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149 Animal Species in Afghanistan Face Extinction: Official

25th June, 2021 · admin

Tolo News: The head of Kabul Zoo on Wednesday said that from 500 types of animals found in Afghanistan, 149 are facing extinction. Speaking at a gathering for Environment Week, the officials said that if poaching continues many rare animals will be extinct in Afghanistan. Environmental pollution and poaching are among the key factor, he

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Posted in Environmental News | Tags: Animals, Poaching, Pollution |
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A Key To Peace In Afghanistan? Consider Conservation, Says One Scientist

3rd April, 2019 · admin · 3 Comments

NPR:  Snow leopards and Marco Polo sheep have not been on the agenda for peace talks involving the Taliban, U.S. officials and Afghan opposition figures. But going forward, should they be? “If you’re not managing the natural resources well in Afghanistan, you are undermining the very national security and human security of the people,” says

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Posted in Environmental News, Peace Talks, Taliban | Tags: Animals, Conservation in Afghanistan, Natural Resources, Snow Leopard |
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Team reports sighting rare wild goat species in Afghanistan

14th September, 2018 · admin

Phys.org: Based on field surveys in northern Afghanistan, Zalmai Moheb, an ecologist with the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Afghanistan Program and a doctoral candidate in environmental conservation at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, with others, report this week that they have for the first time documented by direct observation the presence of two rare Asian wild goat

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Posted in Environmental News | Tags: Animals |
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Illegal Trade Of Herat’s Wild Birds Worries NEPA

21st July, 2018 · admin · 2 Comments

Tolo News: According to the head of Herat’s NEPA office, Nasir Ahmad Fazli, smuggling is so prolific that even the Common Myna’s numbers have dropped. Hunting bans have proved difficult to enforce and live trappers target smaller hawks up to eagles, and even the common myna – which belongs to the starling family. According to officials the

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Posted in Economic News, Environmental News | Tags: Animals, Herat, Hunting, Myna, smuggling |
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Black scorpion smuggling in Afghanistan is big business

31st May, 2018 · admin

Arab News: The trade of scorpion hunting in Afghanistan, though unregistered, has been around for years but has become a lucrative business in the past few months. A local dealer from western Herat province said Herat and neighboring Farah, with vast scorching deserts, have become the common hunting ground for shepherds and poor local residents who

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Posted in Economic News, Environmental News | Tags: Animals, black scorpian, Farah, Herat, smuggling |
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Afghanistan reports two bird flu outbreaks – OIE

24th January, 2018 · admin

Reuters: The H5 virus was detected in a backyard in Kabul where it killed 6 birds and in the Bagrami village nearby, where it killed 15, the Paris-based OIE said in a report posted on its website. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Environmental News, Health News | Tags: Animals, Bird Flu, Fauna |

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