As the just transition gathers momentum and renewable energy becomes more affordable, countries around the world taking climate action. South Africa must follow suit
A marine conservation funding facility wants carbon trading to finance restoration and protection of the oceans and marine biodiversity
Scientists are digging for De Winton’s golden moles, working on the mystery of the riverine rabbit and using mesh mattresses to save the unique Knysna seahorse
The environment often becomes an afterthought, but World Environment Day is a chance to focus on changing our behaviour to restore the natural world
The booming, lucrative and often illicit trade in sea cucumbers, seahorses and fish maws threatens species and coastal communities
The government says global conservation targets are yet to be agreed on
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
As the world celebrates International Day for Biological Diversity, we should commit to ensuring the natural world has what it needs to survive
Humanity is amazed by our natural world but fails to value its importance to our survival
The African Ministerial Conference on the Environment wraps up in Durban today. It will hopefully provide solutions that will have tangible effects
A large majority of countries voted in Geneva to prohibit the transfer of elephants caught in the wild to so-called captive facilities
To secure our long-term future, we need to move away from an extractive, transactional economy
Influences that affect the retirement fund ecosystem will be in the spotlight
An ecosystem is a complex system of living organisms, their environment and all of their interrelationships in a particular unit of space
About 45% of insect species will become extinct in a few decades because they can’t evolve rapidly enough in a world changed by human activities
A business is part of an ecosystem that it must support in equal measure to the support that it receives
Coral bred in one part of the Great Barrier Reef was successfully transplanted into another area in a project that could restore damaged ecosystems
Certain companies and some government departments oppose a carbon tax, killing off a great environmental project.
Using Africa’s national parks, scientists have garnered essential information which will help refine their understanding of Earth’s climate.
The price of progress may be a reversal of the gains made unless we stop degrading ecosystems.
The fate of land vital to South Africa’s water security now rests with the ministers of mining and environmental affairs.
Often touted as a solution to climate change, forests actually threaten Africa’s savanna ecosystems, writes Kimon de Greef.
South Africa’s ecosystems are in a poor state and the challenges of a developing society are huge, writes Edna Molewa.