Environmental News

• The value of South Africa’s wildlife shouldn’t be in the hands of wealthy foreign hunters (commentary) April 30, 2026 12:23 pm Mongabay The latest statistics on South Africa’s professional (“trophy”) hunting industry reveal a large increase in animals hunted, with numbers set to rise in coming years, under the logic that the revenue generated is necessary for managing wildlife. But should …
• Ofir Drori on how EAGLE Confronts the Criminal Networks Driving Africa’s Wildlife Crisis April 29, 2026 9:30 pm New Security Beat Wildlife trafficking is one of the most lucrative and destructive criminal enterprises in the world. Valued at more than $20 billion annually, these criminal networks impact more than 4,000 plant and animal species across 162 countries and territories. Yet …
• On Africa’s wildlife and its ecological power! April 22, 2026 1:47 pm The Point “African wildlife has lost a third of its ecological power — the energy that drives vital ecosystem functions such as nutrient cycling, seed dispersal, and carnivory or pest control,” Ty Loft, a conservation biologist at the University of Oxford, U.K. and  …
• Can shooting big game can save Africa’s wildlife? April 21, 2026 4:08 am The Guardian You can kill almost anything if you’re willing to pay. Big or small. Land, water or air. Ten a penny or one of the last of its kind. There’s nearly always a way, though it might not make you popular. The Niassa special reserve, a vast reservation larger …
• South Africa flagged as Facebook exposed as global hub for illegal wildlife trade April 15, 2026 8:49 am IOL Pangolin scales, cobras, bats, scorpions and even slow lorises are being openly traded on Facebook, in plain sight. A new report has found that Facebook has become the primary online marketplace for illegal wildlife trade, with South Africa among the …