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From Doringbaai to Port Nolloth, West Coast communities are pushing back against mining and offshore oil and gas expansion.  (Liezl Human/Groundup)

‘No one asked us’: West Coast fishers oppose offshore oil and gas development

From Doringbaai to Port Nolloth, West Coast communities are pushing back against mining and offshore oil and gas expansion. Residents, activists and fishers say consultation…

A man pushes a wheelbarrow of waste along Hann Bay in Dakar on November 22, 2023. Hann Bay, which stretches around 14 kilometres, used to be known as one of the most beautiful bays in West Africa, lined with traditional fishing villages, villas, and tourist attractions. (Photo by JOHN WESSELS/AFP via Getty Images)

Senegal’s Hann Bay, a paradise turned sewer, awaits clean up

The once beautiful stretch of beach near Dakar has become the dumping ground for industry waste and sewage

Protestors  at the Waterfront waiting the arrival of  the  ship Amazon Warrior . They are against the planned Shell seismic survey for oil and gas in the ocean on November 21, 2021 in Cape Town, South Africa.  It is reported that Shell has announced that it will carry out a three-dimensional seismic survey in search of oil and gas deposits from Morgan Bay to Port St Johns off the Wild Coast. (Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Seismic surveys on West Coast pose threat to small-scale fishers’ livelihoods and culture

They are worried about the effect of blasting on the snoek fishery, which is the basis of their income

Patchy: Arctic ice cannot form properly under global warming conditions,
with knock-on effects worldwide. Photo: Polar Bears International/AFP

Intrusion of warmer Atlantic waters is causing ‘Atlantification’ of Arctic Ocean

Undeniable trend of declining ice in fragile polar region

Mind your back! A young King penguin on Marion Island seems curious about the satellite transmitter attached to an older penguin’s back. The device allows scientists to see where penguins go to find food at sea. (Photo: Pierre Pistorius)

E-tracking marine predators to protect Southern Ocean’s rich feeding grounds

Scientists from a number of institutions collaborated to collect data on 17 marine birds and mammals such as penguins, albatrosses, seals and whales in the ocean around Antarctica

As South Africans, we have seen in the early years of our democracy what innate good the country and its people possess
 (Gallo)

The South African nation does not exist

There is no deep comradeship, common ancestry or monopoly on the legitimate use of force

In the beachfront village of Agbekope on Togo’s shore

New Togo fishing port stokes coastal erosion fears

Erosion affects coastal communities around the world but is becoming a major environmental and social problem in Togo

SA submarine outwits Nato force

A lone South African submarine left some Nato commanders with red faces on Tuesday as it ”sank” all the ships of the Nato Maritime Group engaged in exercises with the South…

Nato, SA in naval-warfare exercise

Forget the blazing guns of yesteryear — these days naval warfare is a high-tech and sophisticated operation. This became clear on Monday as an exercise involving Nato warships…