by Emily Loose | Jan 17, 2009
…with reports for 2008 ranging from 71 to100 illegal killings. Having just concluded a series of meetings with senior political, scientific and conservation experts during the last two weeks, I can sadly but confidently confirm that the number of rhinos poached...
by Emily Loose | Jan 15, 2009
The Orissa coast is once again dotted with carcasses of the endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles. It’s a horrific sight. The spectre of death commenced about a week back and there have thousands of which have been washed ashore after being killed by mechanized...
by Emily Loose | Jan 13, 2009
(report from Roland on 11 January 2009) Dear Vance, Great speaking to you this morning and looking forward to further information with regard to my proposed trip to United States. Please find information requested regarding to update of game populations in the Park...
by Emily Loose | Jan 6, 2009
(written by Vance on New Year’s Eve, 31 December 2008, Okavango Delta, Botswana) “Out of Africa always something new” (ex Africa semper aliquid novi) wrote the Roman scholar Pliny the Elder, 2000 years ago. After 30 years of working here, I can...
by Emily Loose | Dec 26, 2008
PAN Parks is growing, moving and making a difference for wilderness in Europe! The Foundation has just entered its second decade of conservation work and has many successes to report. Recently, they interviewed Levan Tabunuidze, the chief park administrator at...
by Emily Loose | Dec 12, 2008
A white rhino was shot dead by poachers at 8:15pm last Saturday in the Shamwari Game Reserve on the Eastern Cape of South Africa. This is the first time a rhino has been killed illegally within the province in more than 150 years. I find this incident so deeply...
by Emily Loose | Nov 4, 2008
“It’s a classic showdown that has rural villagers and traditional leaders on the Wild Coast tackling the South African government for not protecting their land against mining practices which they consider exploitative and rapacious,” (Kockott, Sunday...
by Emily Loose | Sep 4, 2008
“In 1983 at the World Wilderness Congress held at Findhorn in Scotland , Vance Martin and I visited the ancestral home of Col. Rouaylen Gordon Cumming and met the grandson. We were shown the famous horn of 56 and a half inches long. It was shot in...
by Emily Loose | Jul 15, 2008
The World Heritage Committee inscribed 27 new sites to the World Heritage List –> 19 new cultural sites and 8 new natural sites. Extensions to sites already on the List were also added during the session. New cultural sites inscribed during the 32nd session:...
by Emily Loose | Jul 14, 2008
The Dehcho First Nations have a rigorous conservation agenda – their assembly has approved and are urging the Northwest Territory and Federal Government of Canada to expand the Nahanni Park from its current 3,700 sq km to 42,000 sq km. The resolution by the...
