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WildlifeDirect Rolls Out Team Sayari “Nature Positive Kids” Outreach Program

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WildlifeDirect Rolls Out Team Sayari “Nature Positive Kids” Outreach Program

trish2023-04-21T04:17:43+00:00April 21st, 2023|Categories: featured, press resleases|Tags: Africa, Children, Dr. Paula Kahumbu, education, Environment, Kenya Forest Service, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Information and Communications, NatGeo Wild, National Geographic, News, Schools, The Walt Disney Company, Trees, U.S. Embassy in Kenya, USAID, Wildlife, WildlifeDirect|

WildlifeDirect, a non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of Africa's wildlife, is pleased to announce the roll out of its new Nature Positive Kids Outreach Program which is an extension of the National Geographic’s Team Sayari educational entertainment Program. Team Sayari, a collaboration between the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), The Walt Disney Company Africa and Wildlife Direct, saw a 20-part television series being aired across Africa on National Geographic Wild and Disney Channel.

Conservation and Civil Society Organizations Condemn the Murder of Joannah Stutchbury

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Conservation and Civil Society Organizations Condemn the Murder of Joannah Stutchbury

trish2021-07-23T19:10:15+00:00July 16th, 2021|Categories: featured, press resleases|Tags: Africa, African, Conservation, Conservation Alliance of Kenya, Dr. Paula Kahumbu, Environmental, environmentalists, human rights, Joannah Stutchbury, Kenyans, Kiambu Forest, Killings, murder, News, Press release|

Today, we speak as environmentalists, conservationists, civil society organizations and advocates of the earth to demand action from our leaders, starting with the President of Kenya, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the Kenya Forestry Service and the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, to thoroughly investigate the murder of Joannah Stutchbury.

NEMA Revokes the Environmental Impact Assessment license for KiliAvo Farm

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NEMA Revokes the Environmental Impact Assessment license for KiliAvo Farm

trish2021-04-28T08:45:46+00:00April 27th, 2021|Categories: press resleases|Tags: Africa, Amboseli, Amboseli Elephants, Avocado, Conservation, Conservationist, Dolphins, Dr. Paula Kahumbu, Earth Day, Elephants, Farm, Kajiado, Kenya Wildlife Service, KiliAvo Fresh Limited, marine, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, National Management Environment Authority, NEMA, News, Turtles, Water Resources Management Authority, WildlifeDirect|

The National Environment and Management Authority (NEMA) has today revoked the Environmental Impact Assessment license for KiliAvo Farm Fresh Ltd following yesterday’s ruling by the National Environment Tribunal (NET) to throw out the petition to halt NEMA from stopping the farm.

WildlifeDirect calls on Tokyo to ban ivory trade

trish2020-08-12T07:41:06+00:00August 12th, 2020|Categories: press resleases|Tags: Africa, African elephants, CITES, Conservation, COVID-19, Elephants, extinction, Government, illegal ivory, illegal wildlife trade, investigations, Ivory, Ivory Trafficking, Japan, News, Olympics 2020, Olympics Games, Parks, Tokyo, wildlife crime, WildlifeDirect, World Elephant Day|

As we mark this year's World Elephant Day, WildlifeDirect calls on the Tokyo Government to ban ivory trade and declare it an ivory free international city ahead of the Olympics Games.

WildlifeDirect and EbonyLife TV Wildlife Warriors TV Series Partnership

trish2019-12-20T12:06:31+00:00November 4th, 2019|Categories: featured, press resleases, timeline|Tags: Africa, Conservation, Documentaries, Elephants, extinction, girraffes, heroes, Ivory trade, Ivory Trafficking, Kenya, law, lions, News, Nigeria, Paula Kahumbu, TV Series, Wildlife, wildlife communities, wildlife crime, WildlifeDirect|

First African produced Wildlife documentary series, from Kenya Wildlife Warriors goes continent-wide via Nigerian channel EbonyLife TV in November. WildlifeDirect is thrilled to announce partnership with Africa’s first global black entertainment and lifestyle network, EbonyLife TV to air Season One of the Wildlife Warriors TV Series will premiere on November 6, on EbonyLife TV in Nigeria.

WildlifeDirect calls on South Africans to overturn the amendment to the Animal Improvement Act (AIA) that has categorized selected endangered species as farmed animals

trish2019-10-17T15:42:49+00:00October 17th, 2019|Categories: Legal Program, press resleases, timeline|Tags: Africa, Conservation, Elephants, extinction, girraffes, Ivory trade, Ivory Trafficking, Kenya, law, lions, News, Paula Kahumbu, Police, South Africa, Wildlife, wildlife crime, WildlifeDirect|

WildlifeDirect strongly opposes the legislative move by South Africa to list endangered species as farmed animals – although we recognise South Africa’s sovereign right, this is an abuse of a global natural resources.

Law enforcement officers sentenced to life imprisonment for poaching

trish2019-10-17T15:32:05+00:00August 22nd, 2019|Categories: Legal Program, press resleases, timeline|Tags: Adminstration Police, Africa, Conservation, Elephants, extinction, Hunting Ban, Ivory trade, Ivory Trafficking, Kenya, News, Paula Kahumbu, Police, Wildlife, wildlife crime, WildlifeDirect|

Four Administration Police Officers were last week convicted to life imprisonment or pay a fine of not less than 20 million shillings ($200,000) each for being in possession of a wildlife trophy without a permit.

WildlifeDirect opposes the lifting of Hunting Ban in Botswana

trish2019-10-17T15:34:07+00:00May 23rd, 2019|Categories: featured, press resleases, timeline|Tags: Africa, Botswana, CITES, Conservation, CoP 18, Elephants, extinction, Hunting Ban, Ivory trade, Ivory Trafficking, Kenya, News, Paula Kahumbu, Wildlife, WildlifeDirect|

WildlifeDirect does not support the reversal of the Hunting ban in Botswana though we recognize that it is their so sovereign right to manage elephants domestically.

Thousands of Kenyans March for Wildlife

trish2019-10-17T15:35:48+00:00April 13th, 2019|Categories: featured, press resleases, timeline|Tags: Africa, CITES, Conservation, CoP 18, Documentaries, Elephants, extinction, Global March, Ivory trade, Ivory Trafficking, Kenya, Nature, News, Paula Kahumbu, Wildlife, WildlifeDirect|

Thousands of people from all walks of life today joined conservation partners and the government to raise their voices against extinction and champion the protection of wildlife in what is considered to be the biggest Global March For Elephants, Rhinos, Lions and other endangered species. Global March is an annual worldwide event that takes place in more than 130 countries - including Kenya - which hosted the largest march in the world in 2017.

Wildlife Warriors, New TV Series, Celebrates African Conservation Heroes

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Wildlife Warriors, New TV Series, Celebrates African Conservation Heroes

trish2019-10-17T15:36:49+00:00April 6th, 2019|Categories: featured, press resleases, timeline|Tags: Africa, Citizen News, Conservation, Documentaries, Elephants, extinction, Kenya, National Geographic, Nature, News, Paula Kahumbu, television, TV Series, USAID, Wildlife, WildlifeDirect|

A new weekly series called Wildlife Warriors will premiere on East Africa’s largest channel, Citizen TV, on Sunday, April 7, 2019 at 5PM. Development of this series was funded by the U.S. Government, through USAID, in partnership with U.S. Department of the Interior, Wild Lives Foundation, and National Geographic.