WWF Calls to Stop Illegal Logging As Plundering of Madagascar’s Rainforests Continues

Lack of governance and export exemptions allow the continuation of illegal rosewood logging in Madagascar and threaten to undermine decades of conservation works. Recent reports confirm that the situation is worsening. According to local sources a vessel...

Sri Lanka’s Lahugala National Park And Kumana Bird Sanctuary Re-open to the Public

The Lahugala National Park and the Kumana Bird Sanctuary in Sri Lanka are being reopened for the public following the end of the war and the return to normal life. Local as well as foreign tourists who had been deprived of visiting places of religious...

Madagascar Government’s Logging Policy May Threaten the Island’s Natural Heritage

Madagascar’s government decision to allow the export of endangered rosewood may have disastrous consequences for some of the country’s unique plant and animal species, and further impoverish the large island state.

South Downs Named As England’s Ninth National Park

During a visit to Ditchling, Environment Secretary Hilary Benn signed the Order to confirm the South Downs as England’s ninth National Park. The new 632 square mile protected area, home to an estimated 120,000 people, will stretch from Beachy Head in...

Black Vultures Reproducing in Northern Greece

The Black Vulture, one of the largest birds of prey in the world and nature’s very own cleansing and recycling machine, has started laying eggs in Dadia, northern Greece, where the only population that actively reproduces in the Balkans can be found.

Radio Tagging to be Tried in an Effort to Save Critically Endangered Crocodile

Fourteen gharials fitted with radio tags have been released into the Rapti River in Nepal in an attempt to identify the reasons for the alarming decline in population of this critically endangered member of the crocodile family.

Bird Invasion Threatening Grain Supply in Northern Cameroon

Northern Cameroon, has fallen prey to an invasion of birds, the services of the ministries of Agriculture and Rural Development (MINADER) and Forestry and Wildlife (MINFOF) confirmed to APA on Wednesday.

Despite War in DR Congo Mountain Gorilla Population Increases

The number of mountain gorillas in Virunga National Park has increased despite the war being waged in and around the area, according to the first count in 16 months. The count showed that the number of gorillas in groups habituated to humans – considered...

Park Rangers View Mountain Gorillas for First Time in More Than a Year

Mountain gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have been seen by park rangers for the first time since the rangers were forced out of areas of Virunga National Park by Laurent Nkunda’s army 15 months ago.