Snow leopards still threatened by consumer demand for their skins and body parts

Today (October 23) is International Snow Leopard Day, a global observance commemorating the signing of the Bishkek Declaration on the conservation of snow leopards in 2013.

The snow leopard has been listed on the IUCN Red List as ‘Endangered’ since 1986, although it recently had its threat status downgraded to ‘Vulnerable’.

Despite this shift, snow leopards remain threatened by the same consumer demand which is driving the poaching and trafficking of tigers and leopards across Asia ...

Read today's EIA News Update in full at eia-international.org/snow-leopards-still-threatened-consumer-demand-skins-body-parts

#SnowLeopardDay #snowleopard #leopards #tigers #China #illegalwildlifetrade

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Cambodia Environment Ministry asks Japan to help map out forest cover and deforestation

The Ministry of Environment is asking Japan for help mapping Cambodia’s forests using satellite imagery, one week after it vehemently refuted a report of such imagery showing accelerating forest loss in the Kingdom.

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... Last week, researchers from the University of Maryland, using NASA satellite imagery, said that Cambodian forests were cleared 30 per cent faster in 2016 than in 2015 despite a year-long crackdown on illegal logging.

The Ministry of Environment strongly refuted the study, claiming that its own experts found less than one per cent forest cover loss annually.

Read in full at www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-asks-japan-help-map-out-forests

#Cambodia #forests #deforestation #illegallogging NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration University of Maryland

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Zimbabwe: Cyanide poisoning claims 251 elephants since 2013

A total of 251 elephants have been killed due to cyanide poisoning since 2013 as the country continues to battle with the worrying scourge of poaching which is threatening Zimbabwe's wildlife heritage.

The revelations follow the recent killing of 13 elephants at Masikili communal area in Hwange.

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Between January to October this year, 42 elephants have died as a result of cyanide poisoning, while a total of 429 arrests were made.

A recent study on the poaching trends in protected areas on the Zimbabwean side of KAZA points to a gloomy outlook with poaching projected to worsen as the operational tactics of poachers are becoming more sophisticated and complex.

Read in full at bulawayo24.com/index-id-news-sc-national-byo-120063.html

#Zimbabwe #Africa #elephants #ivory #poaching

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