‘Untold harm to nature’ from wildlife trafficking, warns UN crime agency

13 may 2024 - 13:11:00
Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Despite two decades of worldwide efforts, more than 4,000 precious wildlife species still fall prey to [...] Full text...

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Human ingenuity can help to save nature, Guterres says on World Wildlife Day

04 march 2024 - 06:05:53
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for action now to protect nature in his message as World Wildlife [...] Full text...

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US sanctions three 'corrupt' DRC public officials, two others

17 august 2023 - 06:55:22
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US on Wednesday barred three public officials of the Democratic Republic of Congo responsible [...] Full text...

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Sea cucumber smuggling in East Africa threatens livelihoods and ecosystems

01 july 2022 - 05:40:24
Zanzibar, Tanzania (PANA) - The high demand for sea cucumbers in China is leading to their over-exploitation along the East [...] Full text...

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Oil tanker sinks off Tunisian coast

16 april 2022 - 14:33:14
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A commercial vessel carrying more than 750 tonnes of diesel ran aground on Friday night in [...] Full text...

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Sudanese official complains about pressure of refugees on region

05 january 2022 - 16:32:50
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A government official in Eastern Gadarif state has complained that the heavy presence of refugees in [...] Full text...

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Plastics in soil threaten food security, health, and environment: FAO

08 december 2021 - 09:00:38
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Plastic pollution has become pervasive in agricultural soils, posing a threat to food security, people’s health, [...] Full text...

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Botswana eager to create more tourism opportunities - Minister

27 september 2021 - 12:04:13
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has announced its intention to create more opportunities for citizens in the tourism sector. Speaking on [...] Full text...

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Botswana army kills suspected poacher

10 august 2021 - 18:32:00
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana Defence Force (BDF) recently shot dead a poacher on the country’s Okavango Delta. Okavango Delta is [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to introduce new penalties for littering

22 june 2021 - 07:48:19
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Minister of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change, Mr Kavydass Ramano, on Monday [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: 37 melon-headed whales, one bottle nose dolphin found dead

28 august 2020 - 17:29:10
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A total of 37 melon-headed whales and one bottle nose dolphin have been found dead as [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to rethink its tourism and its future: Deputy PM

18 august 2020 - 13:21:41
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Deputy Prime Minister and Tourism Minister, Steven Obeegadoo, on Tuesday, told Parliament that there is [...] Full text...

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Oil Spill: Mauritius Govt. says the worst is behind; NGO expects a 2nd spill

17 august 2020 - 12:52:50
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Steven Obeegadoo, has said that with more than 3,300 of [...] Full text...

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Congo: Two alleged wildlife product traffickers arrested in Pointe-Noire

06 august 2020 - 20:06:16
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Two persons have been arrested in Pointe-Noire, Congo's main economic and industrial center, for illegal possession, [...] Full text...

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Congo: Two alleged ivory traffickers arrested in Oyo

25 june 2020 - 23:13:14
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Two men of Congolese nationality were arrested Tuesday in Oyo, 400 km from here, for illegal [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Mahamat tells Africa 'stop dependency on outside, live on own resources'

25 may 2020 - 14:56:54
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic has brutally reminded African nations of the imperative need to put a [...] Full text...

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Human activities, climate change threaten Niger's biodiversity - Minister

22 may 2020 - 14:44:24
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The rich biodiversity of Niger is threatened by human activities and global climate change that affect [...] Full text...

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Three suspected poachers arrested in northwestern Congo

09 may 2020 - 11:42:47
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Three suspected poachers, in possession of a two-kilogram ivory spike, a tail and a 12-gauge rifle, [...] Full text...

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UN chief urges ‘more caring’ relationship with nature on World Wildlife Day

03 march 2020 - 05:16:52
New York, US (PANA) - People everywhere need to remember that we depend on Mother Earth to survive, the UN [...] Full text...

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Benin: Seven wildlife criminals arrested in the second half of 2019

15 january 2020 - 17:27:03
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Seven traffickers were arrested and 65 trophies of protected species seized as part of the fight [...] Full text...

