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Meet the 12-year-old who can mimic over 125 bird calls
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (55+ words) Modern Ghana Zoomlion workers petition Ashanti Regional Minister over unpaid salaries Current presidential staff salaries inherited from Akufo-Addo era " Kwakye Ofosu Publish Sophia Akuffo's resignation letter now " Martin Amidu urges govt Bole SHS investigates alleged sexual misconduct involving teacher and…...
Woman plays role of "Mother Goose" to help birds cross busy street
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (82+ words) KMA Deploys Vacuum Sweepers to Tackle Dust, Waste and Flooding in Kumasi UCC Probes Death of Level 200 Student Found at Hutchland Beach Bo G Cracks Down on Crypto Dollar Wallets; Orders Banks to Cut Ties Immediately Big Payout, Big Changes:…...
Eco Care Ghana, Civic Response train community monitors to combat illegal forest activities
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (369+ words) Eco Care Ghana and Civic Response have launched an initiative to train community members to support efforts aimed at combating illegal logging and strengthening accountability in Ghana's forestry sector. The programme, being implemented under the Holding Power Accountable in Forest…...
Migratory birds raise chicks in 'high-rise' nests in NE China
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (46+ words) Modern Ghana Roads Ministry needs 1, 000 additional staff " Governs Agbodza Government must be held accountable for Black Stars" poor state " Enam Hadzide President Mahama"s approval rate remains positive at 58. 9% "IEA survey shows...
Rescued orphaned elephant highlights Nigeria's conservation fight
1+ week, 4+ day ago (625+ words) As dawn breaks over Nigeria's Okomu National Park, an exhausted wildlife caretaker prepares milk formula for Agbaibor, a months-old orphaned forest elephant rescued after wandering out of the rainforest alone. "The baby elephant has to take two litres of this…...
Critically endangered New Zealand parakeet gets lifeline from randy pair
2+ week, 6+ day ago (278+ words) One of the world's rarest parakeets has seen its numbers surge thanks to a pair of super breeders now responsible for more than 10 percent of the total population. The New Zealand native kakariki karaka" or orange-fronted parakeet" is critically endangered…...
Middle East war imperils rare vultures' yearly odyssey to the Balkans
1+ mon, 15+ hour ago (507+ words) "The war is adding to the risks already present along this species' migration route," Nikolai Petkov, project manager at the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds, told the French news agency AFP. From electrocution to poaching, the scavenger faces…...
Cameroon's sacred and royal animals: could literature and futures thinking help save them?
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (933+ words) In the grasslands and highlands of western Cameroon, some animals are believed to be sacred. Within the region's indigenous kingdoms (fondoms), many of these animals are also considered to be royal. They include wild cats (like cheetahs, leopards, lions, tigers),…...
Birds of prey in South Africa are in trouble " a study analyses data from 16 years of road counts
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (561+ words) In our recent study we took advantage of data that was collected by one dedicated fieldworker, Ronelle Visagie, who drove nearly 400, 000 km (the distance from Earth to the moon) across the central area of South Africa (see map) between 2009 and…...
VRA calls for stronger enforcement against wetland encroachment
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (404+ words) The Volta River Authority (VRA) has held its annual stakeholders" workshop on Emergency Preparedness Plans (EPP) and Environmental Management Plans (EMP) at the Volta Regional Residency Conference Hall, with a strong focus on mitigating flood risks linked to wetland encroachment....