Tanzania faced with crisis as elephant numbers drop sharply

Tanzania faced with crisis as elephant numbers drop sharply
East African Business Week
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania - The sharp decline of the elephant population in Tanzania mostly due to poaching, is catastrophic, a wildlife conservation group said last week writes DAMAS MAKANGALE. The Tanzanian government estimates that 65,721 ...
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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

Reuters Africa

02 Jun

Tanzania blames migration for huge drop in elephant numbers

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Tanzania blames migration for huge drop in elephant numbers
Reuters Africa
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania's elephant population fell 60 percent over the last five years but the reason could well be migration, the government said, a conclusion that drew derision from conservation groups who spoke of "industrial scale" ...
Tanzania elephants suffer 'catastrophic decline'The Sun Daily

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10 years ago

ITV News

01 Jun

Tanzania pledges action on elephant 'slaughterhouse' as numbers fall again

ITV News
Tanzania pledges action on elephant 'slaughterhouse' as numbers fall again
ITV News
Tanzania today promised firm action against poachers who are turning part of the country into a “slaughterhouse” as new figures showed thousands of elephants have been lost in the past year alone. The figures released today show the east African country's ...

 

10 years ago

National Geographic

14 Jul

Is the Worst of Tanzania's Elephant Crisis Over?

National Geographic
Is the Worst of Tanzania's Elephant Crisis Over?
National Geographic
After announcing devastating elephant losses, a top Tanzanian minister says the poaching crisis has been curtailed. Picture of an elephant in Tanzania. A male elephant in Tanzania's Serengeti National Park spreads his ears as a warning. Between 2009 ...

 

9 years ago

IPPmedia

16 Dec

Good elephant news as ivory prices fall sharply in China

IPPmedia
Good elephant news as ivory prices fall sharply in China
IPPmedia
A banner on the ivory crisis in the country. Last year, WildAid launched an awareness campaign about the ivory crisis facing Tanzania. Elephant ivory is plummeting in value throughout China, which is one of the key markets fuelling the illegal trade in ...
Tanzania: Hope As Ivory Prices PlummetAllAfrica.com

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10 years ago

Michuzi

Burundi refugee crisis: Funds urgently needed as Tanzania camp numbers swell

Kigoma, 25 May 2015 - The influx of 70,000 Burundian refugees to Tanzania is overstretching the capacity of the government of Tanzania and aid agencies to respond, as emergency aid workers struggle to meet the urgent demands of providing clean water, shelter and food to new arrivals, Oxfam warned today.
Existing Nyarugusu camp is already beyond capacity, with schools and churches being turned into temporary accommodation while more appropriate shelter can be built. Families who have made...

 

5 years ago

The Citizen Daily

27 Mar

Serengeti registers drastic drop in tourist numbers

Serengeti registers drastic drop in tourist numbers  The Citizen Daily

 

9 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

24 Aug

Elephant Crisis May Damage Dar's Tourist Trade

Elephant Crisis May Damage Dar's Tourist Trade
AllAfrica.com
Tanzania has lost two thirds of its elephants in the last five years and the trade is being fuelled by high level government officials who can't be prosecuted, according to a report in the UK. The Guardian newspaper said that the clear evidence from ...

 

10 years ago

Michuzi

World Elephant Day: Conserve and protect the Elephant from the numerous threats it faces

The world is presently witnessing brutality & annihilation of one of the most charismatic mammals on earth, the African Elephant at a shocking rate in human history. Poaching, habitat loss and other cruelty are alarming. Tanzania being a treasure of elephants in Africa has recently revealed its catastrophe. 
The recent elephant census conducted in the main elephant ecosystems for seven months consecutively from May to November 2014, indicates   a significant decline of current elephant...

 

9 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

29 Dec

Tanzania: Numbers Keep Rising but Quality Still Poor

National Geographic
Tanzania: Numbers Keep Rising but Quality Still Poor
AllAfrica.com
While various efforts have been made to improve quality in the education sector over the past 10 years, tangible results are yet to be realised, though enrolment numbers have notably increased, a new study says. The report titled 'Ten Years of Jakaya ...
How This Tanzanian Musician Made Ivory a National Campaign IssueNational Geographic
Anti-poaching efforts get into higher geareTurboNews
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