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This year could be a defining moment for the protection of biodiversity and the illegal trade in wildlife. Earlier in the year saw the environment – climate change and wildlife trafficking – being raised at the UN Security Council for the first time as a threat to stable and democratic governments. And yesterday saw Hilary Clinton, Secretary of State , […]
We’ve just seen the 10th meeting of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil take place in Singapore. This meeting of producers and consumers of palm oil was set up to try to address the many conflicts that the growth in palm oil has produced. From loss of habitat and wildlife to human rights abuses and land grabs the rush for palm oil has not been […]
The lion is an iconic part of the landscape in Africa. It’s one of the Big Five and draws in tourists. But has the plight of the lion been overshadowed by conservation concerns of other species. could it be that the lion is so iconic that we forget that it is in a pretty precarious position. Mention the rhino and […]
New research released today by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) in New Caledonia demonstrates the frightening impact on shark populations that shark fin soup is having. The results of a study of 15 years of landing catches published in Conservation Biology shows that the worst affected shark species the white-tip shark has declined by an average of 17% […]
London based oil exploration company SOCO International have released details for their exploration of Block V in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Block V takes in parts of the important Virunga National Park, home of the mountain gorillas and location of Lake Edward and its hippo population. The company have released details about an aero-survey that they will be conducting […]
Mahikeng – An elephant calf lifted his little trunk in an apparent gesture of trust and pressed it against each of the three rangers who saved him from drowning on Saturday. Yolandi Sutherland, 25, a game ranger at Madikwe Game Reserve in the North West, described on Monday how maternal instinct drove her to jump into the river to save […]
Gorilla Trekking is an amazing safari experience where tourists encounter with the mountain gorillas in Uganda. This activtity is conducted every morning within the tropical rain forest. This time the gorillas surprisingly visited an ecolodge and caught up with a tourist who was looking to track the gorillas the next day. In the video, a troop of wild mountain gorillas […]
Today is Earth Day 2011, and while we celebrated last year by providing 100% of our revenues to a local charity, this year we are unable to participate so because our website is under construction (but stayed tuned, you are going to love it when it is ready). So, looking elsewhere for some great green travel deals or events on […]
Last week a two-day conference in Kigali, Rwanda, saw a range of groups from the ten African countries that are home to gorilla populations come together to discuss ways of protecting this endangered great ape. The conference attracted a wide range of groups involved with the gorillas from government departments through to law enforcement agencies, NGO’s and international experts. Gorillas […]
Week 1: Knysna Forest Our first week with EDGE of AFRICA started with a day exploring the wilds of the Knysna forests. We were introduced to the local forest and wildlife expert called Hynie Tredoux (a merge of Crocodile Dundee and David Attenborough). We had previously watched a documentary on the Knysna Forest elephants and hoped to be lucky in […]