Tanzania president says poaching boom threatens elephant population

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Tanzania president says poaching boom threatens elephant population
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DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete said his country's elephant herds faced extinction following a wildlife poaching boom in east Africa's second-largest economy. Kikwete said a new census at the Selous-Mikumi ecosystem, ...
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10 years ago

Survey

03 Jun

Tanzania's elephant population declines by 60 pct

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Tanzania's elephant population declines by 60 pct - survey
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The government on Monday released elephant population estimates from a country-wide aerial survey which shows that elephant population has declined by 60 percent since 2009. Lazaro Nyalandu, Natural Resources and Tourism minister disclosed that ...
Elephants face 'catastrophic' decline in TanzaniaChristian Science Monitor
Conservationists warn: Elephants are vanishingDetroit Free Press

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The Ecologist

04 Jun

Tanzania in denial over 60% elephant population crash

The Ecologist
Tanzania in denial over 60% elephant population crash
The Ecologist
After six months of denial Tanzania has finally admitted that its elephants have suffered a catastrophic 60% decline in five years. But they still refuse to accept it's caused by poaching for ivory, rampant corruption and 'above the law' smuggling networks.
Tanzania in denial and still trying to spin elephant poaching crisisThe Economic Voice (blog)

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ITV News

25 Mar

Poachers devastating Tanzania's elephant population

ITV News
Poachers devastating Tanzania's elephant population
ITV News
There are few more dangerous places on earth for elephant than Ruaha in central Tanzania. Over the past year, poachers have had a devastating impact. They've killed thousands of elephants. It is slaughter at an unprecedented rate. Our guide, Zacharia ...

 

10 years ago

Report

07 Nov

Tanzania's Elephant Population to Fall to 55000 Next Year

The Maravi Post
Tanzania's Elephant Population to Fall to 55000 Next Year - Report
AllAfrica.com
Tanzania's elephant population will fall to 55,000 animals by late 2015 due to resurgence of poaching, down from about 142,000 animals in 2005, the UK-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) said in a report issued Thursday (November 6th).
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Tanzania's dwindling...

 

10 years ago

Coastweek

02 Jun

Tanzania elephant population declines by 60 per cent: survey

Tanzania elephant population declines by 60 per cent: survey
Coastweek
ARUSHA, Tanzania (Xinhua) -- Tanzania has released elephant population estimates from a country-wide aerial survey which shows that elephant population has declined by 60 per cent since 2009. Lazaro Nyalandu, Tanzania's Minister for Natural ...
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The Guardian

06 Nov

Chinese demand for ivory is devastating Tanzania's elephant population

The Guardian
Chinese demand for ivory is devastating Tanzania's elephant population
The Guardian
An ivory bust of Mao Zedong for sale in Guangzhou, China this year. Poaching by Chinese criminals is putting the future of Tanzania's elephants at risk, say the Environmental Investigation Agency. Photograph: STR/EPA. Adam Vaughan. Thursday 6 ...
Chinese officials allegedly smuggled ivory out of Tanzania on president Xi ...Quartz
Chinese Delegation Reportedly Bought So Much Illegal Ivory on Africa...

 

10 years ago

The Guardian

02 Jun

Tanzania elephant population declined by 60% in five years, census reveals

The Guardian
Tanzania elephant population declined by 60% in five years, census reveals
The Guardian
A herd of elephants walks in the dawn light as the highest mountain in Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, is seen in the background. About 85,181 elephants have been killed in Tanzania in the past five years. Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP. Karl Mathiesen.
Tanzania blames migration for huge drop in elephant numbersReuters
Tanzania elephants suffer 'catastrophic decline'The Sun Daily

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11 years ago

BBC

Tanzania elephant poaching 'rises'

The killing of elephants has increased sharply in Tanzania since a controversial anti-poaching operation was suspended, a deputy minister says.

 

9 years ago

CNN International

31 Oct

Tanzania gets 'The Devil' as it cracks down on elephant poaching

CNN International
Tanzania gets 'The Devil' as it cracks down on elephant poaching
CNN International
(CNN) First, Tanzanian authorities arrested the "Queen of Ivory." Now they've got their hands on "The Devil." For the second time in a month, the country's National and Transnational Serious Crimes Investigation Unit Task Force has bagged a wanted ...
CAUGHT: The Man Who Killed Thousands Of ElephantsThe Dodo
Most wanted ivory poaching mastermind arrested in Tanzania.Blasting News
Another blow to...

 

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