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Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Willie Aucamp distanced his department from the recommendations contained in a report by the EMS Foundation — which documents systemic failures across the sector. (Facebook)
BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION SOUTH AFRICA

Biodiversity at risk: SA nature reserves face infrastructure collapse and poaching pressures

Government responses remain limited, warns the EMS Foundation

  • Sheree Bega
6 min read
Former environment minister Dion George. (Photo: Environmentza/X)
CITES QUOTAS

Wildlife ranchers slam Dion George over hunting quota standoff

A legal battle is being waged by Wildlife Ranching SA against the minister over the quota setting process

  • Sheree Bega
3 min read
The House of Lords is expected to pass legislation that will make it illegal for citizens to bring home any animal body part. (JENS-ULRICH KOCH/DDP/AFP via Getty Images)
CAMPAIGN TO BAN TROPHY HUNTING

UK to vote on banning its citizens from bringing hunting trophies home

South Africa is the most popular destination for British trophy hunters

  • Lyse Comins
7 min read
Some argue trophy hunting helps conservation and communities, others believe it is a ‘hobby for the rich that benefits the rich’ and is detrimental to both. (Photo by Martin Schutt/picture alliance via Getty Images)
COMMUNITIES

The economics of trophy hunting

Some argue trophy hunting helps conservation and communities, others believe it is a ‘hobby for the rich that benefits the rich’ and is detrimental to both

  • Ozayr Patel
7 min read
On the hunt: Adri Kritzhoff, chief executive of the Professional Hunters Association of South Africa and professional hunter Tavi Fragoso at the Iwamanzi Game Reserve in Koster. Photo: Stefan Heunis/AFP
BAN ON TROPHY IMPORTS

What is with man’s obsession with hunting animals?

Far from the blessed slaughter of an animal or hunting wild boar for sport, opinions on trophy hunting range from adventure and narcissism to genetics

  • Ozayr Patel
7 min read
On the hunt: Adri Kritzhoff, chief executive of the Professional Hunters Association of South Africa and professional hunter Tavi Fragoso at the Iwamanzi Game Reserve in Koster. Photo: Stefan Heunis/AFP
BARBARA CREECY

High court suspends environment department’s trophy hunting quota for black rhinos, leopards and elephants

Interim interdict ‘spares death’ of 170 animals at the hands of hunters, judge says

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read
The House of Lords is expected to pass legislation that will make it illegal for citizens to bring home any animal body part. (JENS-ULRICH KOCH/DDP/AFP via Getty Images)
ALBI MODISE

UK decision to ban trophy-hunting imports disregards South Africa’s conservation success, government says

Animal rights groups say trophy hunting is unsustainable in sub-Saharan Africa, but research finds a ban on imports could have negative socioeconomic consequences

  • Sheree Bega
7 min read
At risk: South Africa, home to the world’s largest population of rhino, is critical to the conservation of this species, which are targeted by poachers. (Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images)
BARBARA CREECY

Reservations about ‘new deal’ for rhinos, lions, elephant, leopards

Draft policy promotes species playing their role in wilderness systems but one conservationist says leopards are being sold out

  • Sheree Bega
6 min read