Alex Dymoke African leaders to gather in Kenya to tackle elephant poaching crisis
In the past three years, 100,000 elephants have been killed in Africa to supply ivory to illegal markets
In the past three years, 100,000 elephants have been killed in Africa to supply ivory to illegal markets
The three organisations will work together with African governments to strengthen criminal justice systems in order to clamp down on wildlife crime
The latest CITES meeting on 24 September in Johannesburg will be one of the most critical meetings in the Convention’s 43 year history
BAFTA award-winning app, Virry, will use live streamed footage from Lewa Conservancy in Kenya to teach children around the world about the threats facing endangered species.
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President Ali Bongo of Gabon launches plan to reduce human-elephant conflict as part of the Pan-African Giants Club
Fulfilling pledges promised at the Giants Club Summit, conservationists canvas innovative legal strategies to tackle wildlife crime
Fulfilling pledges promised at the Giants Club Summit, conservationists work with the UN and Ugandan officials to develop legal guidelines to strengthen poaching prosecutions
The 100 black and white rhinos, that will be relocated from South Africa to Botswana, were pledged to match the 100 planes at the Race for Rhinos event, hosted by Botswana Tourism on the Makgadikgadi Pans
Six months ago, Space for Giants started work organising the Giants Club Summit, held at the end of April at the Mount Kenya Safari Club. President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya hosted the Africa-led event, along with fellow Giants Club members President Ali Bongo of Gabon, President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, and senior representatives of President Ian Khama of Botswana.
Over 200 people attended the Summit in Laikipia, Kenya, which raised over $5 million dollars in support of Giants Club's iniatives across Africa
The 29 countries that make up the AEC have devised the Montreux Manifesto that will help put an end to the international ivory trade
Countries in Africa where the illegal ivory trade is rampant are coming together to retaliate. In this special collection of images, celebrated photographer Johnnie Shand Kydd chronicles the inaugural events of this initiative
The animal was found dehydrated and limping outside the staff houses of a safari lodge
They claim the sales would allow the continuation of important conservation work
Elephant conservation in Botswana, a founding member of the Giants Club
Around 30,000 elephants are killed every year across Africa, many of them feeding the demand for ivory in Asia
Over 100 tonnes of illegally poached ivory will be reduced to ash as the Kenyan government signals its commitment to combating the illegal wildlife trade by burning its entire ivory stockpile
Mary Rice, executive director of the Environmental Investigation Agency, speaks on the ivory burn which is following this weekend's Giants Club Summit in Kenya, and urged people to get behind #jointheherd, the campaign spearheaded by wildlife charity WildAid