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06Dec/19

New EIA Report, Mukula Cartel

December 6, 2019EnvironmentBlack markets, China, City: Washington, Company: Forest Campaigns, Company: Norske Skogsind, Company: ZAMBIA FORESTRY, Contact Details, Contacts Lindsay Moran, Country: China, Country: United States, Country: Zambia, Director, Edgar Lungu, EIA, Environment, Environmental crime, Environmental Investigation Agency, Extinction, Family Relation, Forest Industries Corporation Limited, Forestry, Given Lubinda, Government, Government of Zambia, Head of Communications, Illegal logging, illicit timber networks, illicit trafficking networks, influential timber trafficking network, [email protected], Jean Kapata, justice minister, Lindsay Moran, Lisa Handy, Logging, Mike Mukula, Minister, Natural environment, Nature, Nkula, Nkula Kafula Musungu II, Patriotic Front, Person Career, president, President of Zambia, public services, Quotation, Region: Central Africa, Region: Southern Africa, rosewood trafficking networks, Tasila Lungu, United States, Washington, Wildlife smuggling, Wildlife trade, Zambiasmbale

WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A new report by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), Mukula Cartel, exposes how associates connected to Zambian President Edgar Lungu, including his daughter Tasila Lungu, onetime resident of the United States of America, are reportedly involved in the plunder of valuable, increasingly scarce, mukula rosewood trees; and hence the destruction of Zambia’s vulnerable forests. The investigation shows that despite public pledges to end the illegal mukula trade, several politicians are repeatedly named as key actors in an influential timber trafficking network that bypasses existing national bans on mukula harvest and export.
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02Apr/17

China to shut down all ivory factories, retail stores in 2017

April 2, 2017EnvironmentAfrican elephant, CGTN, China, China Central Television, China Global Television Network, Company: CCTV, Country: China, Crime, EDGE species, Elephant, Environment, Environmental crime, Ivory, Mammals, Organisms, Poaching, Retail, State Forestry Administration, Television, Wang Aimin, wildlife conservation society, Wildlife smuggling, Zakouma elephant slaughter, Zhang Dehuismbale

China Global Television Network (CGTN) – China has shut down 67, or one third its ivory factories and retail stores, and will shut down the remaining 105 by the end of the year, according to the State Forestry Administration on Friday.
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20Sep/15

Google Maps virtual feature to help conserve elephants in Kenyan park

September 20, 2015TechnologyAfrica, Animals, Buffalo, David Daballen, EDGE species, Elephant, Elephants, Environmental crime, Frank Pope, Frazana Khubchandani, Google, Google Kenya, GPS, Hunting legislation, Iain Douglas-Hamilton, International Elephant Foundation, Kenya, Mammals, Nairobi, Organisms, Poaching, SAMBURU, Satao, Save the Elephants, Street View technology, Sub-Saharan Africa, tech surveillance equipment, Wildlife smugglingsmbale

Google has launched Kenya’s first virtual tour of a game reserve at the the Samburu National Park through its Street View feature to boost wildlife conservation efforts. Elephants are a key tourist attraction in Kenya but are also a prime target for poachers who kill them for their tusks. Experts say that more than 30,000 elephants are killed every year in Africa.
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