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Cap: Morne Du Plessis, the chief executive of WWF-SA, at SANParks Vision 2040 Indaba this week
BIODIVERSITY ECONOMY

SANParks Vision 2040: A bold plan to link conservation and communities

Eastern Cape entrepreneur blossoms through skills programme, highlighting aims for people-centred conservation, linking economic empowerment with biodiversity

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read
New regulations are in place in a bid to protect the critically endangered African penguin from the harms caused by shipping. Photo: John Yeld
AFRICAN PENGUIN POPULATION

Fishing industry, NGOs unite to save critically endangered African penguins

African penguin conservation wins with new fishing exclusion zones around key breeding islands

  • Sheree Bega
4 min read
Africa’s ecosystems now run on less than two-thirds of their historical energy, with the decline of elephants, lions, and rhinos reshaping landscapes and livelihoods
BIODIVERSITY

Wildlife populations plummet 73% in past 50 years

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  • Sheree Bega
1 min read
Photo by Julian Hahne
BABANANGO GAME RESERVE

Meet the real rhino whisperers protecting black rhinos in KwaZulu-Natal

The WWF’s Black Rhino Range Expansion Project has established 17 new populations

  • Sheree Bega
7 min read