Category: Wildlife

Cancún’s mangroves are destroyed. Community protest may save them

Mexico's tourist resort of Cancún has just lost one of its greatest natural riches: 57 hectares of species rich mangrove forest, bulldozed in a massive overnight attack by property developers in league with local officials.

Rewilding: open discussion with George Monbiot and Alan Watson Featherstone

Exploring the social, ecological, and developmental benefits of rewilding, including the return of 'keystone species' to degraded habitats across the globe.

Tanzania’s government cautioned over spending conservation revenue

Wildlife and tourism stakeholders are skeptical about the Tanzanian government’s decision to abolish retention of funds, collected by wildlife conservation institutions, for other spending, saying the plan would kill the wildlife parks.

Time to drop the Tiger Temple from the bucket list

Our need for instant gratification ensures that until the idea of taking a tiger selfie is seen as a badge of shame rather than a bucket list rite of passage, the likes of the Tiger Temple will continue to prosper.

Leopard hunting effectively banned in South Africa

South Africa's Environment Department has set leopard hunting quotas at zero for 2016, following a report that said the practice was unsustainable

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