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Warrior Watch: Engaging Warriors in Conservation
Source:WildlifeDirect:Ewaso Lions By:ewsolions
Ewaso Lions: Here in Samburu, one of the most neglected groups of people in conservation management is the moran, or warrior age-class. These young men spend more time than anyone in wildlife areas, yet they are rarely involved in decision making when it comes to wildlife conservation. To address this gap, Ewaso Lions has founded the Warrior Watch programme.
Through Warrior Watch, morans become active within their communities as wildlife ambassadors by reporting on wildlife sightings and issues such as conflict in exchange for a stipend and educational lessons.
In partnership with Westgate Community Conservancy, Ewaso Lions selected the first seven members of Warrior Watch from seven villages in the Ngutuk Ongiron Group Ranch, in Samburu District of northern Kenya. The Warriors were initially trained on data collection, basic wildlife ecology, conservation and security issues within the Conservancy, and the value of wildlife...
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India’s Rhino Poaching Gangs: A Closer Look
Source: Saving Rhinos dot Org
Assam’s rhinos remain under threat by poaching gangs who recruit impoverished locals and prey on precious pachyderms. Poaching gangs targeting the greater one-horned rhinos of Kaziranga and Orang National Parks are the scourge of Assam’s conservation efforts, but who are these murderers and where do they come from?
Different players, same tragic results: Illegal rhino killings have increased sharply over the past few years, with a devastating effect on both Asian and African rhino species. Experts agree by now that the rhino poaching surge is a direct result of increased wealth and insatiable demand from Asia’s growing population; the major end-use markets for rhino horn today are China and Vietnam.
In African countries, the killing is carried out by sophisticated, well-funded poaching syndicates, often with connections to "legitimate" trophy hunting operations, where horns and money are laundered. These cartels can afford to use aircraft and the latest weaponry to slaughter rhinos, knowing that the Asian appetite and Chinese prosperity will pay the bills.
Recently, it was estimated that one rhino is killed every 41 hours in South Africa... Click Here To Read The Article In Full |
Camera, collars, mark Sundarban counts its tigers
Source: The Hindu
Sundarbans, the largest estuarine mangrove forest in the world, also boasts of the highest number of tigers in the country. Now enumerators are carrying out the arduous task of counting the big cats in nearly 1,600 sq km of inhospitable forest terrain.
With access to the Sundarban forests being problematic, the islands are separated by tidal creeks, wildlife scientists asked for a separate census in the region involving the use of advanced techniques like camera trapping, satellite tracking and radio telemetry, whereby tigers are radio collared.
"Sundarbans is a very difficult terrain and tiger scats (droppings) would be collected for DNA sampling to arrive at a more accurate count," Pradeep Vyas, the director of the Sundarban Biosphere Reserve, told IANS...
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