Your daily dose of bad news …
starting today with investigative journalists being
held and hindered while following leads of
poaching in Mozambique …
and a lot more …
in the spotlight today ……………………
Two journalists held in Mozambique while investigating poaching http://news.yahoo.com/two-journalists-held-mozambique-while-investigating-poaching-221225474.html
No 336 Wildlife Trade News 18th February 2015
SO WHY DON’T THEY PRACTICE WHAT THEY PREACH?
THEY (CITES OFFICIALS) COULD START RIGHT NOW ON CHINA AND VIETNAM, AMONG MANY OTHERS, – BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE, COULDN’T THEY?
AND ……………………………………
Indonesian forestry and fishery ministries move to eradicate corruption http://news.mongabay.com/2015/0217-kaye-mrn-kpk-fisheries-mou.html#ixzz3S2Suz4JA
In the fight against illegal trade, don’t forget about the tigers http://eia-international.org/in-the-fight-against-illegal-trade-dont-forget-about-the-tigers
Hong Kong Customs seizes contraband 1 tonne of pangolin scales from shipping container – FROM KENYA
Xinhua Insight: Who pays for wildlife "crime"? http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/indepth/2015-02/17/c_134004095.htm
China’s rosewood craving cuts deep into Madagascar rainforests(NA comment. This report actually appears on the CITES web site. What next? Is the CITES Secretariat at last listening to public concern anddisquiet over its favourable treatment of China – the world’s largest trafficker in illegal wood and wildlife? It’s still too soon tell – one news report out of dozens, maybe hundreds, doesn’t prove the secretariat has changed its colours, does it?) http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/16/rosewood-madagascar-china-illegal-rainforest
Thank you for helping Katarina. MALAYSIA
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/letters/2015/02/18/thank-you-for-helping-katarina/
Illegal logging rampant in spite of government initiatives. INDONESIA – See more at: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/02/18/illegal-logging-rampant-spite-government-initiatives.html#sthash.sXKRiuKR.dpuf
Commentary: Is the Sumatran Rhino Too Secretive to Be Saved? http://thejakartaglobe.beritasatu.com/opinion/commentary-sumatran-rhino-secretive-saved/
Indonesia to squander fuel savings on biofuel subsidies that may drive deforestation, say groups http://news.mongabay.com/2015/0217-biofuels-subsidy-indonesia.html
Scientists reveal revolutionary palm oil alternative: yeast http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/feb/17/scientists-reveal-revolutionary-palm-oil-alternative-yeast
Sea Shepherd Triples Record for Longest Chase of a poacher http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1502/S00167/sea-shepherd-triples-record-for-longest-chase-of-a-poacher.htm
Two elephants killed in Hwange Park http://www.newzimbabwe.com/news-20616-Two+elephants+killed+in+Hwange+Park/news.aspx
He was kept as a pet in a squalid chicken coop and rescuers feared for his survival… but now just look at Budi the heartstealer, the little orangutan who is full of life
- Endangered ape spent ten months in a chicken coop cage in Borneo
- Rescued by British-based charity, he has fought back to health
- Now beginning to learn to walk after physiotherapy on his twisted limbs
- ‘Fighter’ has finally left intensive care and is on road to recovery
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2957659/He-kept-pet-squalid-chicken-coop-rescuers-feared-survival-just-look-Budi-heartstealer-little-orangutan-life.html#ixzz3S4Mj5OQ4
Berau: Sea Turtle Shell-Based Souvenirs Fell Off http://www.profauna.net/en/content/berau-sea-turtle-shell-based-souvenirs-fell#.VOQhMi7JIsd
Illegal logging still a big issue in Cameroon http://news.mongabay.com/2015/0213-gfrn-cannon-illegal-logging-big-issue-in-cameroon.html
Indigenous communities in Paraguay threatened by deforestation despite having land rights http://news.mongabay.com/2015/0217-gfrn-mark-ayoreo-totobiegosode-threatened-by-cattle-ranching.html
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