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The ‘warning lights flash red’ for Earth

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It’s the Age of Humans — the Anthropocene — and the most serious threats to our experience and existence on our planet are human-made
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Biodiversity is crucial for South Africa’s food security

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Farming must embrace sustainable, regenerative agriculture practices to secure our future
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How to escape the ‘era of pandemics’

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Any of 850 000 viruses could cause the next global crisis. Experts say we should focus on prevention
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Seals abort pups in mass die-off

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There are a number of factors — a pollutant, virus or bacteria or malnutrition — that may have caused the 12 000 deaths on Namibia’s coast.
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Biodiversity loss threatens us all

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South Africa has not signed the Leader’s Pledge for Nature, despite the Earth’s interdependent crisis of biodiversity loss, ecosystem degradation and climate change
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A healthy Earth needs its indigenous people

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They have played a crucial role in protecting biodiversity on their land but are largely relegated to the back seats in discussions at the local and international levels that aim to maintain ecosystems
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How protecting nature can protect us

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The Covid-19 pandemic has hit the tourism industry hard, making it evident that the protection of biodiversity requires other forms of protection such as stewardship
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Our wonderful wetlands need protection now

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Humanity is amazed by our natural world but fails to value its importance to our survival
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Africa must tell the rest of the world that we are not their dumping ground

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The continent has long received more than its fair share of the world’s toxic waste, endangering the health of people who are exposed to it
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Africa’s genetic material is still being misused

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Legislation as well as academic research governance bodies have failed to safeguard the rights of participants from Africa in genomics research.
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Africa’s path to sustainable prosperity must move in step with environmental action

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The African Ministerial Conference on the Environment wraps up in Durban today. It will hopefully provide solutions that will have tangible effects
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Repairing ecosystems is costly, but doing nothing is criminal

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The international ecological restoration conference takes place in Cape Town next week
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How we can restore our ecosystems

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To secure our long-term future, we need to move away from an extractive, transactional economy
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Planet Earth: Declare an emergency

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Humans must urgently redefine a good quality life — and it should not include buying stuff
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The fossil fuel industry is killing our future

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Allowing offshore hydrocarbon exploration betrays government’s compact with the youth
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