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Thailand seizes 3 tons of elephant tusks from Kenya in nation’s 2nd-biggest bust (bound for LAOS)
Thailand seizes 3 tons of elephant tusks smuggled from Kenya
extract: The ivory, hidden among tea leaves, was shipped out of Kenya on March 24 and went through ports in Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Singapore before coming to Thailand, he said. http://www.newser.com/article/df1d842f0558408cb635fb546be6ba00/thailand-seizes-3-tons-of-elephant-tusks-from-kenya-in-nations-2nd-biggest-bust.html
No 394 Wildlife Trade News: 28th April
Thailand seizes 511 elephant tusks worth $6 million
Seized elephant tusks are displayed by the Thai Customs Department at their headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, April 27, 2015. Thailand seized 3 tons of ivory hidden in tea leaf sacks from Kenya in the second-biggest bust in the country’s history, one week after the biggest seizure, customs officials said Monday. The 511 elephant tusks worth $6 million, bound for Laos, were seized upon arrival Saturday at a major port in Chonburi province in eastern Thailand. The bust came after customs officials received a tip-off in Laos and Thailand and tracked the containers from Kenya, Customs Department Director-General Somchai Sujjapongse told reporters. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit) http://www.cp24.com/world/thailand-seizes-511-elephant-tusks-worth-6-million-1.2346223
Veteran conservationist Leakey back at KWS. (NA A good move, but we wish instead he could take of the leadership of CITES or UNEP. If that was to happen we’d see a lot of change and none of this pre-China, Malaysia, etc charades, wouldn’t we?) http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2015/04/veteran-conservationist-leakey-back-at-kws/
Thought for today: “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will”. Mahatma Gandhi
WWF backs Sarawak’s Forest Bill. (NA COMMENT: Under strong leadership Sarawak has gone from an environmental disaster to a shining example of environmental protection in a matter of a year or so. Under weak leadership CITES is an environmental disaster, isn’t it?) http://www.therakyatpost.com/life/environment-life/2015/04/28/wwf-backs-sarawaks-forest-bill/
A morass of a problem. MALAYSIA. EXTRACT: ACCORDING to recent reports, Malaysia suffered the highest rate of forest loss in the world at 14.4% or about 47,278 sq km between 2000 and 2012, followed by Paraguay at 9.6%. This figure is shocking and mangrove forests are also facing a similar situation. http://www.thestar.com.my/Metro/Views/2015/04/28/A-morass-of-a-problem-The-Government-must-take-proactive-steps-to-protect-the-countrys-mangroves/
Musa ‘Heading For The Rocks’. SABAH/MALAYSIA. EXTRACT: Forestry Chief Sam Mannan was reportedly hauled in last week by the Sabah Chief Minister, Musa Aman, to explain how the family of his long-term secretary had come into the possession of a major timber concession, as exposed by Sarawak Report. The concession, controlled by the company Rinukut, is located in one of the highly controversial ‘mosaic’ plantations, which Mannan has opened up within once protected forest areas. (NA COMMENT: This report was published in February and explains a lot of things re Sabah’s disappearing forests and wildlife.) http://www.sarawakreport.org/2015/02/musa-heading-for-the-rocks/
Report: Borneo could save billions while still meeting conservation and development goals http://news.mongabay.com/2015/0427-mrn-gaworecki-borneo-could-save-money-while-meeting-goals.html
Austrian Company Exposed Offering Bonuses for Illegal Romanian Timber. EXTRACT: BUCHAREST—The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), an environmental organization with offices in Washington, D.C. and London, has released a new video exposing the leadership of the largest forest products company in Romania, the Austrian-based Holzindustrie Schweighofer, willingly and knowingly accepting illegally harvested timber and incentivizing additional cutting through a bonus system. http://eia-global.org/news-media/austrian-company-exposed
LIBERIA: Forest Peoples Requested to Provide Answers. extract: The report titled “Harmful Social and Environmental Impacts of Liberia Palm Oil Project Exposed” looked into palm oil company Golden Veroleum Liberia’s activities in the local communities of Grand Kru and Sinoe County. http://www.gnnliberia.com/articles/2015/04/27/liberia-forest-peoples-requested-provide-answers
