Your daily dose of bad news about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes …
in the spotlight today ……………………
Prince William on poaching: No fashion is worth ‘extinction of an entire species’ http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/prince-william-on-poaching-no-fashion-is-worth-extinction-of-an-entire-species-1.2262966
Prince William urges China to enact permanent ban on ivory trade Market for elephant tusks fuels poachers’ greed, Prince William says wrapping up visit http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1729598/prince-william-urges-china-enact-permanent-ban-ivory-trade
Nyalandu appeals to Chinese govt to extend ban on ivory trade. TANZANIA http://www.ippmedia.com/frontend/index.php?l=78087
No 349 Wildlife Trade News 6th March 2015
Singapore Customs, AVA seize two tones illicit ivory
http://customstoday.com.pk/singapore-customs-ava-seize-two-tones-illicit-ivory/
It’s time for the EU to get serious about wildlife crime http://www.euractiv.com/sections/sustainable-dev/its-time-eu-get-serious-about-wildlife-crime-312628
The Oxpeckers Center for Investigative Environmental Journalism is Africa’s first journalistic investigation unit focusing on environmental issues. The Center combines traditional investigative reporting with data analysis and geo-mapping tools to expose eco-offences and track organised crime syndicates in southern Africa. http://oxpeckers.org/about-us/
People & Power investigates the environmental consequences of palm oil plantations in equatorial Africa.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nHetI7UDv0
Amid Record-Breaking Poaching, Wildlife Experts Seek to Smash a Black Market http://www.livescience.com/50038-taking-wildlife-crime-seriously.html
Complicity in illegal logging goes far beyond the loggers
DAP questions Adenan’s pick to lead Sarawak’s anti-illegal logging campaign – See more at: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/dap-questions-adenans-pick-to-lead-sarawaks-anti-illegal-logging-campaign#sthash.MpXi1AGe.dpuf
Poachers emptying the skies of migrating wild birds. MALAYSIA
Read more: http://www.therakyatpost.com/news/2015/03/06/poachers-emptying-the-skies-of-migrating-wild-birds/#ixzz3TaIYZkDH
Palm Oil Production Fueling Southeast Asia’s Haze Events
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Leakey’s Last Stand: The Final Battle of Africa’s Elephant King. The man who saved the African elephant in the 1980s is returning to the fray, and he isn’t afraid of anything
Heavily-pregnant rhino poached in Eastern Cape http://www.news24.com/Green/News/Heavily-pregnant-rhino-poached-in-Eastern-Cape-20150305
TAKE A LOOK AT AN ‘INDUSTRY’ CONDONED BY CORRUPT OFFICIALS IN VIETNAM, CHINA AND LAOS. ALL OF WHOM HAVE SOMEHOW MANAGED TO ESCAPE CITES SANCTIONS FOR MANY YEARS – WHICH IS WHY THINGS HAVE GONE FROM BAD TO WORSE – ISN’T IT?
When it comes to CITES and its leadership
isn’t the biggest mistake you can make would be to judge either by its intentions, or number of meetings it holds, and not by its results?
Toxic Catch: Japan’s unsustainable and irresponsible whale, dolphin and porpoise hunts http://eia-international.org/reports/toxic-catch-japans-unsustainable-and-irresponsible-whale-dolphin-and-porpoise-hunts
WWF applauds expulsion of non-reporting palm oil companies, action now needed on non-performers http://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?uNewsID=240772&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wwf%2Fnews+%28WWF+-+News%29
Palm oil certification body purges membership http://news.mongabay.com/2015/0305-rspo-purge.html
3M pledges it won’t buy pulp or fiber from deforested areas http://www.startribune.com/business/295178711.html
Ringling Bros. eliminating elephant acts http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2015/03/05/ringling-brothers-elephants/24423553/
Law changes proposed to fight poaching. NAMIBIA
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-hii/helmeted-hornbills-on-the_b_6804302.html
Infrastructure boom threatens world’s last wildernesses http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/mar/05/infrastructure-boom-threatens-worlds-last-wildernesses
Portuguese group donates $125000 to counter poaching in Mozambique http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38257:portuguese-group-donates-125-000-to-counter-poaching-in-mozambique&catid=87:border-security&Itemid=188
South Africa: Illegal Gun Smith Busted http://allafrica.com/stories/201503050277.html
Shells in trouble: Meat of over 4,000 turtles seized from Karachi port http://tribune.com.pk/story/848454/shells-in-trouble-meat-of-over-4000-turtles-seized-from-karachi-port/
Rwanda: Conservationists Call for Wildlife Protection http://allafrica.com/stories/201503050751.html
Africa: Help Save the World’s Most Trafficked Mammal, the Pangolin http://allafrica.com/stories/201503050480.html
Somali charcoal: funding terrorism through deforestation http://news.mongabay.com/2015/0305-gfrn-gaworecki-somali-charcoal-funding-al-shabaab-causing-deforestation.html#ixzz3TXnljNHm
Bushmeat’s dual role: threatened species face off against nutrition and culture http://news.mongabay.com/2015/0306-montoro-bushmeat-nature-culture.html
Consumer Awareness of Ivory and Rhino Horn Trade’s Impact Grows Rapidly in China
African Media Initiative launches project with African Wildlife Foundation to strengthen media’s role in supporting wildlife conservation http://en.gabonews.com/en/news/environment/article/african-media-initiative-launches-project-with
Are China’s Zoos Really ‘Acceptable’ Places for Zimbabwe’s Wild Baby Elephants? (NA comment: We have written and asked the CITES MA in both China and Thailand to confirm or deny if their countries are importing these elephants. We have heard from neither. We ddin’t expect to hear from China as the MA there are well known for being economical with the truth. Thailand, however, already with more elephants in captivity than it knows what to do with, we are hoping will reply. This illustrates just how secretive the CITES ‘club’ really is.)
Lead image source: Chantal Lyons/Flickr http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/are-chinas-zoos-really-acceptable-places-for-zimbabwes-wild-baby-elephants/
