6836578.ece
Colorado officials: Brothers plead guilty in poaching case after inquiry http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_27418106/colorado-officials-brothers-plead-guilty-poaching-case-after
Rhino Protection Unit – the frontline protecting Sumatran Rhinos http://www.sospecies.org/sos_news/success_stories/?18792/Rhino-Protection-Unit–the-frontline-protecting-Sumatran-Rhinos
Grace arm-twists Zimparks http://www.theindependent.co.zw/2015/01/30/grace-arm-twists-zimparks/
Cost, cynicism and frustration: Malaysian government launches own palm oil standard By Annie-Rose Harrison-Dunn+ , 30-Jan-2015 The Malaysian government has launched its own sustainable palm oil certification standard – but will this add to or detract from sustainability and transparency efforts in the sector? http://www.foodnavigator.com/Policy/Malaysian-government-launches-own-palm-oil-standard
Allied Bakeries announces 100% sustainable palm oil usage – See more at: http://www.bakeryinfo.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/13678/Allied_Bakeries_announces_100_25_sustainable_palm_oil_usage.html#sthash.wlOxf7MY.dpuf
Special forces set for Kaziranga National Park http://wildlifenews.co.uk/2015/01/special-forces-set-for-kaziranga-national-park/
Environment ministry joins forces with NGOs to combat wildlife poaching. extract:The Czech environment ministry has joined forces with wildlife groups to formulate new policies designed to battle poaching.
If You Buy Ivory, You Kill People (Published in Gabon) http://en.gabonews.com/environment/items/if-you-buy-ivory-you-kill-people.html
Tusker electrocuted on electric fence
Autopsy being conducted on the elephant near Sholur in The Nilgiris on Friday.– Photo: M.Sathyamoorthy http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/tusker-electrocuted-on-electric-fence/article6841328.ece
Cameroon responds to reappearance of poachers at Bouba-Ndjidda http://wildlifenews.co.uk/2015/01/cameroon-responds-to-reappearance-of-poachers-at-bouba-ndjidda/
Up close with elephants in Chad http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c5a7e0de-a556-11e4-ad35-00144feab7de.html#slide0
Slaughter of Sumatran Elephants Reaches New High https://news.vice.com/article/slaughter-of-sumatran-elephants-reaches-new-high
Why is Dr M quiet about deforestation causing floods?MALAYSIA
WWF lauds move to tighten entry into Sabah’s forest reserves http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=96772
WWF wants cops to clamp down on illegal firearms. SABAH / MALAYSIA http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2015/01/31/WWF-wants-cops-to-clamp-down-on-illegal-firearms/
Assam Government to Raise 1,200-strong Rhino Protection Force
Adam Cruise: Legal Trade in Rhino Horn Would Merely Confuse the Consumer http://zebra.bookslive.co.za/blog/2015/01/30/adam-cruise-legal-trade-in-rhino-horn-would-merely-confuse-the-consumer/
6 convicted in Pataudi blackbuck poaching case http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/6-convicted-in-Pataudi-blackbuck-poaching-case/articleshow/46073719.cms
Indonesia’s illegal vessels crackdown effective deterrent http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/264961/indonesia%27s-illegal-vessels-crackdown-effective-deterrent
Namibia’s Desert Lions http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1230384-namibias-desert-lions/
‘Save Indian Species First, Then Cheetah’ http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/Save-Indian-Species-First-Then-Cheetah/2015/01/31/article2645254.ece
CITES: · 30 January 2015: Asian big cats Annex 1: Questionnaire on the implementation of Recommendations (f) – (n) on Asian big cats, endorsed by the 65th meeting of the CITES Standing Committee (SC65, Geneva, July 2014), Annex 2: Model inventory for the declaration of national or privately held stockpiles of captive-bred or confiscated Asian big cat specimen http://www.cites.org/
