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As African heads of state gather for a summit dedicated to ending the killing of these magnificent animals, Evgeny Lebedev tells of his own lifelong passion for conservation … »
One year after the London conference on ending the illegal wildlife trade, Evening Standard owner Evgeny Lebedev goes to Gabon and wins a commitment from its President to further protect the country’s elephants. … »
No visitor to Nairobi’s State House, a sprawling Palladian mansion designed by the Kent-born architect Herbert Baker more than a century ago, could be in any doubt about the symbolic power of ivory in this, the powerhouse of East Africa. … »
The extraordinary global reaction to the killing of Cecil, the African lion, over the last week reminds me that it is not just the British who love animals. Although a strong sense of solidarity with the continent’s conservationists emerged, the limits as well as the strengths of social media reaction … »
The army had never before pushed this far into the interior in such numbers. The Gabonese region of Minkébé is normally uninhabited, other than for the occasional hunter or Baka pygmy tribe. Pressed up against the Congo-Brazzaville and Cameroon borders, its national park is covered by virgin equatorial forest largely … »
A dramatic and very personal dispatch from the frontline of an increasingly bloody conflict against poachers funding fanatics … »
Last year’s Independent Christmas Appeal raised £500,000 to fight poaching. Evgeny Lebedev returns to Kenya conservation area where the number of elephants killed has been reduced by a remarkable 80% … »
Evgeny Lebedev goes to the furthest eastern corner or Russia to visit the the last remaining pocket of Amur tigers still surviving in this expanse of the Siberian taiga. … »
When we started this campaign, we had no idea what impact it would have. We knew the threat facing Africa's elephants had become a crisis. We knew the vast profits now made from ivory smuggling had drawn terror organisations into the trade. We knew time was running out if these … »
Night falls, and on a hilltop the team of armed men hunker down so that their silhouettes don't stand out against the moonlight. Infra-red goggles have been issued and radio communications established with the two-man units patrolling through the surrounding bush. Their orders are clear: at the first sign of … »
Funds from The Independent’s charity appeal are already making a big difference in Kenya. Evgeny Lebedev reports from West Laikipia. … »
The issue of what was on the menu had been complicated by the fact no one spoke much English. Yet the sound of an animal screaming in terror as it was dragged through the pitch darkness of the surrounding forest indicated that, for better or worse, dinner was imminent. … »