GenevaLunch » elephants http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 25 May 2012 22:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Gov’ts agree to raise $100 million to save African elephantshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/22/govts-agree-to-raise-100-million-to-save-african-elephants/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/22/govts-agree-to-raise-100-million-to-save-african-elephants/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:46:18 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=60859 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Governments taking part in the Cites (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) meeting in Geneva agreed to contribute to a $100 million fund to save the African elephant, in the face of increased poaching. Some 300 delegates from around the world took part in the meeting [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/22/govts-agree-to-raise-100-million-to-save-african-elephants/feed/ 5 Three WWF student volunteers released by kidnappershttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/02/08/three-wwf-student-volunteers-released-by-kidnappers/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/02/08/three-wwf-student-volunteers-released-by-kidnappers/#comments Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:56:01 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=53631 GenevaLunch.com Nyon / Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Three of the six students who were working in Assam for the WWF, counting tigers, when they were kidnapped Sunday, have been released unharmed. The three women were released but the three men abducted with them remain captive. WWF-India says it is working closely with local governments and organizations [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/16/zimbabwe-poaching-on-rise/feed/ 0 Illegal ivory trafficking on risehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/12/illegal-ivory-trafficking-on-rise/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/12/illegal-ivory-trafficking-on-rise/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:27:07 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=31466 GenevaLunch.com West and Central Africa appear to the be source of a sharp increase since 2008 in illegal trade in ivory, with China as the main destination, according to Traffic, a group that monitors ivory trade. Trafficking has doubled, the group reports. The suspected increase is based on quantities of ivory seized, which are likely only [...]

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