Indigenous Nicaraguans Fight to the Death for Their Last Forest “They shoot everything, burn everything, poison the water in the rivers, and chop down the giant trees that have given us shade and protection for years, and then they continue their advance, and nothing...
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“We face one of the most serious threats to wildlife ever, and we must treat it as a battle – because it is precisely that,” said Charles. “Organised bands of criminals are stealing and slaughtering elephants, rhinoceros and tigers, as well as large...
In January this year, the park authority in Gabon reported that more than 11,000 elephants had been killed in a single preserve, the Minkebe Park, since 2004. In Cameroon, more than 300 elephants were killed in the Bouba-Ndjida national park in the last two months of...
http://planetark.org/wen/68724 China’s small traditional trade in carving uses ivory acquired through legal auctions and in no way encourages or worsens the problem of elephant poaching in Africa, a senior Chinese official said on Tuesday. Demand for ivory as an...
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