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Botswana | Africa
Released captive elephants "do fine in the wild"

afrol News, 25 February - Scientists have shown that African elephants raised in captivity can be released to the African savannah with relative ease and do fine. Trials done in Botswana give hope for re-establishing threatened elephant range states.
Gabon
Gabon officials seize chimpanzee body parts

afrol News, 19 January - Wildlife officers in Gabon have arrested five men accused of possessing illegal animal products, including those of endangered species. As there are traditions of bushmeat consumption in Gabon, the arrests signal a stricter law enforcement.
Central African Republic
Central African Rep clamps down on poachers

afrol News, 10 December - An operation by special police forces earlier this week in the Central African Republic led to the arrest of a key wildlife smuggler and seizure of elephant tusks and cat skins.
Congo Kinshasa | Rwanda
Mountain gorilla population recovering

afrol News, 8 December - A new mountain gorilla census in Rwanda and Congo Kinshasa (DRC) shows a 26 percent increase in population of this endangered species during seven years. Mountain gorillas are among the region's main tourist attractions.
Mauritania
Mauritania protects unique flamingo colony

afrol News, 16 November - Mauritanian authorities have initiated a fauna protection programme in its Diawling National Park in the mouth of River Senegal to protect a major colony of "dwarf flamingos" that could develop into a tourist attraction.
Cameroon
Cameroon "new gorillas" need protection

afrol News, 2 November - A Cameroonian environmentalist group is lobbying for the establishment of a new national park at Cross River on the Nigerian border to protect a little known sub-species of gorillas only living there.
Botswana
Botswana independence festivities moved by rare birds

afrol News, 1 October - For the 44th time, Batswana citizens this week celebrated their independence. Also in Maun, close to the Okavango Delta, traditions were upheld - although they had to be moved to protect a rare bird.
Madagascar
Tortoise poaching boosted by Malagasy chaos

afrol News, 30 September - With the political chaos in Madagascar, reports of environmental crimes are also booming. In addition to increased deforestation, also Madagascar's four endemic tortoise species are being decimated.
Kenya | Tanzania
East African national parks see mammals' decline

afrol News, 15 July - One of East Africa's main tourist attractions, the density of large mammals in its famed national parks, is rapidly declining, a new study shows. The "Big Five" are especially threatened.

