The cost of ending hunting in Tanzania – would you pay an extra £40 on your...
Tour operators in Tanzania are calling for an end to big game hunting – particularly elephant hunting – as they believe that it impacts on the marketing of safari holidays to the country. Now the...
View ArticleMachine-gun weilding poachers arrested in Tanzania
Police and wildlife rangers in Tanzania have arrested 6 poachers armed with a submachine gun who had been on an elephant poaching spree killing at least 28 elephants. The suspected poachers were...
View ArticleTanzania set to use air support and commandos to take on poachers
Lazaro Nyalandu, Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, has revealed the latest plans that Tanzania has put together to tackle poachers in the country. Three new helicopters will be purchased and...
View ArticleNew initiative to protect Africa’s forests
A new multi-national initiative has been launched at the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) to try and protect what remains of east African forests and combat an illegal timber trade thought to...
View ArticleBritain steps in to stop Tanzania destroying its ivory stocks
Just as Tanzania seemed to be heading towards destroying its 112 tonnes of seized tusks and ivory it appears that the British government has stepped in to stop it from happening. As countries around...
View ArticleCan elephants survive British diplomacy?
The recent article we published about Britain stepping in to help Tanzania to store and preserve its vast ivory and tusk stockpile has generated a lot of traffic and discussion. We even had a tweet...
View ArticleUK rejects claims of funding ivory stockpiles
The Foreign Office has rejected claims made by Tanzanian officials, including ministers, and reported in the media that the UK was to fund the storage costs of Tanzania’s ivory stockpile for 10 years....
View ArticleElephant population triples in Serengeti Maasa Mari – are they fleeing poachers?
Are elephants fleeing Kenya for the relative safety of Tanzania in the Serengeti? That is the question being posed as a new survey released this week shows that elephant numbers in the Tanzania sector...
View ArticleChinese criminal syndicates & corruption behind Tanzania’s elephant meltdown
A new report reveals that Chinese-led criminal gangs are conspiring with corrupt Tanzanian officials to traffic huge amounts of ivory, a trade which has caused half of Tanzania’s elephants to be...
View ArticleSpecialist anti-poaching air squadron set to launch in Tanzania
Speaking at a hand over of donated 4×4 vehicles the Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism in Tanzania, Lazaro Nyalandu, has announced that a special air squadron of 5 helicopters is set to take to...
View ArticleKenya leads the way as UK and Tanzania lag behind
Today’s burning of 15 tons of ivory and tusks by Kenya has shown the way for other African countries who want to make a stand against elephant poaching. At the burn in Nairobi National Park, President...
View ArticleNew report shows corruption and abuse rife within Tanzania wildlife sector
An new report on the wildlife industry in north Tanzania has revealed an industry that is rife with corruption and abuse. The report documents tourist and hunt operators failing to pay fees to...
View ArticleHuman disease threatens last of Goodall’s chimps
There are just 100 chimpanzees left in the Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania. The chimp population was made famous by the researcher Jane Goodall who made them one of the most studied populations...
View ArticleLeaked statistics confirm scale of Tanzania’s elephant poaching crisis
In November 2014, the Environmental Investigation Agency released its report Vanishing Point, revealing how a combination of criminality and corruption in Tanzania had caused the country to lose more...
View Article1.8 tonnes of ivory found in Chinese home in Tanzania
Tanzanian authorities have found at least 1800kg of ivory at a home of Chinese nationals in Dar es Salam Mikocheni area. The haul is still being counted and could increase. So far 706 pieces of ivory...
View ArticleOperation Tokomeza: 89 elephant tusks found in car
Further success from the recent crackdown in poaching has been announced including the discovery of 89 elephant tusks being transported in a saloon car on October 29th – just hours before the operation...
View ArticleTanzania sacks 4 ministers over anti-poaching operation
Operation Tokomeza, Tanzania’s large-scale anti-poaching operation has been tarred by on-going claims of abuses by police and military as they enforce wildlife laws and investigate poaching activities....
View ArticleNew census shows Tanzania’s elephants being slaughtered
Tanzania has released the details of its latest elephant census which was carried out in October and November 2013 and the results show the levels of slaughter that is happening across the country....
View ArticleNo tusks yet but Tanzania set to burn ivory in June
While the government of Tanzania sits on a stockpile of 112 tonnes of seized tusks the Tanzania Association of Tour Operators is set to lead the burning of ivory ornaments and trinkets that has been...
View ArticleTwo top wildlife officers sacked in Tanzania
Two of Tanzania’s highest ranking wildlife officials have been sacked in the continuing fall-out of Operation Tokomeza. The sackings involve the two highest officials in the wildlife division of the...
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