Ecosystems

As the just transition gathers momentum and renewable energy becomes more affordable, countries around the world taking climate action. South Africa must follow suit

A marine conservation funding facility wants carbon trading to finance restoration and protection of the oceans and marine biodiversity

Scientists are digging for De Winton’s golden moles, working on the mystery of the riverine rabbit and using mesh mattresses to save the unique Knysna seahorse

The environment often becomes an afterthought, but World Environment Day is a chance to focus on changing our behaviour to restore the natural world

The booming, lucrative and often illicit trade in sea cucumbers, seahorses and fish maws threatens species and coastal communities

The government says global conservation targets are yet to be agreed on

South Africa has not signed the Leader’s Pledge for Nature, despite the Earth’s interdependent crisis of biodiversity loss, ecosystem degradation and climate change

As the world celebrates International Day for Biological Diversity, we should commit to ensuring the natural world has what it needs to survive

Humanity is amazed by our natural world but fails to value its importance to our survival

The African Ministerial Conference on the Environment wraps up in Durban today. It will hopefully provide solutions that will have tangible effects

A large majority of countries voted in Geneva to prohibit the transfer of elephants caught in the wild to so-called captive facilities

To secure our long-term future, we need to move away from an extractive, transactional economy

An ecosystem is a complex system of living organisms, their environment and all of their interrelationships in a particular unit of space

Influences that affect the retirement fund ecosystem will be in the spotlight

About 45% of insect species will become extinct in a few decades because they can’t evolve rapidly enough in a world changed by human activities