African, Chinese youth pledge support for biodiversity conservation
Xinhua
28 May 2021, 21:49 GMT+10
NAIROBI, May 28 (Xinhua) Dozens of youth from Africa and China have vowed to rally behind global efforts to conserve biodiversity that is reeling from a host of human and climate induced threats. The Chinese and African youth, who participated at a virtual forum convened by Nairobi-based African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) and China s environmental non-governmental organization Friends of Nature, resolved to back initiatives that aimed to revitalize protection of habitats. Zhang Boju, director general of Friends of Nature, hailed continuous engagement by Chinese and African youth to promote conservation of ecosystems that underpin livelihoods.
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Orphan elephants in Zimbabwe one step closer to release in protected wilderness
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HARARE, Zimbabwe, May 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Six orphaned elephant calves moved 900 kilometers closer to freedom this week translocated from the capital of Harare to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. These calves will now start the second phase of their lives learning to be sufficiently independent to eventually live as wild elephants, said Roxy Danckwerts, CEO and Founder of Wild is Life (WIL).
After arriving in the dark and being offloaded into an enclosure at the IFAW-Zimbabwe Elephant Nursery (ZEN) Project soft release facility at Panda Masuie Forest Reserve, the calves were introduced at sunrise to the resident rescue herd of nine elephants.