Lawsuit launched against environment minister in bid to halt African penguin extinction
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by Conservation Action Team
2d ago
Forestry, Fisheries and Environment Minister Barbara Creecy has barred fishing around key African Penguin breeding colonies, but conservation bodies say the closures fail to reduce competition with commercial purse-seine fishing, enabling them to infringe on African Penguin prey, and do not correspond with the Penguins’ core foraging areas.    Endangered African penguins at Boulders Beach on 13 March, 2024. The African Penguin has already lost 97% of its population. If current trends persist, the species will be extinct in the wild by 2035. (Photo: Kristin Engel)   In a de ..read more
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Mozambique: Authorities seize huge haul of elephant tusks bound for Dubai
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by Conservation Action Team
2d ago
The Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) and Mozambique Tax Authority (AT) yesterday intercepted a 20-foot container containing 651 pieces of elephant tusk ivory at the port of Maputo. The consignment was bound for Dubai.   Photo via Alexandre Nhampossa/X   According to Moçambique Bio, the prohibited items were hidden in the centre of the container, surrounded by bags of corn. According to the same publication, efforts are now underway to identify the exporter and customs broker of the container. Meanwhile, lawyer David Ucama said that SERNIC would notify the National Admi ..read more
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Let it burn, says animal welfare NGO about South Africa’s 75-tonne rhino horn stockpile
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by Conservation Action Team
1w ago
South Africa has more than 75 tonnes of rhino horn stockpiled from animals that have died naturally, horns seized in anti-smuggling operations, and horns sawn off from immobilised, live rhinos in an attempt to deter poachers.  Poaching has decimated white rhino populations in the Kruger National Park – from 10,621 in 2011 to just 2,060 in 2022. (Photo: Conservation Action Trust)   The government should destroy all stockpiles of rhino horn to stop them being diverted into the illegal rhino horn trade through theft or corruption, according to a new report released by the ..read more
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Government trying to slam through plan that will result in massive exploitation of wildlife
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by Conservation Action Team
1w ago
A herd of elephants at the Numbi Gate of the Kruger National Park in Mbombela, Mpumalanga. (Photo: Gallo Images / Daily Maverick / Felix Dlangamandla)   By Friday, 22 March, the public is expected to have commented on a detailed plan by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment to massively exploit and monetise South Africa’s wildlife. The public was given just 14 days to respond. The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) has released a 48-page plan to create integrated “mega landscapes” on land and sea encompassing extensive areas whe ..read more
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SOUTH AFRICA’S RHINO HORN STOCKPILES: INTRINSIC TO ILLEGAL TRADE Where Have All the Rhinos Gone? Part Two
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by Conservation Action Team
1w ago
Media Statement On the 27th February 2024, Minister Barbara Creecy issued a media statement confirming that an alarming number of 397 rhino were killed in KwaZulu Natal in 2023, the highest number on record for this province. A total of 499 rhinos were killed throughout South Africa last year. Explanations for the devastating loss of thousands of rhinos in South Africa, particularly over the past few years, were highlighted in the 2021 EMS Foundation publication of Where Have All the Rhinos Gone? We determined that the significant loss of rhinos are not only due to the illegal killing of rhino ..read more
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Open letter to Michel Mantheakis – chairman of the Tanzanian Hunting Operators Association (TAHOA)
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by Conservation Action Team
1w ago
  BACKGROUND: We approached Michel Mantheakis – chairman of the Tanzanian Hunting Operators Association (TAHOA) – before publishing our report on the recent trophy hunting of two super tuskers in Tanzania. We requested that he provide specific information and context so that our report would be accurate and contextual. He acknowledged our request and undertook to respond but failed to reply thereafter. Other experts were happy to reply to our questions. Once our report went live, Mantheakis compiled this letter, which he circulated widely. We requested evidence of his clai ..read more
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Proposed Ban on Imports of Hunting Trophies into European Union
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by Conservation Action
1w ago
Letter to EU Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries proposing further ban on importing hunting trophies 19th February 2024 To: Virginijus Sinkevičius, EU Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries: cab-sinkevicius-contact@ec.europa.eu Cc: Maroš Šefčovič, EVP European Green Deal: cab-sefcovic-contact@ec.europa.eu Valdis Dombrovskis, EVP and EU Trade Commissioner: cab-dombrovskis-contact@ec.europa.eu Peter van Kemseke, von der Leyen Cabinet: peter.van-kemseke@ec.europa.eu Elisabeth Werner, Deputy Secretary General: Elisabeth.Werner@ec.europa.eu Raúl Fuentes Milani, CO ..read more
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GRAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE MPUMALANGA PROVINCIAL AUTHORITIES ENABLING THE CRUEL, INDISCRIMINATE AND UNSCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT OF VERVET MONKEYS
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by Conservation Action Team
1w ago
The Wildlife Animal Protection Forum of South Africa (WAPFSA), a collective of thirty organisations, has a history of interest in the protection and conservation of wild animals in South Africa, sharing a body of expertise from different sectors including but not limited to scientific, environmental, legal, welfare, rights, social justice, climate, indigenous and public advocacy backgrounds. Members of WAPFSA are also part of the Ministerial Wildlife Well-being Forum, instituted by the Department of Forestry, Fishery and the Environment (DFFE) in May 2023, by special request of Minister Barba ..read more
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Economic benefits of trophy hunting are dubious — a colonial sport for the privileged few
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by Conservation Action
1w ago
Photo: Stefan Heunis/AFP/Getty Trophy hunting is officially touted as an integral part of South Africa’s policy of sustainable use of natural resources. So why is there a veil of secrecy over the hunting statistics? When the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment (DFFE) was asked by an MP in two Parliamentary questions to supply the 2022 hunting statistics, as they have done in the past, they declined. It was eventually forced to do so using a Protection of Information Act (Paia) request. This lack of transparency raises a number of questions. Is Minister Barbara Creecy trying to ..read more
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Trading in wild things: Major rethink required, for biodiversity’s sake
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by Conservation Action Team
1w ago
 An international shortage of lab monkeys is driving prices higher, with concerns that this is fuelling the hidden market. (Photo: Nature Needs More)   Every year, millions of creatures and plants are traded for food, pets, fashion, curios and traditional medicines. Some end up as hunting trophies. There’s a mechanism to regulate this, but it isn’t working. The problem has a fix, but it will take audacity.   Peering through rimless glasses and flipping pages, gold cufflinks flashing, Judge Alfred Cockrell is going through documents in forensic detail as befits his role. He ha ..read more
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