Emma Ledger New DNA system helps combat wild elephant trafficking
The initiative in Thailand promises to help crack down on smugglers who take elephants from the wild
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Susie Watts Was 2016 The Year of the Elephant?
Susie Watts, a consultant on WildAid's Africa programme, says pledges made last year to protect elephants from poachers must be implemented
Emma Ledger “We must all do our bit to help save African elephants”
Luxury jeweller Alexander Mavros on why he created a bespoke range to support Space for Giants
Helen Clark Hanoi Illegal Wildlife Trade Conference must result in action
United Nations Development Programme Administrator Helen Clark says it's time for closer collaboration to save endangered species
Emma Ledger Profile on UNDP Global Wildlife lead Paul Harrison
As the third Illegal Wildlife Trade Conference approaches, the time has come for real action, not just rhetoric, from the world’s leaders
Oliver Poole Uganda's courtroom rangers
A new collaboration is launched to train Uganda Wildlife Authority officers to tackle poachers in the courtroom
Emma Ledger Kenya leads the way in bringing poachers to justice
Kenya has sent a strong message that it will no longer tolerate wildlife crime by convicting an ivory poaching ‘king pin’ called Feisal Mohamed Ali.
An extract from Anna Politkovskaya, a decade after her assassination
An extract from an interview with Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, published in Index on Censorship magazine in 2005, the year before she was murdered for her work. On the 10th anniversary of death, it has been included within a special report on her legacy in Index on Censorship's latest issue
Daisy Fletcher Elephants in Thailand to have DNA registered
Under new laws, the genetic code of all captive Thai elephants will have to be recorded to help distinguish them from their wild counterparts
The EU’s ruling has sentenced thousands more elephants to death
The decision not to give the animal the most protected status is ‘fatal’, says the Head of Gabon’s National Park Agency Lee White
Oliver Poole Space for Giants, ICCF and Stop Ivory unite to bring poachers to justi
The three organisations will work together with African governments to strengthen criminal justice systems in order to clamp down on wildlife crime
Helen Clark Illicit wildlife trafficking is about people - they alone can fix it
The latest CITES meeting on 24 September in Johannesburg will be one of the most critical meetings in the Convention’s 43 year history
Yaya Toure Yaya Toure: we must do more to end wildlife crime
On World Elephant Day, the Ivory Coast football star and UN Environment Ambassador calls people to join the Wild for Life Campaign to help end wildlife crime pushing species to the brink of extinction
Oliver Poole Gabon launches elephant fences in pioneering conservation move
President Ali Bongo of Gabon launches plan to reduce human-elephant conflict as part of the Pan-African Giants Club
Alex Dymoke Interview with senior member of Turkey's opposition press
The forced closure of print and TV media outlets leaves President Erdogan dangerously unaccountable, says journalist speaking on condition of anonymity
Caroline Mortimer President Erdogan's crackdown on the Turkish media in one chart
More than 130 media organisations have been shut down since the coup attempt on 15 July
Tlhokomela African philanthropists pledge to relocate 100 rhinos to Botswana
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
Emilia Hungerford President Kenyatta's official opening of The Giants Club Summit 2016
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.
Gabriel Samuels Isis shoot Syrian newspaper editor three times during drive-by
Ahmed Abdel Qader has been outspoken in opposition to militant group
Emilia Hungerford Rugby stars reach summit of Mt Kenya to raise money for elephant conse
The Saracens players have been carrying the Aviva Premiership trophy on their journey, which was won by the team this season
Mike Pflanz Giants Club builds 100 mile fence in Kenya to protect elephant populat
Paul and Elizabeth Njoroge's farm in central Kenya is a fertile five acres on a steep slope where crops flourish enough that the family should be relatively wealthy.