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Village chief killed in eastern Burkina Faso

29 december 2019 - 14:52:19
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The village chief of Nadiaboanli, a locality of eastern Burkina Faso, was shot dead on [...] Full text...

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Botswana hit by floods

10 december 2019 - 11:52:30
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Many villages in Botswana have been hit by floods following heavy countrywide rains. Following Monday afternoon's downpour residents [...] Full text...

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Pornographic movies allegedly being filmed in Botswana’s tourism areas

15 november 2019 - 10:37:36
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana tourism industry has been hit by reports of alleged pornographic movies filming and sexual [...] Full text...

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Botswana launches 12th national assembly

08 november 2019 - 18:33:14
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana President, Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi, and Members of Parliament are attending an orientation seminar to launch [...] Full text...

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Judges in West Africa sub-region trained to protect endangered species

23 october 2019 - 16:01:06
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Judges from seven French-speaking countries in West Africa have been training in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, [...] Full text...

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WB to restore degraded landscapes in Burundi with US$ 30 million

17 october 2019 - 16:08:32
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The "Landscape Restoration and Resilience in Burundi" (PRPB) Project was officially launched on Thursday by the [...] Full text...

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Congolese officials arrest smuggler of python skin, elephant tails in Sibiti town

09 october 2019 - 12:54:10
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) -   Officers from the Lekoumou Department of Water and Forests in southern Congo Republic and the national [...] Full text...

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Congo: Alleged wildlife traffickers in court

03 october 2019 - 15:51:31
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Two hearings on wildlife crime are scheduled for October 8 and 10 at the Brazzaville and [...] Full text...

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Elephants roam some parts of Botswana in search of water

02 october 2019 - 20:08:07
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Department of Wildlife and National Parks says elephants are roaming around in Seronga and surrounding [...] Full text...

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Botswana government drills boreholes for herders at Lake Ngami

20 september 2019 - 11:12:45
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana government will equip the Lake Ngami area with five boreholes to assist farmers with [...] Full text...

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Drought forces Botswana to open exportation of live cattle

13 september 2019 - 13:59:52
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food Security has allowed the immediate export of live [...] Full text...

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Botswana expects better rainfall season after drought spell

03 september 2019 - 14:37:08
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana Department of Meteorological Services (DMS) has reviewed the state of the global climate systems and [...] Full text...

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UNCTAD brings new technology to wildlife trade management

30 august 2019 - 15:31:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said on Friday it is bringing new technology [...] Full text...

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‘Extinction crisis’ pushes countries to agree stronger protection for global wildlife

29 august 2019 - 06:58:08
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - At-risk wildlife that is facing a “growing extinction crisis” received a boost on Wednesday, as countries [...] Full text...

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Gambia’s late leader, Jawara, to be laid in state ahead of burial

28 august 2019 - 17:58:48
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambians began three days of funeral for late president Sir Dawda  Kairaba Jawara on Wednesday, and [...] Full text...

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Ban on African elephants export, significant step forward for protection, says Foundation Franz Weber

27 august 2019 - 23:25:51
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA)  -  The Foundation Franz Weber (FFW) Tuesday expressed satisfaction with the vote to ban elephant exports [...] Full text...

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Congo: 4 alleged wildlife offenders brought before prosecutor's office for poaching

27 august 2019 - 18:54:20
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The National Liaison Office Afripol, a criminal police agency, in collaboration with the World Fund for [...] Full text...

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The Franz Weber Foundation denounces EU's position at 18th CITES on protection of elephants in Africa

23 august 2019 - 23:58:37
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Franz Weber Foundation (FFW), observer member of the 18th Conference of the Parties to [...] Full text...

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Significant progress made for protection of elephants in Africa

21 august 2019 - 23:15:41
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA)   -   The 18th Conference of parties of the international trade convention on wild fauna and flora [...] Full text...

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Police intercept 57 skins of protected animal species in South Benin

14 august 2019 - 19:33:12
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Beninese police have arrested an alleged trafficker with 57 skins of protected animal species in Azovè, [...] Full text...

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Franz Weber Foundation warns on the risk of elephant extinction in Africa

13 august 2019 - 14:56:47
Abidjan, Cote d 'Ivoire (PANA) - The Franz Weber Foundation (FFW), fully dedicated to the fight for the protection of [...] Full text...

