Luanda — ANGOLA has pledged to combat the illegal trade in wildlife, which is part of wider global environmental crime, costing up to $258 billion per year.

Zimbabwe is seeking support from its neighbors to be allowed to engage in international trade in ivory and will not burn its 70 tonnes of ivory stocks as Kenya did last month, the environment minis

Elephants could disappear from one of Africa’s most important wildlife reserves within six years unless industrial scale poaching is stopped and mining is brought under control, the WWF has said.

Five elephants were killed last week by poachers using cyanide in Matabeleland North, Forestry Commission information and communications manager Ms Violet Makoto has said.

Zimbabwe will push for the lifting of an international ban on ivory sales, saying that limited sales would allow the government to raise money for conservation and to fight illegal poaching.

A programme to regenerate thousands of acres of forest and link habitats in wildlife-rich parts of the world has been launched.

More ivory has been seized than cocaine worldwide in recent years, a report has shown, warning that the “absolute limit” on the animal product is likely to see a “vicious cycle” ensue as demand inc

Arusha — Tanzania has authorised the use of drones in Tarangire National Park in a hi-tech battle against poachers who threaten the country's multi-billion dollars wildlife tourism industry.