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Environment Minister Dion George. (OJ Koloti, Gallo Images)
AFRICAN PENGUINS

DA: Environment minister wants out-of-court settlement on ‘fishing rights versus penguin protection’

The applicants in landmark lawsuit are waiting for a favourable settlement proposal from the Dion George’s legal team

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read
Protection critical: Green Point Biodiversity Park in Cape Town. South Africa is one of the world’s 17 mega-diverse countries. Photo: Chris Hitchcock/Gallo Images
BIODIVERSITY

The good, the bad and the baffling of South Africa’s draft biodiversity bill

There is a weakened mechanism for public consultation in the draft legislation

  • Sheree Bega
7 min read
A group of African penguins are seen during a rehabilitation session in Cape Town, South Africa on March 22, 2022. African penguins, whose populations have fallen sharply in the last century, may become extinct in the next few decades, experts say. File photo by Murat Ozgur Guvendik/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
AFRICAN PENGUINS

Creecy hauled to court over ‘irrational’ closures around penguin colonies

The closures sound the ‘death knell’ for the seabirds

  • Sheree Bega
7 min read
Protecting biodiversity through innovative initiatives
BIODIVERSITY

Draft white paper on sustaining the country’s biodiversity is a bold step but lacks details

The paper recognises the intrinsic value of all ecological systems and inter-relatedness of people and nature — but lacks details on how it will be implemented

  • Kate Handley
5 min read