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People must be reconnected to their natural heritage for conservation to create jobs.

South Africa’s natural wealth should benefit everyone

Communities must be reconnected with their natural heritage for conservation to create jobs and a brighter future for the next generation

The Elephant Chamber is one of the main chambers within the Sterkfontein Caves, known for its significant role in paleontological discoveries, including the discovery of hominid fossils. (Umamah Bakharia/M&G)

Sterkfontein Caves reopened after safety upgrades

The international landmark closed in 2023 after heavy rainfall caused soil movement that threatened safety

An obscure mining company has applied for a licence to prospect for oil and natural gas in one of Zimbabwe’s premier wildlife conservation areas, the Mana Pools National Park. (Godong/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Oil and gas exploration in Zimbabwe threatens Unesco World Heritage Site

Mining in the Mana Pools National Park threatens the forests and floodplains that are home to exceptional wildlife, as well as income from tourism

Mohandas K. “Mahatma” Gandhi led a successful campaign of nonviolent resistance against British rule in India.

Gandhi’s SA legacy threatened by lack of government interest, dwindling funds

Inanda heritage route museum and the Phoenix Settlement that Gandhi founded to uplift the community no longer have any major donors

Glaciers in a third of all World Heritage sites, including Africa’s last remaining glaciers, are “condemned to disappear by 2050”. (AFP)

Africa will lose its few remaining glaciers by 2050

Globally glaciers in World Heritage sites outside the polar ice sheets with areas less than 10km² may almost disappear

Diversity: Giant tortoises on Galápagos Islands of Ecuador are under scientific scrutiny since scientists found they may have misnamed one of them. (Michael Nolan/Robert Harding Premium/AFP)

New giant tortoise species found on Galápagos after DNA study

Researchers compared the genetic material of tortoises living on San Cristóbal with bones and shells collected in 1906 from a cave in the island’s highlands and found them to be…

Two residents of KwaNibela in northern KwaZulu-Natal rest on a self-built boat at the edge of Lake St Lucia. They sell fish and mats made of grass drawn from the lake at a market in nearby Hluhluwe. (Photographs by Nomfundo Xolo)

St Lucia Lake fisher community say they are not ‘poachers’

KwaNibela residents rely on the fish and reeds they harvest within the protected iSimangaliso Wetland Park. But authorities consider this poaching, threatening the community’s…

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 2021/06/04: Extinction Rebellion activists seen holding a banner outside the Canadian High Commission in London during the Save Okavango protest.
The activists gathered to protest against oil exploration in Africa’s Okavango region by Canadian oil and gas company Recon Africa. (Photo by Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Canada’s ReconAfrica oil and gas exploration in Namibia and Botswana worries World Heritage Committee

Spills and pollution would harm the Okavango Delta and the Tsodilo Hills world heritage sites

Hippopotami bathing at Lake St Lucia, in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park. Comprising of 280 km of coastline, iSimangaliso is South Africa’s third-largest protected area.  Watching hippopotamus bath in the evening is a popular tourist attraction. (Photo by Leisa Tyler/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Scientific panel yet to be appointed over artificial breach of Lake St Lucia

Scientists and environmental groups are shocked by the move to artificially open the estuary in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park

Where God stepped down

In an extract from their new book, Peter and Beverly­ Pickford share their vision of Ngorongoro, a world heritage site and the Maasai’s­ sacred place.