Wetlands

BirdLife South Africa launches its first tracking project for migratory shorebirds, revealing complex journeys and new conservation priorities across the Africa–Eurasian flyway

From stormwater and sewage to degraded wetlands, the Klip River’s decline highlights the urgent need for infrastructure repairs and ecological restoration, scientists warn

Just 156 green jobs out of a target of 1 120 were created in 2021-022 financial year

The Soetendalsvlei wetland ecosystem is an important biodiversity area and a haven for birds at southernmost tip of Africa

The Berg River Estuary has been declared South Africa’s 28th Ramsar site, yet 79% of the country’s wetlands remain threatened and 48% are critically endangered

The declaration of the Upper Wilge Protected Environment benefits nature, landowners and the broader society

Monitoring has focused on health risks, but palynologists are now using it to study climatic changes in various landscapes

Only four populations of the micro frog, endemic to the wetlands near Bredasdorp, were known before this discovery

A new study says the river’s wetlands have accumulated toxic pollutants from mining for more than a century

Century Property Developments and Riversands Developments have ‘no prospect’ of recovering the damages being claimed, say defendants

Carbon dioxide levels are now higher than at any time in past 3.6-million years

Mismanagement, pollution and a water deficit exacerbated by climate change are to blame

A third of our freshwater fish are dying out due to climate change and invasive species.