UN wildlife protection agency 'violates' its own trade regulating rules

The United Nations international wild trade regulating agency, CITES, continues to go through a dark passage from which it will likely emerge as the destroyer, rather than the saviour, of the world's ...

Why SADC countries still 'oppose' rhino horn trade

SADC countries have individually decided not to get involved in the non-commercial international trade in rhino horn. This questionable decision has happened despite approval for such trade by the UN ...

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...

Mnangagwa to donate animals to Angola

THE Government will donate an undisclosed number of wild animals to Angola to help the country rebuild its wildlife which was ravaged by decades of war, President Mnangagwa has said. Addressin...

Mnangagwa slams Cites 'dictatorship'

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday called for free trade in wildlife products to ensure a positive impact on national economies adding that an ivory trade ban has resulted in the country having stockpiles ...

Botswana proposes hunting and trade as elephant population declines.

The results of the recent and most extensive elephant population survey of Botswana estimates the country’s population at 126,000 elephants, a further decline from 131,600 reporte...

Farmers see gloom if no deal is reached at COP 18

Farmers attending the 18th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) being held in the Qatari capital of Doha said they are pushin...