Ivory poachers killing elephants faster than they are being born http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/8/19/africa-elephant-poaching.html Study says tipping point reached as poachers kill 7 percent of African elephants annually; birth rate is 5 percent …
Human Impact on Biodiversity in the Congo Basin http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2223917.stm Congo basin forests under threat Global deforestation is 40% greater now than in 1992 More than $100 million is to be…
Habitat crucial to chicks’ survival http://www.iol.co.za/scitech/science/environment/habitat-crucial-to-chicks-survival-1.1592085 By Theresa Taylor Johannesburg – After nearly two decades of effort, South Africa’s first wattled crane chick has been hatched and reared by a…