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Kenya launches campaign for international protection of endangered elephants

31 july 2019 - 13:07:52
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The Kenyan First Lady, Margaret Kenyatta, a conservation icon, has launched an international campaign to save [...] Full text...

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Senegal takes measures to protect the endangered conifer species in Casamance forests

10 july 2019 - 22:01:21
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA)   -   The conifer is a plant species that is increasingly threatened with extinction in the forests of [...] Full text...

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Botswana Gov't cancels installation of non-lethal game proof electric wildlife fence

09 july 2019 - 14:10:34
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana Ministry of Environment Natural Resources and Tourism has cancelled the installation of a proposed [...] Full text...

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Former President Ian Khama's retirement benefits: Gifts for a man who has everything - Chronicled by PANA

12 june 2019 - 21:10:54
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The former President of Botswana, Ian Khama Seretse Khama, received enough gifts to last him his [...] Full text...

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Water and Forest worker killed in ambush in eastern Burkina Faso

24 may 2019 - 10:08:03
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – A Water and Forest  worker was killed on Thursday in an ambush by unidentified gunmen [...] Full text...

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Research laboratory for protection of species in Ol Pejeta Conservancy opens in Kenya

22 may 2019 - 15:55:49
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Pan-African telecommunications operator Liquid Telecom, in partnership with Fauna & Flora International (FFI) and the [...] Full text...

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Feature: Plastic pollution and its many side effects on the ecosystem

17 may 2019 - 22:32:34
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA)  -   Apart from sustaining a rich diversity of natural ecosystems, Botswana’s water resources are critical for meeting [...] Full text...

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African elephants under continued threat of poaching, warns UN-backed report

10 may 2019 - 15:14:12
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - An updated assessment by a United Nations Environment Programme-administered treaty has confirmed that poaching continues to [...] Full text...

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Major UN report shows one million species face extinction

06 may 2019 - 20:03:35
Paris, France (PANA) - A hard-hitting report into the impact of humans on nature shows that nearly one million species [...] Full text...

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Botswana Kasane elephant summit kicks off

03 may 2019 - 19:20:00
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Government of Botswana, through the Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism, began a [...] Full text...

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Alleged ivory trafficker arrested in Brazzaville

30 april 2019 - 21:06:28
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – A Congolese alleged ivory trafficker has been arrested in Brazzaville for attempting to sell ivory, sources [...] Full text...

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Security situation in Burkina Faso worries farmers

26 april 2019 - 22:09:57
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)  -  The security situation in Burkina Faso, marked by terrorist attacks, has become a source of [...] Full text...

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Uganda’s environmental body clears oil extraction in national park

18 april 2019 - 10:35:59
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Uganda's National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) has authorised oil company Total E&P Uganda to commence oil [...] Full text...

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Media professionals in DR Congo urged to contribute to efforts to preserve Virunga park

07 april 2019 - 15:41:34
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA)  -  DR Congo media professionals have been urged to contribute to efforts toward the preservation of [...] Full text...

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President Kabore attendS closing ceremony of African agriculture fair in N’djamena

14 march 2019 - 23:55:48
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)   Burkina Faso’s president and current chairman of the permanent interstate committee of fight against drought in [...] Full text...

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Platform for better participation in fight against deforestation launched in Congo

21 february 2019 - 11:23:48
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Congolese economic operators on Wednesday in Brazzaville launched a platform to increase participation in the fight [...] Full text...

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Two Central African traffickers of panther skin and meat sentenced to two years in prison

12 february 2019 - 22:28:23
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Impfondo High Court in the Likouala department of northern Congo Tuesday sentenced two traffickers [...] Full text...

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Mauritius minister underlines wetlands protection to maintain resilient ecosystem

07 february 2019 - 15:50:59
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Agro-Industry and Food Security minister, Mr Mahen Seeruttun, on Thursday said wetlands have a [...] Full text...

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How partnerships are the way forward in tackling global challenges (Feature by FAO)

24 june 2018 - 04:34:47
Rome, Italy (PANA) - We can’t really talk about the planet’s most pressing environmental problems without talking about food systems. [...] Full text...

