Wildlife

Nepal reckons with the dark side of its rhino conservation success

A recent film glorifying rangers in Chitwan National Park, and a Buzzfeed investigation highlighting human rights abuses by those same rangers, have prompted debate over Nepal’s conservation practi

Publication Date: 
26/03/2019
Mongabay
Tags:
Nepal, Wildlife, Rhinoceros, Wildlife Management, Chitwan, National Parks, South Asia
Wildlife

Measuring the success of East African protected areas

East Africa (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda) contains 1,776 protected areas (including 186 "strict" protected areas) covering more than 27 percent of its terrestrial area.

Publication Date: 
14/03/2019
Science Daily
Tags:
Wildlife, Wildlife Management, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Habitat, Africa
Wildlife

'A good day': New Zealand adds area half the size of Auckland to national park

A national park in New Zealand has been expanded by 64,000 hectares – the largest gain for a national park in the country’s history.

Publication Date: 
13/03/2019
Guardian (UK)
Tags:
Wildlife, National Parks, New Zealand, Birds, Wildlife Management
Wildlife

Elephant in the room: Botswana deals with pachyderm population pressure

The government of Botswana is considering measures to rein in its elephant population to address the problem of human-elephant conflicts.

Publication Date: 
13/03/2019
Mongabay
Tags:
Wildlife, Elephant, Botswana, People - Animal Conflicts, Wildlife Management, Africa
Wildlife

Insights from distribution dynamics inform strategies to conserve a dhole Cuon alpinus metapopulation in India

Most large carnivore populations currently occur in heterogeneous landscapes, with source populations embedded in a matrix of human-dominated habitats. Understanding changes in distribution of endangered carnivores is critical for prioritizing and implementing conservation strategies.

Publication Date: 
28/02/2019
Arjun Srivathsa, K. Ullas Karanth, N. Samba Kumar & et al
Scientific Reports
9
3081
1-12
Tags:
Wildlife, India, Wildlife Management, Endangered Species, Deforestation, Mammals, Land Use, Karnataka
Wildlife

Nepal, in a bid to create a new rhino population, pauses to take stock

Staff at Bardia National Park in mid-western Nepal have been looking after a “special guest” for the last eight years.

Publication Date: 
28/02/2019
Mongabay
Tags:
Wildlife, Nepal, Rhinoceros, South Asia, Wildlife Management
Wildlife

Botswana's president blasts western critics over elephant cull

Botswanan President Mokgweetsi Masisi on Wednesday blasted Western countries for their outburst over Botswana's plan to lift a hunting ban and allow an elephant cull.

Publication Date: 
28/02/2019
Xinhua
Tags:
Wildlife, Elephant, Botswana, Wildlife Management, Hunting, Africa
Wildlife

Unravelling perceptions of Eurasian beaver reintroduction in Great Britain

Reintroduction of the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) – is under debate in Great Britain with a number of projects underway. The species is estimated to have been resident until the 16th century, when hunted to extinction by humans.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2019
Roger Edward Auster, Alan Puttock, Richard Brazier
Area
51
1
1-12
Tags:
Wildlife, United Kingdom (UK), People - Animal Conflicts, Wildlife Management
Wildlife

China’s primates could disappear by end of this century, study warns

China has some 25 species of primates, of which 15 to 18 have fewer than 3,000 individuals surviving in the wild, according to a new study.

Publication Date: 
25/09/2018
Mongabay
Tags:
Wildlife, China, Wildlife Management, Asia, Monkey, Endangered Species
Wildlife

WWF urges Tanzania to review conservation policies to enhance rhino protection

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), the world’s leading conservation organization, on Saturday urged the government of Tanzania to review its conservation policies to enhance the management of rh

Publication Date: 
25/09/2018
Coast Week (Kenya)
Tags:
Wildlife, Wildlife Management, Poaching, Tanzania, Rhinoceros, WWF, Africa, Endangered Species

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