IUCN Species of the Day: Giant Armadillo
Photo credit: Carly Vynne The Giant Armadillo, Priodontes maximus, is listed as ‘VULNERABLE’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.
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IUCN Species of the Day: Kaempfer’s Woodpecker
Photo credit: Ciro Albano Kaempfer’s Woodpecker, Celeus obrien, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.
Bush Warriors Founder, Dori Gurwitz, Remembers the First Burning of Kenya’s Ivory Stockpiles 22 Years Ago
Bush Warriors Founder, Dori Gurwitz, was only a teenager when he personally witnessed Kenya’s first burning of ivory stockpiles 22 years ago–an experience he will never forget. Photo credit: Tony Karumba In 1989, African wildlife conservation saw a historical Continue Reading
Environmental Investigation Agency Calls for Destruction of All Black Market Ivory
MEDIA RELEASE: MASS IVORY BURNING SHOWS THE WAY AHEAD Campaign group calls for the destruction of all black market ivory. Photo credit: Environmental Investigation Agency KENYA: As several tonnes of contraband ivory went up in smoke, the London-based Environmental Continue Reading
Feathered Extinction: Habitat Loss and Illegal Trade Threaten Doom for Africa’s Parrots, World Parrot Trust Africa to the Rescue!
Originally featured on 17 December, 2011. Parrots have the largest number of threatened species of all bird families. Over 100 of the 332 known parrot species are threatened with extinction in the wild, and the declines of about 78 of Continue Reading