Four month hiatus from blogging. But, since the Kihansi Spray Toad, declared extinct in the wild in 2009, has come back, the least LullabyOfTheCommons could do is acknowledge the return by announcing our return as well. This is not just a small toad coming back, it is “the first reintroduction of an amphibian species that … Continue reading »
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Elephant Killing on the Rise, how will CITES respond?
The Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES) has been active in managing ivory from elephants and rhinos since the mid-1980s. It has been a contentious debate at times which has resulted in a developed system for monitoring illegal trade, some positive conservation in South Africa and Zimbabwe (and others, but not all), and … Continue reading »