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Rich variety of life on earth essential, says UN chief Guterres

22 may 2018 - 05:37:13
New York, US (PANA) - The welfare and prosperity of people now and in the future, depends on a “rich [...] Full text...

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As cities boom, forests key to meeting demands for water, food, energy - UN

21 march 2018 - 22:56:27
Rome, Italy (PANA) - With two-thirds of the world’s population expected to live in urban areas by 2050, forests are [...] Full text...

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Illicit market demand fuels commercial poaching in SADC region

03 march 2018 - 12:54:24
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Significant strides made in wildlife conservation in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region face severe [...] Full text...

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UN joins call for protection of planet’s big cats

03 march 2018 - 08:09:28
New York, US (PANA) - Big cats, the planet’s most majestic predators, are under increasing threat – mostly caused by [...] Full text...

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Congolese urged to preserve wildlife resources

02 november 2017 - 09:36:15
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese minister of Forest Economy, Mrs Rosalie Matondo, on Wednesday urged Congolese forest to preserve [...] Full text...

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Wildlife conservation, sustainable dev't in spotlight at UN-backed conference

24 october 2017 - 04:42:26
Manila, Philippines (PANA) – Unless the international community integrates wildlife conservation with sustainable development, it will not be able to [...] Full text...

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US: African leaders at UN call for more support to fight terrorism in sub-Saharan Sahel

22 september 2017 - 07:53:09
New York, US (ANA) – Highlighting the dangers posed by terrorism in Africa’s sub-Saharan Sahel region, African leaders mounted the [...] Full text...

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US: UN salutes park rangers' dedication and commitment

01 august 2017 - 05:46:59
New York, US (PANA) – The head of the United Nations entity on protection of endangered species said on Monday [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Ghana president urges citizens to protect the environment

06 march 2017 - 14:15:33
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Monday rallied the population to protect the environment as [...] Full text...

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UN: UN urges youth involvement in wildlife conservation

03 march 2017 - 15:39:59
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called on governments to harness the power of young [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: CITES world conference in South Africa hailed as 'game changer'

05 october 2016 - 18:46:03
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - After two weeks of marathon negotiations in Johannesburg, South Africa, world governments have adopted [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Born Free saddened by CITES failure to prevent trade from captive bred lions

03 october 2016 - 17:39:54
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - International wildlife charity, Born Free Foundation, stated Monday that CITES has failed to adequately [...] Full text...

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UN: UN cultural agency hails creation of world’s largest marine protected area

30 august 2016 - 06:12:18
New York, US (PANA) - UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has welcomed the establishment by US President Barack [...] Full text...

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US: World's oldest airline, KLM, to launch new routes to Namibia, Angola

26 august 2016 - 14:36:52
New York, US (PANA) - The World's oldest airline and the flag carrier of the Netherlands, KLM, on Friday said [...] Full text...

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UN: UN calls for urgent action against illegal wildlife trade

29 july 2016 - 15:10:16
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) on Friday marked the "International Tiger Day", with a call [...] Full text...

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UN: UN official says African elephants face 'high level' of poaching

28 july 2016 - 15:42:26
New York, US (PANA) - The Secretary-General of the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Central Bank to issue new banknotes in Mauritius

26 june 2016 - 09:12:09
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Bank of Mauritius has announced a plan to issue a new family of banknotes in [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Women’s Forum on climate change opens in Mauritius

20 june 2016 - 13:16:13
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim on Monday said that climate action should be everyone’s concern, at the [...] Full text...

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UN: UN report confirms corruption is biggest threat to ivory, wildlife officials arrested

14 june 2016 - 13:21:10
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A new UN report has confirmed that corrupt officials are at the heart of wildlife crime [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Mauritius to host Women’s Forum Global meeting

11 june 2016 - 13:14:17
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius will host on 20 and 21 June 2016 the Women’s Forum global meeting which is [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenya to seek total ban on ivory trade at CITES Summit

26 may 2016 - 13:59:44
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)- President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya said Thursday the recent burning of tonnes of ivory was a pledge [...] Full text...

