Sentences with phrase «populations from poachers»

The report underscores the importance of the work being done by Goldman Prize winners like Silas Siakor (2006), who is fighting for stricter logging regulations in Liberia and around the world; Fatima Jibrell (2002), who is working to provide sustainable economic alternatives to the illicit charcoal trade in Somalia; and Raoul du Toit (2011), who has dedicated his life to protecting Southern Africa's last remaining rhino populations from poachers.

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This documentary follows the plight of the park rangers as they seek to protect the mountain gorilla population as well as the park from poachers and SOCO International, a British oil company, who wants to excavate in search of oil within park borders.

Even before the mystery illness, saigas (Saiga tatarica tatarica) had been under assault, their populations in steep decline from poachers who wanted their horns and meat.

Although the Bornean rhino population is on the brink, it could still rebound on its own, Melnick says, but only if it's protected from its number - one enemy: poachers.

Last month, poachers killed 29 elephants from this population in 31 days.