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African Elephants Face Severe Decline Over Past Half-Century

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November 12, 2024
African Elephants Face Severe Decline Over Past Half-Century
A groundbreaking study released today reveals the alarming state of African elephant populations over the last 50 years. Both forest and savanna elephant species have experienced widespread declines due to overexploitation and habitat loss, mirroring the global trend affecting large-bodied animals. The research, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, analyzed hundreds of population surveys from 475 sites across 37 African countries between 1964 and 20...

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Tags: Conservation science, Forest elephants, Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park


Meet Marcel Ngangoue, winner of the African Ranger Award

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December 12, 2019
Meet Marcel Ngangoue, winner of the African Ranger Award
  Marcel Ngangoue won the African Ranger Award 2019, which recognizes and supports the achievements and efforts of rangers working to combat the precipitous decline of Africa’s wildlife species due to poaching, habitat loss, and the illegal wildlife trade. Marcel got his start at NNNP as deputy to the Park warden at the time,, and then as the first anti-poaching leader for the Project for the Management of Ecosystems in the Periphery of the NNNP (PROGEPP), starting in ...

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Tags: Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, Celebration, Wildlife protection