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South Africa’s Drylands are being transformed through community-led conservation

South Africa’s Drylands are being transformed through community-led conservation

In South Africa‘'s arid Drylands, a transformative movement is gaining momentum as farmers, conservationists, and policymakers unite to preserve fragile ecosystems while sustaining agricultural practices.

By Kristin Engel

kruger National Park evacuates camps as severe weather warnings hit Limpopo and Mpumalanga.

By siyabongi goni

kruger National Park evacuates camps as severe weather warnings hit Limpopo and Mpumalanga.

How the world’s top trophy hunters are killing off leopards

How the world’s top trophy hunters are killing off leopards

Call to halt proposed removal of Cape Peninsula baboons a rallying cry for a more compassionate approach

Call to halt proposed removal of Cape Peninsula baboons a rallying cry for a more compassionate approach

Poachers’ partners — when the Kruger National Park’s rangers turn rogue

By Tulani Ngwenya

Poachers’ partners — when the Kruger National Park’s rangers turn rogue

Bitterly cold conditions with rain and snow forecast for much of SA

Bitterly cold conditions with rain and snow forecast for much of SA

By Victoria O’Regan

Coal mining fear sparks unexpected conservation boom in Mpumalanga

Coal mining fear sparks unexpected conservation boom in Mpumalanga

By Fred Kockott

Comrades Marathon runners warned to prepare for extreme winter weather during run this weekend

Comrades Marathon runners warned to prepare for extreme winter weather during run this weekend

Listen: A war on migration, funded by the EU (Libya, Part 1)

Listen: A war on migration, funded by the EU (Libya, Part 1)

By The Outlaw Ocean Project

NMU-led research uncovers effective rhino protection measures amid poaching crisis in Kruger

Nelson Mandela Bay

NMU-led research uncovers effective rhino protection measures amid poaching crisis in Kruger

By Angela Daniels

Ending plastic pollution is a human and planetary health imperative

Ending plastic pollution is a human and planetary health imperative

By Inger Andersen

Polluted SA air killed 42,000 in 2023, study finds — yet loopholes persist

Polluted SA air killed 42,000 in 2023, study finds — yet loopholes persist

Forecast U-turn: Southwest SA now seen having a very wet midwinter

Forecast U-turn: Southwest SA now seen having a very wet midwinter

Killing entire troops of Cape baboons is once again a very real threat despite 25 years of hard effort

By Jenni Trethowan

Killing entire troops of Cape baboons is once again a very real threat despite 25 years of hard effort

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By DPD South Africa

This is a test article

Collective environmental governance is our best hope to avert planetary ecological disaster

By Martin de Wit

Parliament backs NSPCA demand to end captive lion breeding in SA

Just Share accuses Standard Bank of incomplete reporting on oil and gas exposure

By Kara le Roux

New documentary shines a light on the environmental damage caused by Elon Musk’s tech ambitions

By Rebecca Davis

Forget cats, forget traps — bring in the puff adders to revolutionise pest control

Forget cats, forget traps — bring in the puff adders to revolutionise pest control

Africa’s coolest pest control agents have fangs, no overheads and a killer instinct.

Novel carbon credits initiative gives Zimbabwe an edge, but concerns remain over cost barriers

By Kudzanai Musengi

Conservation world mourns loss of visionary leader Sharon Haussmann

How a city came together to rewrite its future in the age of climate change

Compassion collides with cruelty — the suffering of animals and the toll on the woman who defends them

Makhanda High Court orders immediate halt to illegal Wild Coast building

Makhanda High Court orders immediate halt to illegal Wild Coast building

From gourds to satellites: A Maasai-inspired model for reweaving Kenya’s rangelands

From gourds to satellites: A Maasai-inspired model for reweaving Kenya’s rangelands

By Yves Vanderhaeghen

Embracing the in-between — why we need to ditch the people-or-wildlife conservation binary

Embracing the in-between — why we need to ditch the people-or-wildlife conservation binary

By Yves Vanderhaeghen

Getting hot, hotter… Five takeaways from the WMO’s new five-year climate forecast

Getting hot, hotter… Five takeaways from the WMO’s new five-year climate forecast

SCA moved environmental rights forward, but left children’s rights behind

SCA moved environmental rights forward, but left children’s rights behind

By Liesl Muller

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