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Expansive and growing: The first 10 226 hectares of the Grasslands National Park stretch across 18 properties between Nqanqarhu and Rhodes, with plans to expand the protected area beyond its original 30 000-hectare target. Photos: Angus Burns/WWF
CONSERVATION

A new kind of national park

The declaration of South Africa's new Grasslands National Park marks a milestone in conservation, using a pioneering biodiversity stewardship model that protects vital watersheds…

  • Sheree Bega
8 min read
MARINE LIFE

A sea of uncertainty

A spreading sardine mortality event linked to pilchard herpesvirus has hit South Africa and Namibia, raising alarms over total biomass loss, fishery limits, and the survival of…

  • Sheree Bega
8 min read
A lone elephant walks through a fynbos thicket in the Garden Route area of South Africa.
CONSERVATION
Video

One elephant, 400km and 20 years of reconnecting a broken landscape

Deep in the Knysna forest, a lone elephant named Strangefoot, thought to be the last of her kind in the area, highlights the critical need for connected landscapes. This article…

  • Devon Concar
9 min read
Unique landscape: Conservationists have spent years trying to protect the Rooiels Corridor, a strip of habitat linking the Kogelberg mountains with the False Bay coastline. Photo: Callum Evans
CONSERVATION

The heart of the fynbos

Explore the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve, a unique landscape between Rooiels and Pringle Bay, where an ambitious conservation effort is underway to protect critically endangered…

  • Sheree Bega
8 min read