The seabirds were recently moved to critically endangered status, meaning drastic action has to be taken to save them from being wiped out
The reserve connects the Maluti Drakensberg Transfrontier Conservation Area to southern grazing lands. Conservationists hope there will soon be a continuous protected area
In Africa, the consequences of the growth-at-all costs model are starting to reveal themselves, and they’re not pretty
The organisation and the opportunity
For the small South African business there’s significant potential in attending trade shows that allows for networking and collaboration
Tourism is becoming an increasingly important mainstay of the South African economy
Last year alone the Indaba contributed more than R85-million to eThekwini’s GDP and raised close to R6-million in taxes for government
Tourism boosts businesses, trade, job creation and helps to preserve national heritage sites
A new study is finding that community-based wildlife conservation can quickly result in clear ecological success.
Eddie Koch was a relentlessly determined reporter and the people he wrote about mattered
120 000 jobs will be created by 2030, but conservationists warn of harm from a history of SA’s noncompliance with environmental regulations.
Journeying through distant lands ought to be carefree but there is no ‘on-off’ switch when you’re conscious.
Hotel Verde —
Winner: Green Technology Innovations
Oude Molen Eco Village —
Winner: Sudley Adams Memorial Award
White residents fear mining will ruin their ecovillage, but their black neighbours want the jobs it will bring. Jonathan Erasmus reports.
Plans for a multimillion-rand eco-tourism development that promises about 2 000 jobs in KZN are being thwarted by unresolved land claims.
If its wildlife is to be preserved, more income from the tourists who flock to safari parks must find its way to local people.
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The communities of the Wild Coast drink from polluted waterholes shared with dogs and livestock. There are no toilets. Medical facilities are rare.
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.
Situated in India’s majestic Western Ghats, one of the world’s 34 biodiversity hot spots, is Parimbikulam Wildlife Sanctuary.