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UN joins international community to salute park rangers' dedication and commitment

UN joins international community to salute park rangers' dedication and commitment

Aug 01, 2017, at 04:54 am

New York, July 31(Just Earth News): Park rangers across the world face increasing challenges and risks due to a surge in poaching and illicit trafficking in wildlife, the head of the United Nations entity on protection of endangered species on Monday said, honouring the work of park rangers in protecting wild animals, plants and culture.

Despite positive trends, poaching of African elephants still 'unacceptably high' – UN-backed treaty

Despite positive trends, poaching of African elephants still 'unacceptably high' – UN-backed treaty

Jul 29, 2016, at 04:17 am

New York, July 28 (Just Earth News): Many African elephants continued to face serious threats to their survival in 2015 from the illegal trade in ivory and unacceptably high levels of poaching, although the sharp upward trends in poaching since 2006 have started to level off, according to the Secretariat of the United Nations-backed treaty regulating wildlife trade.