Wildlife Protection

Zimbabwe reviews elephant conservation plan amid funding gap, rising human-wildlife conflict

Climate Newsroom10 months ago10 months ago03 mins

Zimbabwe has launched a review of its national elephant conservation strategy amid growing concerns over increased human-elephant conflict, underfunding, and the sustainability of current wildlife management practices. The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks), supported by the US-based partners Conservation Force and Dallas Safari Club, hosted a workshop recently in Hwange to mark the…

Africa’s sacred messenger under siege as pangolin remains world’s most trafficked mammal

Climate Newsroom10 months ago05 mins

The pangolin moves slowly across the dry earth, covered in scales that glint faintly in the fading light, and for a moment, it seems like something out of a dream, yet deeply familiar to those who have grown up in rural areas listening to stories whispered by elders around evening fires. In Zimbabwe, seeing a…

Poaching continues to haunt Zimbabwe’s wild landscapes as silent, crude snares claim victims indiscriminately

Climate Newsroom10 months ago10 months ago02 mins

When we think of the most direct threats to endangered species, our minds often leap to the big hitters like climate change and habitat destruction. But a small, looped piece of wire is now considered just as deadly, or even more so by many working in conservation. In Victoria falls a young pachyderm is still…