Gurvinder Singh Giving up hunting and tree felling, two Assamese villages are conserving their forest habitat rather than let their natural resources erode. With their villages now on the eco-tourism map, they are embracing alternate livelihoods. Notun Leikol village in Assam is rich in natural beauty with green mountains, silvery waterfalls, orange orchards and scenic… Continue reading Forget logging or hunting – two Assam villages in India embrace eco-tourism
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African Elephant Species Critically Endangered
Following population declines over several decades due to poaching for ivory and loss of habitat, the African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) is now listed as Critically Endangered and the African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) as Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Previously, African elephants were treated as a single species, listed as Vulnerable; this… Continue reading African Elephant Species Critically Endangered
Japan quietly withdraws from International Whaling Commission
#Japan’s #withdrawal will also end to its #IWC-#sanctioned #scientific #whaling #activity in the #Antarctic #Ocean.
‘A vicious cycle towards extinction:’ Hunting and trade can push even abundant wildlife populations to the brink
Mike Gaworecki Researchers at the University of Queensland looked at something called the anthropogenic Allee effect (AAE), a theory that proposes a critical population level threshold below which the likelihood of a species going extinct increases substantially due to rising prices for rare animals incentivizing more hunting. Using mathematical models to determine how quickly wildlife… Continue reading ‘A vicious cycle towards extinction:’ Hunting and trade can push even abundant wildlife populations to the brink
Botswana: Helicopter crashes after shooting at Bushmen
Survival has documented dozens of human rights abuses against Bushmen by wildlife officials in the Kalahari A group of Bushmen who were hunting antelope to feed their families have been shot at from a police helicopter – which later crashed injuring six officers – while it was enforcing Botswana’s hunting ban. Nine Bushmen were arrested… Continue reading Botswana: Helicopter crashes after shooting at Bushmen
Masai land under threat from luxury wildlife hunting
Olosho, produced by the Masai community is a powerful video highlighting the land-rights struggle against global companies and the Tanzanian government The film was created by six members of the Maasai community, from Loliondo, Tanzania who have been battling over twenty years to protect their pastoral land from global land poachers. The community’s land – sandwiched between the famous and biodiversity… Continue reading Masai land under threat from luxury wildlife hunting
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