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Kenya: UN launched campaign to mobilize millions to end illegal trade in wildlife

25 may 2016 - 16:39:20
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Backed by A-list celebrities from across the globe, the United Nations on Wednesday launched an unprecedented [...] Full text...

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UN: UN urges action to tackle wildlife crime

24 may 2016 - 18:58:44
New York, US (PANA) - The poaching and illegal trade of thousands of species across the global present real environmental [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Mauritius to host Women’s Forum Global Meeting in June 2016

20 may 2016 - 13:24:42
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius will on 20-21 June host the Women’s Forum Global Meeting, a platform for highly influential [...] Full text...

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Botswana: Botswana opposes destruction of elephant tusks

26 april 2016 - 18:58:10
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has taken a stance against the burning of ivory ahead of the Giant’s Club Summit [...] Full text...

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Botswana: Cocaine, marijuana abuse worries Botswana law enforcers

14 april 2016 - 16:46:45
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s law enforcement officers have bemoaned the increase in drug abuse by young people in the [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Tanzania jails two Chinese for illegal possession of ivory, bribery

19 march 2016 - 11:07:35
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Two Chinese have begun a 35-year jail term in Tanzania after failing to pay [...] Full text...

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UN: UN calls for global actions to end wildlife poaching

03 march 2016 - 14:58:25
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, on Thursday said time is running out to end wildlife poaching [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Born Free Foundation declares 2016 Year of the Lion

04 january 2016 - 13:47:36
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - On the 50th anniversary of the iconic, award-winning motion picture, Born Free, the Born [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Born Free Foundation condemns S. Africa's decision to overturn rhino horn trade ban

26 november 2015 - 16:29:23
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The Born Free Foundation has strongly condemned the decision of the High Court in [...] Full text...

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UN: UN officials say corruption sustains wildlife, forest crime

03 november 2015 - 19:06:37
New York, US (PANA) - Spiralling wildlife and forest crime fuelled by corrosive corruption can impede vital progress of the [...] Full text...

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Botswana: Botswana threatens to pull out of conservation bloc

27 october 2015 - 08:49:57
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has criticised her neighbours in the Kavango Zambezi (KAZA) Transfrontier Conservation Area (TFCA) - Angola, [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Mauritius adopts legislation on biodiversity

21 october 2015 - 12:14:15
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Parliament on Tuesday night adopted a bill on biodiversity introduced by Agro-industry Minister Mahen [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Mauritius introduces bill on biodiversity

20 october 2015 - 17:55:55
Port Louis, Mauritius PANA) – Mauritian Agro-industry minister Mahen Seeruttun Tuesday introduced the Native Terrestrial Biodiversity and National Parks Bill [...] Full text...

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DR Congo: UN official 'concerned' with environmental deterioration in DR Congo

23 september 2015 - 20:38:43
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – The special representative of the UN Secretary General in DR Congo, Martin Kobler, has expressed [...] Full text...

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UN: Major assessment stresses need for sustainable oceans

14 august 2015 - 16:22:17
New York, US (PANA) - Delays in implementing solutions to the problems that have already been identified as threatening to [...] Full text...

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US: Qatar Airways strengthens embargo on African wildlife transportation

07 august 2015 - 14:37:42
New York, US (PANA) - One of the world's leading air carriers, Qatar Airways, has announced the extension of its [...] Full text...

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UN: UN urges more action to tackle illegal wildlife trade

31 july 2015 - 16:40:53
New York, US (PANA) - Recognizing that wild animals and plants are an irreplaceable part of the natural systems of [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Conference on innovative medical research in Africa opens in Mauritius

27 july 2015 - 17:50:48
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Education and Scientific Research Minister Leela Devi Dookun-Luchoomun on Monday said the presence of [...] Full text...

