Mnangagwa hailed for Cites pullout plan

President Mnangagwa's announcement that Zimbabwe plans to pull out of the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (Cites) has triggered excitement in Geneva, Swit...

Zimbabwe plans to sell its ivory stockpile to China, except… it can't

Zimbabwe Minister wants to sell her country's supposed US$10 billion ivory stockpile to China using a possible international legal loophole. However, experts reply that not only is the minister misinf...

Fate of Africa's Elephants Hangs in the Balance after COP 17

A golden opportunity to stop the catastrophic decline of Africa's elephants had been missed as CoP17 wrapped up in Johannesburg yesterday.Following the results from the Great Elephant Census a...

DO or Die: deciding the pangolin's fate at COP17

As CITES COP17 gets underway the eyes of the conservation world are focused on Johannesburg, where the global wildlife conference is taking place. Running from 24 September to 5 October, with 181 coun...

European Union puts African elephants in jeopardy

The first act of the EU as a full member of The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), may well jeopardise the future of African elephants.At ...

Southern African Fight For Rhino

A Call to Action: This is our fight now!Join us on the 24th September, 2016, outside the Sandton Convention Centre (Johannesburg), corner of West Street and Alice Lane,The Founding Dir...

Hwange elephant tramples Bulawayo man to death

A MAN from Bulawayo, Mr Stephen Coetzee (25), was trampled to death by a female elephant in the Hwange National Park on Monday. Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority spokesperson Ms Car...