Both regions boast innovative, homegrown solutions but these rarely ‘get airtime’
A Wits University accounting professor has returned from his Amazon expedition he undertook to fight climate change
The police say that allegations of complicity by some officers in the service are common and called for people to come forward with evidence
The report by the Enhancing Africa’s Response to Transnational Organised Crime found that current enforcement and policy responses, which criminalise artisanal miners, “are misguided, counterproductive and ignore the poverty and socioeconomic drivers behind the phenomenon”
With a 250% increase in plants confiscated from traffickers since 2019, the declines are unprecedented, says South African National Biodiversity Institute
The population of the endangered seabirds has plummeted to a record low
The statutory, customary and informal governance approaches need to be streamlined and ensure that people’s livelihoods are protected along with the sustainable harvesting of mopane worms.
Environmental groups have also welcomed the plan but have highlighted potential flaws
Claws out over project sending Southern African cheetahs to India
‘We all have a collective responsibility to support the people of Limpopo, protect the environment and jointly shape the MMSEZ development.’