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African countries often lack fine-scale biodiversity data for policy and planning, while global models frequently mischaracterise regional patterns.
BIODIVERSITY INTACTNESS INDEX

Sub-Sahara’s severe nature losses

Most of the continent’s wildlife survives outside of protected areas

  • Sheree Bega
6 min read
The Namaqua veld. File photo
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL

The silent threat: Degrading veld endangers global food and ecosystems

South Africa’s rangeland, vital for livelihoods and ecosystems, faces severe deterioration from climate change and overuse

  • Sheree Bega
6 min read
Eating into land: Only 12% of the earth’s rangelands are protected and industrial-scale farmers as well as pastoralists such as these from Nigeria are causing these areas to shrink. Photo: Luis Tato/AFP
AFRICAN SAVANNAS

First-of-its-kind rangeland atlas pushes for protection

Rangelands are ‘nature’s gift to humanity’, but have been overlooked, neglected

  • Sheree Bega
3 min read