Namibia awarded for protecting marine biological diversity
Namibia’s Marine Resources Act has won Silver in the 2012 Future Policy Award. The jury stressed that the Act has served to institute an economically and ecologically viable fishing industry in the African country. The 2012 Future Policy Award highlights exemplary solutions to protect the world’s oceans and is initiated by the World Future Council, [...]
Study Shows that Climate Change is Killing Forests
Climate change is causing a massive forest die-off on almost every continent on Earth. Forests are already under threat from illegal logging and land clearing for agriculture. According to a new paper published in the journal Nature Climate Change, trees in forests all around the world are dying due to dry climatic conditions and elevated [...]
KWS denies ‘sitting’ on Wildlife Bill
Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) Wednesday denied allegations fronted by wildlife activists that it is sitting on the Wildlife Bill. Speaking at the ongoing first Africa Science Journalists conference currently going on in Nakuru, Kenya, Paul Mbugua, Assistant director in charge of conservation education said KWS may have played a role in its development but does not [...]
Kenyan minister exonerates the Masai tribe from killings of lions
Kenya’s Forestry and Wildlife minister, Dr Noah Wekesa Tuesday exonerated the Masai tribe from the recent spate of killings of lions accusing instead people he called ‘economic saboteurs’ out to wreck the country’s tourism industry. Speaking in Nairobi at the first regional conference on forest by the International Union of Forest Research Organisations and the [...]
IV International Wildlife Management Congress 2012
On July 9-12, 2012 in Durban, South Africa an event will be held for Wildlife Professionals. This event will explore rising world population, competition for resources and space between humans and wildlife. Today, human-wildlife interactions are more common than ever before. In an effort to retain vital biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, we need to explore [...]
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