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Madagascar: Madagascar looks to biodiversity, culture to sustain tourism industry

31 may 2015 - 12:43:28
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) – Struggling to revamp its tourism sector, Madagascar has initiated a certification system to ensure people who [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Insectarium opens at Port-Louis Museum

20 may 2015 - 07:31:54
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - An insectarium, a new gallery of the Natural History Museum of Port-Louis made up of around [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Conference adopts plan for combating illegal trade in Africa’s natural resources

30 april 2015 - 19:10:59
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – African governments should strengthen their institutional and legal frameworks for handling wildlife and environmental [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Congo burns five tons of seized illegal ivory, hardwood timber

29 april 2015 - 21:36:39
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Authorities in Congo on Wednesday incinerated nearly five tons of poached ivory, [...] Full text...

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Congo: Sassou Nguesso says ‘forests, wildlife part of common heritage in Africa’

27 april 2015 - 19:17:18
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – "Forests and wildlife are part of our common African heritage but are disappearing at an alarming [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Africa sets common roadmap to combat illegal wildlife trade

27 april 2015 - 14:23:33
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – A four-day International Conference on Illegal Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora in Africa [...] Full text...

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UN: UN conference stresses 'grave' need to combat wildlife crime

14 april 2015 - 07:45:35
New York, US (PANA) - With wildlife and forest crimes on the rise, yielding enormous profits for criminal networks, UN [...] Full text...

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Kenya: South Africa weighs legalisation of rhino horn trade, AWF opposes

25 march 2015 - 19:15:52
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Committee of Inquiry established by South Africa's Department of Environmental Affairs on Wednesday began hearing [...] Full text...

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UN: New UN-backed report says elephant poaching persists across Africa

23 march 2015 - 16:41:05
New York, US (PANA) - An ongoing decline in overall elephant numbers remains likely as the poaching of African elephants [...] Full text...

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Congo: Congo to host int'l confab on illegal exploitation of African fauna, flora

11 march 2015 - 15:42:49
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – An international conference on the illegal exploitation of fauna and flora products in Africa will be [...] Full text...

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UN: UN officials urge more global action to deal with wildlife crime

03 march 2015 - 20:08:19
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says illegal wildlife trade undermines rule of law, degrades ecosystems and [...] Full text...

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Congo: US helps Central African countries fight poaching, maritime piracy

07 february 2015 - 16:10:05
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Robin D. Meyer, the director of affairs for Central Africa at the US State department, currently [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Mauritius to control tree felling

06 january 2015 - 09:41:39
Pamplemousses, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius' Agro-Industry Minister Mahen Seeruttun said Tuesday that legislation and policies would be reviewed to better [...] Full text...

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Congo: China to help Congo protect resources of the Odzala-Kokoua park

25 november 2014 - 21:25:16
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - China and Congo on Tuesday signed an agreement under which China will grant FCFA 50 million [...] Full text...

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UN: UN-backed INTERPOL operation targets environmental fugitives

18 november 2014 - 07:29:26
New York, US (PANA) - Nine fugitives are being pursued as part of a UN-backed joint INTERPOL global operation targeting [...] Full text...

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UN: New UN guidelines to counter illegal elephant poaching in Africa

14 november 2014 - 06:24:14
New York, US (PANA) - The illegal killing of elephants for their ivory is now at critically high levels in [...] Full text...

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Niger: Govt. bans production, import, trade, use of plastic bags

29 october 2014 - 20:44:03
Niamey, Niger (PANA ) - Niger's Parliament on Wednesday passed a bill banning the production, import, trade and use of [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Interpol launches Regional Environment Security Office in Nairobi

07 october 2014 - 13:18:21
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - International police organisation Interpol Tuesday launched a regional Environmental Security Office office in the Kenyan capital, [...] Full text...

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UN: New protections for sharks, manta rays enter into effect on Sunday

13 september 2014 - 14:24:46
New York, US (PANA) - Beginning Sunday 14 September, international trade in specimens of five shark species and all manta [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso: Lake Bam may disappear

30 july 2014 - 10:12:01
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Lake Bam, which is the biggest lake in Burkina Faso with a capacity of 41.3 [...] Full text...

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Belgium: Director of Virunga national park received at the European Commission

19 june 2014 - 21:02:23
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – Prince Emmanuel De Mérode, director of the Congolese national park of Virunga, in Kivu region, on [...] Full text...

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Mauritius:First endemic garden opens in Mauritius

14 june 2014 - 09:02:07
Curepipe, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius Saturday opened its first endemic flora and fauna garden called “La Vallée d’Osterlog”, located at [...] Full text...

