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 | For its innovative and efficient management system, the Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of South Africa (REDISA) has won the 2014 Oracle Sustainability Innovation Award. read more>> |
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 | The City of Cape Town's request to the provincial government to declare Cape Town as a bioregion has been widely welcomed by conservation organisations. read more>> |
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 | The global decline in pollinators has left researchers with the question of how plant communities and their interacting animals will respond when an important pollinator is taken out of the system. read more>> |
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 | Gabi Khumalo RUSTENBURG: Fifty women, who risk life and limb to pick up litter on the banks of the Swartkops River in the Eastern Cape, have been recognised for their efforts to improve their community. read more>> |
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 | The Amarula Trust is now complementing the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) elephant behaviour programme by backing a Botswana-based multi-disciplinary project that looks at how elephants and people interact outside of protected areas. read more>> |
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 | SANParks Honorary Rangers has announced the 2014 Rhinose-Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV) delegation visit to South Africa under the auspices of the Rhinose Foundation, SANParks Honorary Rangers and CNA. read more>> |
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 | The Department of Environmental Affairs has revealed that the Green Scorpions will embark on a sand mining blitz across the country. The days of the blitz are undisclosed to ensure greater impact. read more>> |
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 | Only about 400 individual Bearded Vultures and 100 breeding pairs remain in the wild in South Africa and Lesotho. read more>> |
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 | Two of the four tyre recycling depots planned for the Eastern Cape this year are already operating under the Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of SA (Redisa). read more>> |
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 | Renewable energy is becoming increasingly popular as the world takes notice of the burgeoning carbon emission problems that come with burning fossil fuels. read more>> |
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 | Cape Town-based Dashboard Marketing Intelligence will survey the independent power producers (IPP), most of which are participating in, or will be participating in, the Renewable Energy IPP Procurement Programme, as... read more>> |
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 | Having achieved its target on reducing carbon emissions a year ahead of schedule, Pick n Pay is now focusing on reducing emissions further, through greater in-store energy efficiency and other means. read more>> |
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 | PRETORIA: Local municipalities will be awarded for their development of provincial and local greening plans during the National Arbor City Award competition, in September. read more>> |
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 | E-waste is considered the fastest growing waste stream worldwide as electronics are constantly being upgraded. read more>> |
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 | Olof Persson, CEO of the Volvo Group, and Carolina Tohá, mayor of Santiago in Chile, have been appointed as co-chairs of an Advisory Group on Sustainable Transport to provide recommendations on sustainable transport at global, national, local and sector levels. read more>> |
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: Scientists using GPS technology to study the extent of the western US drought said Thursday the water shortage is causing parts of the Earth's crust to rise. read more>> |
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 | More Matshediso Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), Senzeni Zokwana, says the contribution made by women in the farming sector cannot be under-estimated as this is how they put food on the table for their families. read more>> |
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 | The Director General of the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) Tshediso Matona is Eskom's new Chief Executive Officer and his appointment has been confirmed by Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown. read more>> |
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