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Tag: Population

🌍 African elephant population has declined by 77% in the last 50 years

Of these, the number of savannah mammals decreased by 70%, and forest mammals by 90%. The main reasons for this were poaching and habitat loss. The scientists used population data collected from 475 sites in 37 countries from 1964 to 2016. In some places, elephants have disappeared, while in others their populations have increased thanks…
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November 16, 2024
Lack of birth certificates puts Cameroon’s Indigenous people on the brink of statelessness

The Baka and fellow Indigenous Bagyieli have lived in harmony with the forests of central Africa for generations. But mining and logging activities are encroaching, along with conservation areas, and government policy aims to integrate the ethnic groups into mainstream society. Lives “were better when we were in the forest,” said Rebecca Gwampiel, a 78-year-old…
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September 24, 2024