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US: New UN-backed report raises alarm on elephant poaching across Africa

13 june 2014 - 20:26:32
New York, US (PANA) - A UN-backed report released on Friday says the level of elephant poaching across Africa remains [...] Full text...

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Congo: Authorities plan new forest policy

12 june 2014 - 15:01:54
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The Congolese government, in partnership with the United nations food and agriculture organization (FAO), plans to [...] Full text...

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Environment: International community urged to preserve biodiversity

22 may 2014 - 20:28:24
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The Congolese minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Henri Djombo, on Thursday in Pointe-Noire urged the [...] Full text...

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US: UN adopts new global platform to tackle wildlife, forest crime

21 may 2014 - 21:43:33
New York, US (PANA) - In response to the rising levels of illicit trafficking of fauna and flora, the UN [...] Full text...

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UN: UNODC says wildlife crime worth US$10 billion annually

14 may 2014 - 15:32:48
New York, US (PANA) - Mr. Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), has [...] Full text...

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US: UN marks inaugural World Wildlife Day

03 march 2014 - 18:09:12
New York, US (PANA) - The UN on Monday marked the first ever World Wildlife Day, with a warning that [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Tackling game poaching, cervical cancer, traders’ wrangle make headlines

15 february 2014 - 10:28:54
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania’s battles against wildlife poaching on the one hand and against cervical cancer on [...] Full text...

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EU calls for court dedicated to crime against fauna in Congo

11 december 2013 - 20:34:22
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The EU representative in Congo, Marcel Van Opstal, on Wednesday called for the setting up of [...] Full text...

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'Illegal ivory seized in France to be destroyed'

07 december 2013 - 18:17:25
Paris, France (PANA) – French Ecology Minister Philippe Martin has told African leaders participating in a roundtable discussion on the [...] Full text...

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Eight countries submit action plans to combat illegal trade in ivory

18 may 2013 - 15:41:30
New York, US (PANA) - Eight countries, including three from Africa, identified as the most affected by the illegal trade [...] Full text...

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UN calls for greater protection of birds' habitats

11 may 2013 - 15:37:22
New York, US (PANA) - As an estimated 50 billion birds commence their annual migrations, the critical staging areas they [...] Full text...

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NGOs urge Central African leaders to protect elephants from poachers

29 april 2013 - 15:37:02
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Eight NGOs have urged leaders in Central Africa to be personally involved in the fight against [...] Full text...

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Botswana reiterates 2014 hunting ban

29 november 2012 - 08:54:39
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has reiterated its plans to ban hunting by 2014, in favour for photographic tourism, amid [...] Full text...

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20 new Biosphere Reserves added to UNESCO’s MAB programme

11 july 2012 - 17:49:24
Paris, France (PANA) - The International Coordinating Council of UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB), meeting in Paris from [...] Full text...

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UNESCO, NGO seek funds to support workers at DRC wildlife reserve

05 july 2012 - 07:22:28
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and a non-governmental organisation have launched an [...] Full text...

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Political turbulence affecting tourism in West Africa, says Gambian minister

23 june 2012 - 20:07:20
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Political turbulence in some parts of West Africa impacted negatively not only in tourism promotion and [...] Full text...

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UN-backed report says elephant poaching is rising

22 june 2012 - 14:37:28
New York, US (PANA) - A report published by the UN-backed Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild [...] Full text...

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EAC moves to control use of polythene materials

03 february 2012 - 18:09:16
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – In a move aimed at protecting the environment, the East African Legislative Assembly on [...] Full text...

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Experts suggest ways to strengthen malaria elimination strategy in W/Africa

02 december 2011 - 14:29:26
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Experts who attended a meeting in Cotonou, Benin, on Malaria vector control in the ECOWAS region [...] Full text...

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Rwanda entrusts management of forest reserve to British company

19 july 2011 - 20:55:40
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – The government of Rwanda on Tuesday fully entrusted the management of the Nyungwe natural reserve to [...] Full text...

