The unique rainforest of Mount Mabu is to be given protection from exploitation, after an expedition to the area revealed a host of new species.
A 400km-long fence will enclose one of Africa’s most rugged national parks, writes John Vidal.
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/ 19 November 2008
Bottom line is: We’ve changed the world around us, sometimes disastrously and irreparably. Someone has to take responsibility for the mess we’ve made.
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/ 3 November 2008
Environmentalists express grave concern over inadequacies at conservation agencies, writes Fiona Macleod.
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/ 12 October 2008
Record numbers of tourist developments have threatened the Galapagos Islands’ endangered plant and animal species.
While activists try to ban gin traps, the government says there are ‘humane’ ways to use them.
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/ 18 September 2008
The entire board of KZN Ezemvelo Wildlife had been suspended following a ”damning” audit, it was announced on Thursday.
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/ 18 September 2008
Field researchers have sighted the hairy-nosed otter, the world’s rarest, in a national park in southern Vietnam.
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/ 16 September 2008
A suspended senior Northern Cape nature conservation official has won a prestigious international award for his work to save flamingos.
As fires swept across six provinces on the weekend, staff at the Rhino and Lion Nature Reserve in Gauteng battled to save animals from the flames.
For five years now the heat has been less intense and the rainfall more abundant in a small cocoa farming area in Ghana’s Upper Volta region.
Namibia will impose a ban on all trade in ”worked ivory” from next month in a bid to abide by international regulations on endangered species.
Trio told to vacate their offices and barred from participating in impact assessment, writes Fiona Macleod.
Three senior Northern Cape conservation officials have been suspended, possibly for their efforts to protect flamingos at Kamfers Dam as officials.
Situated in India’s majestic Western Ghats, one of the world’s 34 biodiversity hot spots, is Parimbikulam Wildlife Sanctuary.