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Honouring courage, embracing readiness: Sappi hosts regional firefighting competitions

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

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

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CapeNature looks at WC's state of conservation in new report

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Protecting penguins: New offshore regulations open for comment

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CSIR to coordinate phase one of WC green hydrogen master plan

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Illegal enlargement of West Coast farm dam condonedJohn Yeld

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

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Standard Bank and Soapbox join forces on the UN SDG challenge SA to explore innovative solutions for sustainable business practices

Standard Bank and Soapbox join forces on the UN SDG challenge SA to explore innovative solutions for sustainable business practices

Soapbox 19 Nov 2024

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HPAI virus suspected to have reached Marion Island

13 Nov 2024

A bird flies over a family of elephants walking in the Amboseli National Park, southeast of Kenya's capital Nairobi, 25 April 2016. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo

Researchers document huge drop in African elephants in a half century

Will Dunham 12 Nov 2024

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Saving the bees: How Nedbank and WWF are working to ensure honeybee survival

Aa-isha Hassiem 12 Nov 2024

Prince William, Prince of Wales meets the 2024 Earthshot Prize Finalists at the Kirstenbosch Gardens, in Cape Town, South Africa, 6 November 2024. Victoria Jones/Pool via Reuters

2024 Earthshot Prize - the 5 winners of £1m

7 Nov 2024

Fishers in Port Nolloth are opposing TotalEnergies’ bid to explore for gas and oil off the West Coast. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks/GroundUp

Court bid to block TotalEnergies gas project off West Coast

7 Nov 2024

Britain's Prince William, Prince of Wales reacts as he speaks to students at the College Stoke Climsland in Callington, in Cornwall, southwestern England, on 17 October 2024. Justin Tallis/Pool via Reuters/File Photo

Prince William in South Africa for green prize ceremony

Michael Holden 1 Nov 2024

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2024 Eco-Logic Awards honours green guardians

31 Oct 2024

Activists from the Vaal region protested outside the Department of Mineral Resources in Pretoria against Glubay’s proposed mine. Residents are concerned about water, soil and air pollution from the proposed mine. Photos: Ihsaan Haffejee / GroundUp

Opposition to open cast coal mining in Midvaal

Ihsaan Haffejee 29 Oct 2024

Forestry’s role in advancing South Africa’s sustainable development goals

Forestry’s role in advancing South Africa’s sustainable development goals

Dr Ronald Heath 29 Oct 2024

African Penguins at Boulders Beach in Cape Town. Archive photo: Ihsaan Haffejee / GroundUp

Talks on penguin litigation fail to break deadlock

John Yeld 22 Oct 2024

GeSkenk writes brighter futures with CorrectBook partnership

GeSkenk writes brighter futures with CorrectBook partnership

GeSkenk 18 Oct 2024

The Wits Rhisotope project involves inserting low levels of radioisotopes into the horns of living rhinos to make the horns traceable. Archive photo: Michael Lorentz / GroundUp

Using radiation to stop the traffic of rhino horns

Neil Thomas Stacey 16 Oct 2024

UCT’s d-school Afrika reaffirms leadership with second 6-Star Green Star rating

UCT’s d-school Afrika reaffirms leadership with second 6-Star Green Star rating

Hasso Plattner d-school Afrika 15 Oct 2024

Entrepreneur turns agricultural waste into braai briquettes

Entrepreneur turns agricultural waste into braai briquettes

The Social Employment Fund 15 Oct 2024

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Africa’s famous Serengeti and Maasai Mara are being hit by climate change – a major threat to wildlife and tourism

Joseph Ogutu 4 Oct 2024

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Forum to address Vaal River pollution

2 Oct 2024

African Penguins at Boulders Beach in Cape Town. Archive photo: Ihsaan Haffejee / GroundUp

Former environment minister Creecy under fire from penguin conservation groups

John Yeld 1 Oct 2024

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Plan for reshaping conservation revealed

30 Sep 2024

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Using carbon dating to stop elephant and rhino poaching

Cole Potgieter 25 Sep 2024

This World Rhino Day the Care for Wild Rhino Sanctuary celebrated 10 years of conserving South Africa’s black and white rhino population (Image supplied)

Care for Wild and Investec: 10 years of conserving SA’s black and white rhino population

23 Sep 2024

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Emira’s biodiversity project creates a brighter future for Gauteng, sustaining nature’s workforce

17 Sep 2024

Source: © 123rf Today, Monday 16 September, South Africa joins the global community today to commemorate the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer under the theme Advancing Climate Action

Commemorating International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, Advancing Climate Action

16 Sep 2024

Brown Skuas breeding on Inaccessible Island, Tristan da Cunha, mainly feed on seabirds that breed on the island. Photo: Peter Ryan

Surprising study: Amount of plastic ingested by seabirds remains unchanged since the 80s

16 Sep 2024

Nanobubble tech transforms aquaponics at Cape Town school

Nanobubble tech transforms aquaponics at Cape Town school

13 Sep 2024

Our 10 most frequently asked toilet questions

Our 10 most frequently asked toilet questions

Propelair SA 10 Sep 2024

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Bird species are disappearing at an alarming rate in Kenya – new study

Joseph Ogutu 6 Sep 2024

A lion rests at a captive breeding facility for big cats, maintained for tourist entertainment in Brits, North West Province, in South Africa, 26 August 2024. Reuters/Sisipho Skweyiya

South African lion breeders face uncertain future after ban

Sfundo Parakozov and Sisipho Skweyiya 2 Sep 2024

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Finalists for the 2024 Eco-Logic Awards

30 Aug 2024

Activists picket outside the High Court in Gqeberha in 2022 against seismic surveys off the Wild Coast. Archive photo: Joseph Chirume / GroundUp

Wild Coast: Constitutional Court says no to Shell appeal bid

Tania Broughton 28 Aug 2024

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