Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Zimbabwe seeks EU backing to sell $600-mln worth of ivory

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Zimbabwe asked the European Union for help on Monday to sell $600 million in ivory it had accumulated due to a global prohibition on the sale of tusks. International trade in ivory has been banned since 1989 under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Zimbabwe Parks and … Read more

Critically endangered wild ducks spotted in east China

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JINAN – A group of critically endangered wild ducks has been spotted in a lake in east China’s Shandong Province, marking the species’ single largest population ever recorded in the country. More than 1,500 ducks of the Baer’s pochard, a type of diving duck, were spotted in the Dongping Lake and Dawen River near the … Read more