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A Dugong in Bazaruto Archipelago National Park, Mozambique. (Andrea Marshall)
AFRICA

Why Mozambique is tracking Dugong movements with satellite technology

Interest in dugong conservation is surging beyond Mozambique, with regional initiatives being launched to protect the sea mammals

  • Bonface Orucho
4 min read
Protestors at the Waterfront waiting the arrival of the ship Amazon Warrior . They are against the planned Shell seismic survey for oil and gas in the ocean on November 21, 2021 in Cape Town, South Africa. It is reported that Shell has announced that it will carry out a three-dimensional seismic survey in search of oil and gas deposits from Morgan Bay to Port St Johns off the Wild Coast. (Photo by Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
ALBI MODISE

Urgent interdict filed to block Shell’s Wild Coast seismic survey

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

  • Sheree Bega
11 min read
Vulnerable: Environmentalists argue that the proposed oil and gas exploration and production will disrupt people’s livelihoods and the marine life following the huge shoals of sardines. (Rajesh Jantilal/AFP)
BARBARA CREECY

Creecy taken to court over oil, gas plan

An environment group says its application is a ‘watershed’ case for stopping deep sea exploration

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read
A man looks through a fence around enclosures with nearly 100 whales held captive. (Yuri Maltsev/Reuters)
CANADA

Canada bans capture and breeding of dolphins, whales

The bill, first proposed in 2015 and now awaiting symbolic royal approval

  • Agency
1 min read
Common dolphins in Algoa Bay. (Photo: Lloyd Edwards)
ADVERTORIAL SUPPLEMENT

IUCN Marine Mammal Task Force includes SA

Five important marine mammal areas have been identified locally

  • Advertorial Supplement
6 min read