Ulinzi Africa Foundation has joined 26 organisations from around the world in calling on Vantara, a private wildlife facility in India funded by Reliance Industries, to permanently stop importing wild animals. The organisations welcomed Vantara’s recent announcement of a 12-month moratorium on wildlife imports and its stated plans to support in-situ conservation, improve governance and…
Sudan needs to strengthen its institutional capacity and deepen international cooperation to unlock the potential of its wildlife and tourism sectors, Sudan’s Deputy Director of Foreign Affairs and Organisation at the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife has said. She said Sudan’s participation in international wildlife agreements and programmes remained limited, with the country often becoming…
The deaths of at least 15 elephants in the Amboseli ecosystem have sparked renewed scrutiny of Kenya’s pesticide regulatory regime, with conservation group WildlifeDirect calling for an independent investigation and sweeping reforms to protect wildlife, farmers and the public. The organisation says preliminary findings linking the deaths to cyanide-contaminated crops point to deeper failures in…
The government has called on development partners, the private sector, and local communities to invest in Kenya’s forestry sector, emphasizing that stronger partnerships are essential to restoring degraded landscapes, creating jobs, and enhancing climate resilience. Speaking during a donors’ round-table breakfast meeting in Nairobi on Tuesday, Forestry Principal Secretary Gitonga Mugambi said the government cannot…
By Jameson Kenya marked a major milestone in global conservation today after President William Samoei Ruto officially opened the expanded Tsavo West Rhino Sanctuary. The sanctuary now spans three thousand two hundred square kilometres, making it the largest rhino sanctuary in the world and a significant boost to wildlife conservation, climate resilience and nature based…
