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Seynabou Diop works at a station in a laboratory where the hantavirus genome was sequenced from the April 2026 outbreak, at Institut Pasteur in Dakar, Senegal. Image credit: Reuters/Ricci Shryock

Hantavirus in Africa: why climate change, rats and weak surveillance are worrying scientistsWolfgang Preiser, Carla Mavian, Cheryl Baxter, Richard Lessells and Tulio de Oliveira

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How some African farmers are responding to climate change and what we can learn from them

15 Aug 2017

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'Sixth extinction' of wildlife faster than feared: scientists

12 Jul 2017

BCC to ensure health of Benguela Current ecosystem through sustainable management

BCC to ensure health of Benguela Current ecosystem through sustainable management

24 Mar 2017

The eight students at the Wilderness Safaris Damaraland Adventure Camp where the first part of the course was offered - photo by Gerhard van Niekerk.

Amarula Trust training new generation field guides

2 Mar 2016

Drought, climate change and forestry: the role of science and technology

Drought, climate change and forestry: the role of science and technology

Mandi Smallhorne 25 Aug 2015

Renewable energy needs guarantees for investors

Renewable energy needs guarantees for investors

Charlotte Mathews 21 Jul 2014

Practical approaches on how to tackle the global waste problem

Practical approaches on how to tackle the global waste problem

Alan Kahn 13 Sep 2013

Widespread drought threatens 400,000

Widespread drought threatens 400,000

9 Aug 2013

Edna Molewa (Image: GCIS)

Lesotho Highlands scheme gets the nod

Linda Ensor 17 May 2013

Standard Bank is cleanest and greenest

Standard Bank is cleanest and greenest

12 Apr 2013

Africa's growth driven by SA

Africa's growth driven by SA

Schalk Mouton 20 Mar 2013

Bigger is better says motor industry

Bigger is better says motor industry

11 Mar 2013

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