Latest articles on Biodiversity

Seals abort pups in mass die-off

Environment Sheree Bega - 20 Oct 2020

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.

Biodiversity loss threatens us all

Environment Sheree Bega - 10 Oct 2020

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

A healthy Earth needs its indigenous people

Environment Terry Teegee - 29 Sep 2020

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

How protecting nature can protect us

Coronavirus Yvette Ehlers-Smith - 11 May 2020

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

Our wonderful wetlands need protection now

Article Martha Rojas Urrego - 14 Feb 2020

Humanity is amazed by our natural world but fails to value its importance to our survival

Africa must tell the rest of the world that we are not their dumping ground

Article Inger Andersen - 13 Feb 2020

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

Africa’s genetic material is still being misused

Article Keymanthri Moodley - 6 Jan 2020

Legislation as well as academic research governance bodies have failed to safeguard the rights of participants from Africa in genomics research.

Africa’s path to sustainable prosperity must move in step with environmental action

Article Joyce Msuya - 15 Nov 2019

The African Ministerial Conference on the Environment wraps up in Durban today. It will hopefully provide solutions that will have tangible effects

Repairing ecosystems is costly, but doing nothing is criminal

Article Bonani Madikizela - 24 Sep 2019

The international ecological restoration conference takes place in Cape Town next week

How we can restore our ecosystems

Article Scone Malone - 7 Aug 2019

To secure our long-term future, we need to move away from an extractive, transactional economy

Planet Earth: Declare an emergency

Article Ana Paula Aguiar, Odirilwe Selomane & Pernilla Malmer - 6 Jun 2019

Humans must urgently redefine a good quality life — and it should not include buying stuff

The fossil fuel industry is killing our future

Article Youth4climateaction - 18 May 2019

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

Unstoppable momentum of habitat loss could compromise sustainable life on Earth

Article Joyce Msuya - 7 May 2019

Tough decisions ahead for humankind, if we hope to save the planet

The fate of unique species in Tanzania’s coastal forests hangs in the balance

Article Neil Burgess - 8 Sep 2018

Tanzania faces the challenge of conserving forests in a developing country with a rapidly expanding population.

Woody plants on the march: Trees and shrubs are encroaching across Africa

Article Staff Reporter - 13 Aug 2018

Woody plants' cover has increased across large swathes of the continent in the past three decades

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Unions cry foul over SABC dismissal costs and retrenchments

Sarah Smit - 21 Oct 2020

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National

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Paddy Harper - 20 Oct 2020

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National

Fake trafficking news targets migrants

Jan Bornman - 20 Oct 2020

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Corporates: A force for good for a sustainable future

special reports - 20 Oct 2020

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Special Reports

Combatting wildlife crime in Southern Africa activity annual programme statement (APS) No. 04

special reports - 20 Oct 2020

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Special Reports

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Special Reports

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special reports - 16 Oct 2020

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special reports - 16 Oct 2020

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special reports - 16 Oct 2020

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Special Reports

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special reports - 15 Oct 2020

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