The applicants argue that the forestry, fisheries and environment minister’s interim fishing closures are ‘biologically meaningless’
		
	 
	
		
		Conservation efforts pay off for the southern bald ibis, now downlisted to near threatened after decades of protection
		
	 
	
		
		Interest in dugong conservation is surging beyond Mozambique, with regional initiatives being launched to protect the sea mammals 
		
	 
	
		
		The species face mounting pressure from roads and infrastructure development  in Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Senegal and Sierra Leone
		
	 
	
		
		First-ever recorded stranding in more than 30 years in Namibia, South Africa and probably the continent