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The Constitutional Court has upheld a landmark ruling on decision-making regarding genetically modified organisms, marking the end of a decade-long legal battle mounted by the African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) against the government and multinational seed giant Monsanto. (Wikimedia Commons)
AFRICAN CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY

Constitutional Court upholds landmark ruling on GMO decision-making

The decision ends a decade-long legal battle by the African Centre for Biodiversity and cements new legal standards for environmental oversight of GMOs in South Africa

  • Sheree Bega
3 min read
The applicants contend that the approval of new fossil fuel projects flies in the face of South Africa’s climate commitments. (Photo supplied)
AUKOTOWA FISHERIES

Small-scale fishers take oil exploration fight to high court

The applicants are challenging a government decision that could pave the way for oil exploration in the Deep-Water Orange Basin off the west coast

  • MG Reporter
4 min read
Yellow Oleander, Thevetia peruviana. Single open flower and buds growing in Phrao, Chiang Mai, Thailand. (Photo by FlowerPhotos/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
ALIEN PLANT MANAGEMENT

Invasive alien plant species in eThekwini parks need to be removed

KwaZulu-Natal’s urban spaces are filled with invasive alien species that need to be removed, according to a study by a master’s student employed by the Natural Science Collection…

  • Ozayr Patel
3 min read
Land owners, local government and civil society have come together to take positive steps towards better land governance. (Leisa Tyler/LightRocket via Getty Images)
ANCIENT ROCK ART

How the new Northern Drakensberg Nature Reserve is transforming conservation in South Africa

The reserve connects the Maluti Drakensberg Transfrontier Conservation Area to southern grazing lands. Conservationists hope there will soon be a continuous protected area

  • Caitlin Blaser Mapitsa
5 min read