Huge levels of deforestation to occur by 2030: Area the size of Germany, France, Spain and Portugal will be lost, warns WWF http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3057790/Deforestation-area-size-Germany-France-Spain-Portugal-2030-say-WWF.html
Illegal timber seized from the possession of sarpanch, panch in Bandipora http://www.risingkashmir.com/illegal-timber-seized-from-the-possession-of-sarpanch-panch-in-bandipora/
Kingdom to export crocodile skins. CAMBODIA
Crocodiles at a farm in Krang Svay village, in Kandal province. Cambodia will export 1,000 crocodile skins to France next month, in a pilot project to increase the sales of skins in the EU. Heng Chivoan http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-export-crocodile-skins
Questions remain over UK’s support for Tanzania’s ivory stockpile http://wildlifenews.co.uk/2015/04/questions-remain-over-uks-support-for-tanzanias-ivory-stockpile/
African leaders to develop common plan for stopping wildlife crime. (NA COMMENT: Better to judge them by what they do and achieve, than by what they say publicly.) http://www.africa.undp.org/content/rba/en/home/presscenter/pressreleases/2015/04/27/les-d-cideurs-d-afrique-d-velopperont-un-plan-conjoint-pour-stopper-le-commerce-ill-gal-des-esp-ces-sauvages/
Pamela Anderson asks Kerala CM not to use elephants for festival http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/art-theatre/pamela-anderson-asks-kerala-cm-not-to-use-elephants-for-festival_1585860.html
Season for Elephant Torture Is Underway in Kerala, India http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/sangita-iyer/elephant-torture-kerala_b_7132444.html?utm_hp_ref=canada-impact
Gabon: Two ivory traffickers arrested in Mekambo
http://en.gabonews.com/2/news/environment/article/gabon-two-ivory-traffickers-arrested-in-mekambo
Kenya: Farmers Want Wildlife Stopped http://allafrica.com/stories/201504270541.html
Two more Sumatran elephants found dead in Aceh http://news.mongabay.com/2015/0427-jacobson-two-more-sumatran-elephants-dead-aceh.html
Legally Protected, Proliferating and Losing Habitat, Elephants Step Up Deadly Struggle With Sri Lankan Villagers http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/232312107
Malawi: President Mutharika Back From U.S, Declares War On Wildlife Criminals http://allafrica.com/stories/201504271310.html
Exclusive: Jonathan Franzen sounds off on bird poaching, climate change and “performing love”. Franzen and filmmaker Roger Kass talk to Salon about the new documentary "Emptying the Skies" . EUROPE http://www.salon.com/2015/04/27/exclusive_jonathan_franzen_sounds_off_on_bird_poaching_climate_change_and_performing_love/
Tanzania: Illegal Ivory Traders Now Explore New Export Routes http://allafrica.com/stories/201504271809.html
Reactions: Hunting season closed after shot bird falls into school yard – PN agrees, Yes campaigner attacks decision
Kestrel – shot twice by Maltese hunters http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20150427/local/reactions-hunting-season-closed-after-shot-bird-falls-into-school-yard.565788
Primate Products: A Company the Breeds Lab Monkeys and Manufactures Lies USA http://theirturn.net/2015/04/27/primate-products-lies/
Over 80% of future deforestation confined to just 11 places. WWF http://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?245370/Over-80-of-future-deforestation-confined-to-just-11-places
Prey Lang network says authorities profit from illegal logging. CAMBODIA http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prey-lang-network-says-authorities-profit-illegal-logging
Natural resources: Whose interest, responsibility? INDONESIA. EXTRACT: Jakarta is hosting a two-day conference called Tropical Landscapes Summit 2015: A Global Investment Opportunities, starting Monday, which aims to increase environmental awareness in order to provide a platform for governments to explain their plans and policies in renewable energy and to collect input from stakeholders on issues related to the green economy. –
– See more at: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/04/28/natural-resources-whose-interest-responsibility.html#sthash.fP3r189e.dpuf
CURRENTLY IN PURGATORY AND WAITING
TO GO TO HELL.
ALL THANKS TO CHINA. IT’S SO WRONG, ISN’T IT?
…CONSIGNING THEM TO A LIFE OF CRUELTY AND ABUSE IN CHINA.
