Monthly Archive: April, 2021

By Rosie Awori Deep in the dense forests of Central and West Africa, members of a lesser-known African elephant species slowly make their way through their jungle habitat eating and quietly carrying on with their lives. Unknown to them, their identity has been a subject of disagreement for the past 20 or more years.  The Convention on Migratory Species (CMS)...

By Emmanuel Ntirenganya – The New Times The amended law on biodiversity and wildlife has recommended penal sanctions against poachers and those who engage in trafficking of wildlife as a way of protecting biodiversity and wildlife. The relevance of the bill, which was presented by Rwanda Development Board CEO, Clare Akamanzi, was passed by the lower chamber of parliament during a...

By Jake Wall, George Wittemyer, Brian Klinkenberg, Valerie LeMay, Stephen Blake, Samantha Strindberg, Michelle Henley, Fritz Vollrath, Fiona Maisels, Jelle Ferwerda and Iain Douglas-Hamilton – Current Biology •229 African elephants were tracked across forest, Sahel, savanna, and bushveld sites •Protected areas and the human footprint both constrain elephant range size •62% of the African continent is potential elephant habit, of...