Government needs to legislate labelling that supports the diversion of surplus food; the food value chain needs to find efficient ways to divert and deliver it; and civil society needs to put pressure on the system to ensure that their fellow countrymen are adequately fed and nourished...
John Hudson 8 Sep 2020
Successfully introducing South Africa's first biodiversity tax incentive was a complex process requiring support from numerous stakeholders, including government, protected area implementers, landowners and communities...
Candice Stevens 7 Feb 2020
South Africa is the latest to join The Ellen MacArthur Foundation's Plastics Pact global network, aligned with its New Plastics Economy vision...
6 Feb 2020
The Somkhanda Game Reserve in northern KwaZulu-Natal, following 10 years of hard work, is one of the first successful community-owned and managed Big Five conservation ventures in South Africa...
12 Dec 2019
"The intention of the project is that at least 20 small-scale farmers undergo extensive training in Climate Wise Agriculture (CWA). They will test out climate wise approaches to farming in trial plots on local farms that will be set up for evaluating and monitoring alternative practices...
22 May 2019
Reuben Leyane's 25-hectare farm is on the Sabie River, 1,5km from the Kruger National Park (KNP) fence and 12,5km from the town of Hazyview...
18 Feb 2019
Earlier this week the first of 10 new counter-poaching dogs from Texas, USA landed at OR Tambo International Airport in Gauteng...
5 Jul 2018
Lying in the mountains of the Moutonshoek valley near Piketberg, the Moutonshoek Protected Environment (MPE) is South Africa's newest privately protected area...
3 May 2018
Combating the impacts of climate change and other urgent environmental realities is what Nedbank and WWF-South Africa responded to when the WWF Nedbank Green Trust was founded 25 years ago...
12 Nov 2015
In the urgent race to combat poaching rates and build sustainable rhino populations, working with communities on the front line - those who live close to rhinos - has been identified as an essential, yet often underestimated, component in tackling the challenge...
29 Sep 2015
By partnering in various initiatives to advance agricultural operations across the country Nedbank has gained insight into on-the-ground challenges to solutions for the creation of effective, sustainable farming practices with commercial considerations in mind.
27 Oct 2014
The WWF Nedbank Green Trust has partnered with the Southern African Faith Communities' Environment Institute (SAFCEI) to increase engagement with multi-faith communities on environmental awareness and conservation issues.
2 Jul 2014
In a recent research study conducted by Resource Africa for WWF South Africa (WWF-SA) in partnership with Nedbank, through the WWF Nedbank Green Trust, communities living in the Bushbuckridge and Malelane areas of Mpumalanga were engaged on issues of rhino poaching to gain an understanding on socio and cultural dynamics affecting this issue.
27 Sep 2013