Mammifères d’Afrique – African Mammals – Revue du WEB – Octobre 2022

Liens vers l’actualité WEB de la faune africaine – Links to WEB African Wildlife News.

Préservation / Conservation:

RDC : L’histoire de détermination du couple Chantereau protecteur des primates.
AFRIQUE : près de 66% de la faune sauvage a disparu depuis 1970.
CÔTE D’IVOIRE : 50 % des forêts de mangroves, perdu en près de 30 ans.
A Second Chance for Endangered Lions.
Un projet de conservation du rhinocéros blanc tente de changer la donne en incluant la communauté locale.
CÔTE D’IVOIRE/LIBERIA : vers la conservation du complexe forestier Taï-Grebo-Sapo.
The tragic human cost of elephant translocations.

Braconnage / Poaching – Trafic / Traffic – Commerce / Trade – Chasse / Hunting:

Rhino poaching conspiracy ruling boosts conservation efforts.
En Afrique, des bébés chimpanzés pris en otage.
Poaching surges in the birthplace of white rhino conservation.
GABON : quatre présumés trafiquants d’ivoire, risquent dix ans de prison.
Ugandan ivory trader sentenced to life in prison.
Inside South Africa’s Brutal Lion Bone Trade.
UWA hunts for residents who slaughtered chimpanzee for meat.

Primates:

How climate change is driving monkeys and lemurs from trees to the ground.
Easygoing bonobos accepting of outsiders.
Older Barbary macaques show limited capacity for self-regulation to avoid hazardous social interactions.
Humans & Chimpanzees Both Have A Propensity To Time Our Steps To Those Of Others.
Cascading effects of social dynamics on the reproduction, survival, and population growth of mountain gorillas.
See rare photos of chimpanzees treating their wounds with insects.
This weird-looking primate’s extra-long fingers give it an extra-gross talent.

Herbivores / Herbivorous:

The state of Africa’s rhino.
Desert elephants are finding friends in the drylands of Namibia.
Mapping potential connections between Southern Africa’s elephant populations.
Elephants have more facial neurons than any other land mammal.

Carnivores / Carnivorous:

How Bomas Save Zambia’s Lions.
Where have all the lions gone? Establishing realistic baselines to assess decline and recovery of African lions.
Honey Badger Takes On Three Leopards At Once, Emerges From The Brawl Without A Scratch.
The rare case of a lioness with a mane.
Spotted hyenas exposed to daytime pastoralism do just fine.

Autres mammifères / Others mammals:

‘Critically endangered’ listing for East African dugong population is needed.
The « earth pig » of Africa – Aardvark.

Autres nouvelles / Others news:

Nouvelle raffinerie au Nigeria : « c’est une véritable catastrophe » pour la réserve forestière de Stubbs Creek.
Australian oil and gas firm Invictus awarded carbon offset project in Zimbabwe.
L’exploitation minière a de graves conséquences sur la nature et les communautés.
Mines take their toll on nature and communities.
RDC : Le parc national des Virunga face à une double menace.
Cameroon bets on ecotourism to reduce human-wildlife conflicts.