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Conservationists call for more data to help protect pangolins
AFP, Published on 28/08/2025
» GENEVA — All eight known pangolin species remain at high risk of extinction due to over-exploitation and loss of habitat, conservationists warned Wednesday, warning knowledge gaps were hampering protection efforts.
Philippines biodiversity hotspot pushes back on mining
AFP, Published on 02/07/2025
» BROOKES POINT (PHILIPPINES) - A nickel stockpile towers over farmer Moharen Tambiling's rice paddy in the Philippines' Palawan, evidence of a mining boom that locals hope a new moratorium will tame.
WHO holds first traditional medicine summit
AFP, Published on 17/08/2023
» NEW DELHI - The World Health Organization (WHO) holds its first summit on traditional medicine on Thursday, with warnings that treatments rooted in natural products can be effective alternative healthcare only if scientifically proven.
Art show highlights destructive ties between Man and Nature
AFP, Published on 23/03/2023
» JOHANNESBURG: A lioness towers over a seemingly dead hunter, her paws pinning his body to the ground.
Hungry elephants, Cameroon farmers struggle to coexist
AFP, Published on 17/10/2022
» CAMPO, Cameroon: Banana growers on the edge of a giant national park on Cameroon's Atlantic coast say they can take no more crop destruction from hungry elephants as the conflict between man and animal escalates.
The quest for a coronavirus supervaccine
AFP, Published on 25/04/2022
» PARIS: As vaccine makers rush to stamp out new Covid-19 variants, some scientists have set their sights higher, aiming for a universal coronavirus vaccine that could tackle any future strains and possibly even stave off another pandemic.
Endangered pangolins get fresh chance in S.African clinic
AFP, Published on 13/04/2022
» JOHANNESBURG - The hospital room is air-cooled to feel like a pangolin's burrow. The patient, Lumbi, is syringe-fed with a protein-packed smoothie, given a daily dose of medicine and has his vital signs checked.
Vietnam gives longest ever jail term for trading rhino horn: NGO
AFP, Published on 08/12/2021
» HANOI: A rhino horn trader has been sentenced to 14 years in jail, the longest ever prison term a Vietnamese court has handed down for the crime, a local conservation group said Wednesday.
Virus hunters delve Gabon caves in search of next threat
AFP, Published on 17/12/2020
» ZADIE CAVES, Gabon: The scene looks like something out of a science fiction movie, or maybe some dystopian TV series.
Hong Kong needs tougher laws to tackle wildlife crime say researchers
AFP, Published on 23/10/2020
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong is thriving as a transnational wildlife smuggling hub because its laws are not strong enough to tackle organised crime running the lucrative trade, researchers said Friday.