http://bushmeateastafrica.wildlifedirect.org Raising awareness on bushmeat crisis Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:05:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Written by Rhishja Larson Published on November 3rd, 2009 Posted in About Animals, About Politics, In Africa Tanzania is reportedly preparing to ask CITES to lift the trade ban on elephant ivory, much to the dismay of its EAC neighbors, conservationists, and members of the tourism industry. In a move that would surely undermine ... http://bushmeateastafrica.wildlifedirect.org/2009/11/04/has-tanzania-broken-ranks-with-eac-over-elephant-ivory-trade/ On Thursday, I spent the better part of my afternoon with over a hundred students from the Bishop Njenga Secondary School in Challa Division outside Tsavo West National Park. I was there to raise awareness on the illegal Bushmeat trade and donate copies of old Swara magazine that EAWLS is ... http://bushmeateastafrica.wildlifedirect.org/2009/10/23/eawls-donates-old-swara-magazines-to-school-in-tsavo/ In Kenya do we have a policy on CBNRM? Why do find it difficult to devolve natural resources management yet the goverment doesn't have the capacity to manage it sustainably and equitably share the benefits with communities living with this resources (wildlife)? I find the CAMPFIRE example a good one ... http://bushmeateastafrica.wildlifedirect.org/2009/10/20/campfire-a-success/ It is emerging that the effects of the drought on the country's elephant population goes beyond familiar causes of mortality - death from starvation or killing arising from human wildlife conflict. The recent rise in poaching incidents in the country has been linked to the rising demand for ivory which ... http://bushmeateastafrica.wildlifedirect.org/2009/10/18/a-new-twist-to-elephant-poaching-in-kenya/ Remember this? The image above (elephant calf dying from starvation) could be the last for this drought as the much awaited rains started a few days ago in some parts of Tsavo. Yesterday, as I drove through Tsavo West National Park on Voi-Taveta Rd, I counted dozens on zebras, impalas, gazelle, ... http://bushmeateastafrica.wildlifedirect.org/2009/10/17/tsavo-the-last-drought-victim/ I received this comment on a blog post I published regarding the rapid growth of the human population and the dire effects this could have on the planets resource particularly on protected areas which may give way to agriculture to feed the growing population. The comment raises the controversial issue ... http://bushmeateastafrica.wildlifedirect.org/2009/10/17/id-rather-die-from-eating-genetically-modified-foods-than-die-from-starvation/ Finally, the long awaited rains are here! No one seems to care whether it is El nino or normal rains. But if my experience today is anything to go by, we will soon forget the ravages of drought and start wishing away the rains!! I left Nairobi as usual for my ... http://bushmeateastafrica.wildlifedirect.org/2009/10/14/good-news-el-nino-in-tsavo/ With the population of the world at 9 billion in 2050, we may have 370m people facing famine worldwide. FAO says more land is needed to increase food production by 70% in 2050. In a country like Kenya where land is scarce now and famine is the order of the ... http://bushmeateastafrica.wildlifedirect.org/2009/10/14/food-disaster-by-2050-will-the-parks-make-room-for-agric/ The East African Wild Life Society (EAWLS), the region's widely respected champion of conservation, urged Kenyans on Thursday to look beyond the controversy over the Mau forest to see a much wider range of real and potent threats facing Kenya's rich natural heritage through inadequate governance, inadequate collaboration and inadequate ... http://bushmeateastafrica.wildlifedirect.org/2009/10/02/eawls-urges-kenyans-to-look-beyond-the-mau/ Kenya's National Parks Not Free From Wildlife Declines ScienceDaily (July 16, 2009) - Long-term declines of elephants, giraffe, impala and other animals in Kenya are occurring at the same rates within the country's national parks as outside of these protected areas, according to a new study. "This is the first time we've ... http://bushmeateastafrica.wildlifedirect.org/2009/09/30/wildlife-in-national-parks-no-longer-secures/