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The planet is becoming increasingly hostile for wildlife, with new research indicating a 69% decline in populations worldwide.
CONSERVATION

Living Planet Index: Wildlife populations have declined by 69% since 1970

The index warns that if the world breaches the 1.5°C global warming threshold, the climate crises will be the prevalent reason for biodiversity loss

  • Lesego Chepape
3 min read
The bulk of the loss occurs during the production stage and the rest post-harvest during handling and storage. Photo by Gideon Mendel/Corbis via Getty Images)
AGRICULTURE

Why South African farmers don’t measure lost food

The bulk of the loss occurs during the production stage and the rest post-harvest during handling and storage

  • Sheree Bega
7 min read
Healthy outlook: The grasslands, soils and wetlands in the Matatiele area are being restored, helping to protect the Maloti-Drakensberg watershed, essential to South Africa’s water supply and with profitable spinoffs for communal livestock farmers. (Willeen Olivier)
CATCHMENT AREAS

Project to heal the land a success

A partnership with chiefs, NGOs and businesses is helping Matatiele’s small-scale farmers adopt conservation practices and so turn a profit

  • Heather Dugmore
5 min read
Sixteen southern white rhinos have been moved from &Beyond Phinda Private Game Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal to Garamba National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Photo by Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images)
AND FISHERIES

Kruger loses 70% of rhinos in 10 years

The good news is that the drought has eased, poaching is down and the environment department is now not only focusing on the poachers but is going after crime syndicates

  • Sheree Bega
3 min read