The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report documents hundreds of species that are now extinct
Chief executives have begun to recognise the importance of sustainability, but we urgently need climate science-aligned policies that provide a new framework for business
Shell’s 3D seismic survey is set to begin on Wednesday. But a high court application brought by rights groups to block it will be heard as an urgent matter on Tuesday
People living on communal land and commercial farmers can incorporate their land into the new park and benefit from financial incentives
A green investment increases resilience and adapts cities to the harmful effects of climate change — and increases property prices and addresses issues such as health, water, sanitation and transport
The Climate Justice Charter Movement has critiqued the manifestos of the main parties contesting the local government elections and found them ‘shallow’
More than 100 countries pledged to better protect nature at UN biodiversity talks last week
By adopting sound grazing practices livestock owners get access to markets in a foot-and-mouth disease red zone near the Kruger National Park
The UN special rapporteur on human rights and environment says conservation doesn’t mean ‘pristine wilderness’, free from human inhabitants
Activists have pointed out interesting ways that people can learn something new and have an adventure while doing their bit to save the ocean.
The deep oceans are a fragile final frontier, largely unknown and untouched but mining companies and governments — other than those in Africa — are eying its mineral riches
The quantity of rubbish in the sea is driving a growing alarm among countries whose economies rely on tourism
In South Africa, environmental activist Fikile Ntshangase and police detective Leroy Bruwer were killed
Risk of next pandemic greater than ever, scientists say, but world can act
Restoring ecosystems — wetlands, savannahs and grasslands — will mitigate the effects of global warming
The Centre of Research in Natural Sciences (CRSN) in South Kivu has miraculously survived decades of war, natural disasters and chronic underfunding
The R4.6-billion project, set to house Amazon’s new African headquarters, is on ‘sacred floodplain’, say applicants
An environment group says its application is a ‘watershed’ case for stopping deep sea exploration
A pioneering project has released 800 captive-bred Pickersgill’s reed frogs back into the wild in KwaZulu-Natal
Climate change, mine dust, drought and succulent poaching are causing centuries-old iconic plants to die
Draft text released for a post 2020 framework to guide biodiversity recovery as we enter the UN Decade of Restoration
Palm oil contributes to deforestation, biodiversity loss, peatland destruction and climate change, and the biofuel is more polluting than fossil-based diesel
The environment department’s Source-to-Sea initiative will create 1 600 work opportunities
The well-being of about 3.2-billion people, 40% of the world’s population, has been harmed
Standard Bank says it has insisted on good environmental assessments, resettlement plans and fair compensation
Polyphagous shot hole borer looks set to become most damaging biological invasion in South Africa
We must act now to secure the world’s oceans as a common good — and prevent catastrophic repercussions, argues Halemariam Desalegn
The state should focus on the stewardship of the ocean and sustainable use of its resources for economic growth and long-term jobs rather than on the fossil fuel industry
If Earth warms by 3°C, a third of species living on land and about half of endemic marine species will become extinct
Marketing experts need to apply the human behaviour-change techniques they have mastered to convince everyone to start looking after the Earth
Forest elephants are on the brink of extinction and savanna elephants are now classified as endangered
The government says global conservation targets are yet to be agreed on