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WB to support urgent conservation of biodiversity in Madagascar

22 june 2011 - 07:51:09
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The World Bank Wednesday announced a US$52 million package to support conservation efforts in [...] Full text...

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Kenyan police seize Nigeria-bound ivory haul

07 may 2011 - 09:37:32
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - An investigation into the poaching of elephants has been opened in Kenya after airport police seized [...] Full text...

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Angola takes measures to discourage poaching

14 january 2011 - 13:50:59
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - In a move to stamp out poaching in its natural reserves, the Angolan government has ordered [...] Full text...

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Congo MPs oppose plan to relocate population from Virunga park

13 october 2010 - 13:36:00
Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- Most MPs from the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo are opposed to the [...] Full text...

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UN-backed pact launches tool to check trade in endangered species

25 august 2010 - 18:25:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The Trade Data Dashboard of the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of [...] Full text...

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DRC intensifies fight against Ivory trafficking

18 july 2010 - 13:10:00
Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- Since being fingered as one of the countries promoting illegal trade in Ivory, the Democratic [...] Full text...

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CITES conference discusses wildlife trade

14 march 2010 - 08:05:00
Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Key decisions on the international trade of blu efin tuna, sharks, polar bears and [...] Full text...

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CITES conference projects wildlife trade

13 march 2010 - 09:14:00
Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Key decisions on the international trade of blu efin tuna, sharks, polar bears and [...] Full text...

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Cameroon sells 100,000 ha of forests for paper

02 march 2010 - 22:11:00
Yaoundأ©- Cameroon (PANA) -- The government of Cameroon on Tuesday sold 100,000 h ectares of forests to a joint Italian/Cameroonian [...] Full text...

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US scientist sees renewable energy potentials in Angola

15 february 2010 - 19:21:00
Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- US scientist and university teacher, Luis Fernandez, her e on Monday acknowledged the great potential that [...] Full text...

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Zambia lobbies India to down-list African elephant population

12 february 2010 - 18:18:00
Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Zambia has formally lobbied India to support governmentâ ?s quest to down-list the African elephant population [...] Full text...

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Namibia backs Tanzania in ivory row with Kenya

29 january 2010 - 15:13:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The row over ivory sales deepened with Kenya Wildlife Se rvice (KWS), a government agency, saying [...] Full text...

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Kenya, Tanzania locked in bitter dispute over elephant conservation

26 january 2010 - 16:42:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya Minister for Wildlife and Forestry, Dr. Noah Wekes a, launched a scathing remark here [...] Full text...

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Angola portrays CAN 2010 stadiums on postage stamps

16 january 2010 - 11:49:00
Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- The Post Office of Angola here on Friday released a seri es of four postage stamps [...] Full text...

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Angola: 2010 is biodiversity protection year

06 january 2010 - 07:08:00
Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- Angola's Ministry of Environment, together with its partners, has declared 2010 as Biodiversity Protection Year in [...] Full text...

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Experts to curb exploitation of aquatic animals

14 december 2009 - 17:06:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- An advisory panel of independent experts, convened by th e Food and Agriculture Orgnization (FAO), has [...] Full text...

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Senegal's Niokolo Koba Park in peril

24 november 2009 - 14:52:00
Tambacounda- Senegal (PANA) -- The national park of Niokolo Koba, in the region o f Tambacounda (eastern Senegal), designated UNESCO [...] Full text...

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Niger Delta: Shell, ELF want ECOWAS Court suit dismissed

11 october 2009 - 12:40:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Oil firms Shell and Elf have asked the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in the Nigerian [...] Full text...

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IITA to make 2nd seeds shipment to global vault in June

21 may 2009 - 09:23:00
Ibadan- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Nigeria-based agricultural research institute IITA has announced it will make its second shipment of African [...] Full text...

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Mauritius prepares action plan against invasive alien species

27 february 2009 - 08:10:00
Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Agro-industry Minister Satish Faugoo sa id Friday that the struggle against the spread of invasive [...] Full text...

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Congo to develop ecotourism around the Odzala-Kokoua park

15 january 2009 - 23:04:00
Brazzaville- Congo (PANA) – The Congolese authorit-ies are to seek funds from the Leadership for Conservation in Africa (LCA) for [...] Full text...

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