Central African bushmeat hits European market

afrol News, 1 July - More than five tonnes of illegal bushmeat is being smuggled in personal luggage each week through the Paris airport alone. Most bushmeat comes from Cameroon, the Central African Republic and Congo Kinshasa (DRC).
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» 12.05.2010 - Biodiversity in Africa's protected areas declining fast
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» 26.03.2010 - CAR govt hits back at poachers
» 26.03.2010 - Rare lemurs found in Madagascar forests
» 24.03.2010 - Central African gorillas towards extinction
» 22.03.2010 - Tanzania, Zambia ivory sales request fails
» 17.03.2010 - Central African ivory main problem
» 12.03.2010 - Tanzania, Zambia "too corrupt to trade ivory"
» 18.02.2010 - Rwanda hosts 2010 global environment day
» 11.02.2010 - Kenya ferries park herbivores to feed starving lions
» 19.01.2010 - Killer malaria found in gorillas
» 04.01.2010 - Rhino poachers arrested in Kenya
» 21.12.2009 - East Africa records highest number of new plant species
» 21.12.2009 - Environmentalists fight developments in Tana River
» 16.12.2009 - DRC conservation initiative receives international recognition
» 01.12.2009 - INTERPOL-Africa operation seize illegal Ivory
» 30.10.2009 - Rescue operation for Zimbabwe's abused elephants announced
» 26.10.2009 - Natron community vows to protect the lake
» 13.10.2009 - Conservation expert calls for protection of Africa's forest gardeners
» 12.10.2009 - Lake Nakuru becomes Africa's first IBA-branded National Park
» 29.09.2009 - Zimbabwean communities educated about owls
» 23.09.2009 - Malagasy NGOs unite against plunder of natural resources
» 22.09.2009 - Local group makes mark at Egypt's Lake Qarun
» 21.09.2009 - Four African states part of the Bern Convention's 30 years
» 04.09.2009 - International call to learn to love vultures - or lose them
» 26.08.2009 - Lake Natron faces renewed threat from soda-ash mining
» 05.08.2009 - Former border agent sentenced on Tanzanian Leopard Tortoises case
» 20.07.2009 - Rare gorillas flee to DRC
» 18.06.2009 - Elephant rescue resumes in Malawi
» 08.06.2009 - Rescue operation of Malawi elephants on good start
» 05.06.2009 - Epic rescue for endangered elephants in Malawi resumes
» 27.05.2009 - Madagascar selected to benefit from conservation fund
» 30.04.2009 - Kenya wildlife on rapid decrease
» 27.04.2009 - Kenya's Ivory smugglers makes guilty plea
» 20.04.2009 - Uganda celebrates big earnings from gorilla tourism
» 24.03.2009 - Kenya deploys security officers to help fight wild fires
» 23.03.2009 - Wild fire forces animals to flee Kenya forest
» 24.02.2009 - Elephant poachers arrested in Kenya
» 19.02.2009 - Cameroon creates park to conserve threatened species
» 26.01.2009 - Google Earth reveals hidden environment treasure in Mozambique
» 25.12.2008 - South African birdwatchers thrilled by discovery
» 01.12.2008 - Cautious conservation of wetlands is critical for economic growth
» 17.11.2008 - Largest ever Africa bust on wildlife crime
» 14.11.2008 - SA wildlife paradise "endangered"
» 06.11.2008 - Animal right activists criticise ivory sale in SA
» 27.10.2008 - Conservationists cry foul of Southern Africa ivory auction
» 21.10.2008 - Massive African ivory sales increase poaching fears
» 14.10.2008 - "Drastic decline" of Ivorian chimps
» 13.10.2008 - Ibadan Malimbe sighted in Nigeria's newest proposed IBA
» 16.09.2008 - Blanket ban on bushmeat disastrous
» 03.09.2008 - Battle of flamingo dam - scientists axed
» 22.08.2008 - The truth about Avian Influenza
» 12.08.2008 - Conservation to set up standard language
» 08.08.2008 - South Africa gives Zambia 500 elephants
» 07.08.2008 - Two indicted for smuggling leopards hides and skull
» 07.08.2008 - Fears of downward gorilla populations erased
» 06.08.2008 - 18,000 South African seabirds killed annually
» 02.08.2008 - "African elephants extinct by 2020"
» 29.07.2008 - Mozambican women eaten by lions
» 17.07.2008 - Court halts Kenya's proposed sugar project
» 16.07.2008 - China gets a share in Africa’s ivory stockpiles
» 10.07.2008 - Can Africa's biodiversity survive climate change?
» 10.07.2008 - Flamingos under threat in SA
» 24.06.2008 - Tana's wildlife in Kenya at risk
» 20.06.2008 - Tanzania vulture deaths may cause epidemic risks
» 13.05.2008 - Tata withdraws Natron report
» 05.05.2008 - Tana biofuel could be illegal
» 11.04.2008 - S. Africa avitourism viable
» 28.02.2008 - Lapwings tracked to Sudan
» 26.02.2008 - SA elephant cull condemned
» 31.01.2008 - Illegal ivory trade still rampant
» 29.01.2008 - Communities reject soda plant
» 24.01.2008 - Court backs Zambian satirist
» 28.11.2007 - Cameroon gorilla saga over
» 27.11.2007 - Tanzania ecotourism threatened
» 21.11.2007 - Hyenas kill Kenya lion killer
» 15.11.2007 - Gambia hippos destroy crops
» 31.10.2007 - Conservationists applaud Uganda
» 16.10.2007 - African conservationists oppose flamingo extinction
» 27.07.2007 - DRC: Cry over gorilla executions
» 04.06.2007 - Most African countries fear renewed ivory trade
» 29.05.2007 - 34,000 seabirds killed annually in Africa
» 22.05.2007 - Kenya wildlife attack kills 7
» 15.05.2007 - Southern Africa’s untold elephant story
» 12.05.2007 - Asian syndicates fuel illegal ivory surge
» 26.04.2007 - Senegal survey discovers raptor ‘super-roost’
» 23.04.2007 - Zambian bags Nobel Prize

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