With regard to the problem of poaching of and illicit trade in endangered and protected wildlife and living marine resources, ASEAN welcomed U.S. support in combating illicit trade in wildlife, and both sides agreed to explore future cooperation in this area.

WHITEHOUSE: Joint Statement of the 4th ASEAN-U.S. Leaders' Meeting

The wildlife chief says if the money and resources are made available he can ensure that killing of elephants can be completely stopped in three years.

BBC: Sri Lanka's jumbo war

For that, he travelled to the forests of Cameroon, in the heart of the Congo Basin -- indigenous people, wildlife and logging companies all compete for dwindling resources and as Quest discovers, time is running out.

CNN: Best of Quest

Carter Roberts, chief conservation officer for the World Wildlife Fund, said that the strain on natural resources threatens environmental progress as the world strives to match America's prosperity.

CNN: Challenges ahead for a changing Earth

She has spent her life studying how human societies manage common resources such as forests, rivers, pastures or wildlife.

ECONOMIST: The Nobel prize for economics

In 2012, the Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Defenders of Wildlife also filed suit to stop another 663 megawatt 4, 600-acre Calico solar plant to be built on 7.2 square miles in the Mohave Desert northeast of Los Angeles.

FORBES: Environmental Groups Strongly Endorse "None Of The Above" Energy Plans

It involves, notably, enforcing the law (in particular laws concerning nature conservation and the mining code), making sites secure, reinforcing the operational capacity of the Congolese Wildlife Authority, reducing commercial poaching, stopping the illicit exploitation of natural resources and strengthening the efforts of peaceful evacuation of illegal occupants of protected areas.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

Three national environmental groups on Friday sued the U.S. Bureau of Land Management over its approval of a planned NextEra Energy Resources wind farm in the Tehachapi region of California that state and federal wildlife officials had warned threatens the critically endangered California condor.

FORBES: Green Groups Sue To Stop California Wind Project That Threatens Condor

Natural Resources Minister Alun Davies said the decline in pollinators "poses a real threat to Wales' wildlife" and could also affect the country's capacity to produce food.

BBC: Welsh bee decline action plan to promote allotments