Environment & Natural Resources News

Subscribe & Follow

BizTrendsTV

RAPT BizTrendsTV: Heidi Patmore – Digital wallets: A gamechanger

Advertise your job vacancies

Africa’s sustainability changemakers unite: YES ESG and Beyond Awards

Africa’s sustainability changemakers unite: YES ESG and Beyond AwardsESG Africa Conference

Image credit: Tim van der Kuip on Unsplash

Sustainable resource extraction is a non-negotiable

Image credit: AfDB

AfDB awards SA $1m grant to boost green jobs

Honouring courage, embracing readiness: Sappi hosts regional firefighting competitions

Honouring courage, embracing readiness: Sappi hosts regional firefighting competitionsSappi

Image credit: Sanbi

GCF grants $40m to Sanbi's Eco-Disaster Risk Reduction project

Image supplied.

Promethium’s Olivia Tuchten named PD Forum co-vice chair

Image credit: Tim van der Kuip on Unsplash

Sustainable resource extraction is a non-negotiable

14 hours

Image credit: AfDB

AfDB awards SA $1m grant to boost green jobs

15 hours

More news

Image source: Lee Ann Nicholls from

'Animal activist' arrested for illegal possession of rhino horns

29 Dec 2023

Image source: shmergin –

Celebrating SA’s firefighters

28 Dec 2023

Image: Shan Radcliffe

Communities urged to engage Cape Peninsula Baboon Strategic Management Plan

22 Dec 2023

Image source: nexusplexus –

Animals in entertainment: What are their rights?

Rui Lopes and Jaimin Patel 21 Dec 2023

Coffee firms turning away from Africa as EU deforestation law looms

Coffee firms turning away from Africa as EU deforestation law looms

Maytaal Angel and Dewi Kurniawati 19 Dec 2023

Durban beaches closed due to contamination

Durban beaches closed due to contamination

18 Dec 2023

File photo: Afghan nationals rest at a camp after returning from Pakistan at the Torkham border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan, 14 November 2023. Abdul Khaliq Sediqi/International Rescue Committee (IRC)/ Handout via Reuters/ File photo

Humanitarian crises will worsen in 2024 - International Rescue Committee

Reuters 18 Dec 2023

Image: Officials inspect the carcass of an elephant in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, 7 December 2023, Reuters/Nyasha Chigono

Dozens of Zimbabwe elephants die as climate change dries up Hwange park

Nyasha Chingono 8 Dec 2023

Image supplied

Sprightly Seed and Bel Porto School bring food security to Cape Town with community market garden

Aa-isha Hassiem 8 Dec 2023

The green area is where Searcher Geodata will do its seismic survey in 2024. Map from consultant’s environmental assessment report

Australian company to start seismic survey off West Coast in January

Steve Kretzmann 7 Dec 2023

Nedbank launches new R10m fund to assist 100 startups

Nedbank launches new R10m fund to assist 100 startups

6 Dec 2023

Image source: Kervin Edward Lara from

Requirements for environmental authorisation for renewable energy facility published

6 Dec 2023

Youth environmentalist attempts world record for beach clean-up

Youth environmentalist attempts world record for beach clean-up

OnPoint PR 6 Dec 2023

Saiccor Mill dissolving pulp facility completes the Higg FSLM verification

Saiccor Mill dissolving pulp facility completes the Higg FSLM verification

Sappi 6 Dec 2023

EcoTraining sets the bar for wildlife conservation on World Wildlife Conservation Day

EcoTraining sets the bar for wildlife conservation on World Wildlife Conservation Day

Our Salad Mix 4 Dec 2023

Enhancing environmental literacy: Introducing Captain Fanplastic and the Black Mermaid

Enhancing environmental literacy: Introducing Captain Fanplastic and the Black Mermaid

Soapbox 21 Nov 2023

Image source: Jean van der Meulen from

Initiative seeks to combat alien species

20 Nov 2023

Vodacom AI early warning system to help protect marine mammals

WWF South Africa 17 Nov 2023

The critical impact of buildings on ESG goals

The critical impact of buildings on ESG goals

Catchwords 8 Nov 2023

Why surging sales of large electric vehicles raises environmental red flags

Why surging sales of large electric vehicles raises environmental red flags

Laura Lander, Grazia Todeschini 8 Nov 2023

Source: Supplied.

Mauritius Commercial Bank Capital Markets advises EnVolt in historic green bond

7 Nov 2023

Environmental activists came together to picket outside Parliament to oppose TotalEnergies’ offshore drilling for oil and gas. Photo: Qaqamba Falintenjwa | GroundUp

Activists demand end to TotalEnergies offshore drilling

Qaqamba Falithenjwa 6 Nov 2023

Water crisis in South Africa: Are we making progress?

Water crisis in South Africa: Are we making progress?

SAICA 6 Nov 2023

Image source: Frans van Heerden from

Giraffes could go extinct - the 5 biggest threats they face

Derek E. Lee 3 Nov 2023

A general view shows the water conditions of the Piraiba river before a summit of Amazon rainforest nations, in Belem, Para state, Brazil 6 August 2023. Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino

Home countries of major rainforests agree to work together to save them

Ange Kasongo 30 Oct 2023

Sand mining company appeals against refusal of water licence in Philippi

Sand mining company appeals against refusal of water licence in Philippi

Liezl Human 26 Oct 2023

The sustainable properties of plastic on show at Propak Cape

The sustainable properties of plastic on show at Propak Cape

Propak Cape 2026 18 Oct 2023

The WWF and Pick n Pay partnership team

Pick n Pay expands carbon emission reduction efforts with help from WWF SA

12 Oct 2023

Source: Supplied.

Standard Bank's inaugural nature-conservation loan powers Wilderness' market expansion

11 Oct 2023

Pick n Pay works to further reduce emissions with help of WWF South Africa

WWF South Africa 10 Oct 2023

Let's do Biz