CITES opens protective umbrella over all species of rosewood
Conservationists are delighted by the decision at the Convention on the international Sale of Endangered Species of fauna flora to give maximum protection to the Rosewood genus Dalbergia. This means all trade in this valuable wood found in the wild is now banned. Timber policy expert at the World Wildlife Fund Vanessa Dick says listing […]
Expert says war talk is hurting the fight against poaching
Animal rights activists gathered at the world’s largest wildlife conservation conference now underway in Sandton have been warned by a Kruger National Park expert to temper their language. Large mammal ecologist at the park Sam Ferreira says using war talk is counter-productive in the fight to stop poachers threatening the existence of elephants and other […]