Forestry, fisheries and the environment minister Barbara Creecy has welcomed the declaration of the Ingula Nature Reserve as a wetland of international importance...
Farmers can help slow climate change by mixing native grasses into croplands, restoring wetlands and raising perennial crops. These strategies also conserve soil and water and build new markets...
Uganda, Tanzania and oil firms Total and China National Offshore Oil Corporation have signed agreements to kickstart the construction of a $3.5bn 1,440 Kilometers long crude oil pipeline...
In yet another turn in what is already a six-year legal battle, Uthaka Energy, a coal-mining company, has been interdicted by the Pretoria High Court from mining in one of South Africa's critical water source areas...
John Yeld 26 Mar 2021
In just the last five years South Africa has faced two of the biggest challenges imaginable. We are in the midst of a once-in-a-century pandemic and...
Michael Franze 19 Mar 2021
Africa is the continent most vulnerable to the impact of climate change. That's largely because many of its people and governments are too poor to do what's needed...
Mike Muller 19 Mar 2021
Evidence shows that farms that share landscapes with wild nature, such as remnant forests and trees, benefit from the ecosystem services provided...
Babanango Game Reserve promises a captivating bush experience, and they definitely deliver on their promise. Situated in the heart of Zululand in KwaZulu-Natal, this new kid on the block is something special...
Di Brown 3 Feb 2021
The Coca-Cola Foundation's Replenish Africa Initiative (Rain) funds five major projects in South Africa - each received $1.25m in grants in 2019...
Flowing through 11 African countries, the Nile River plays an important role in the lives of more than 24% of Africa's population...
Emad Hasan and Aondover Tarhule 9 Nov 2020
The Intaka Island Environmental Trust for the wetlands at Century City, Cape Town, was recently awarded in the Environmental Education and Skills Development category of the 2020 National Wetland Awards...
Locust outbreaks are driven by unusual climatic conditions...
Frances Duncan 8 Oct 2020
South Africa's that current land reform strategies focus too narrowly on agricultural outcomes and transferred ownership - this undermines equitable and sustainable land reform...
We (the citizens) need to re-establish an ecological healthy relationship between nature and culture...
Bonani Madikizela 21 Sep 2020
Health crises are not new in Africa. The continent has grappled with infectious diseases on all levels, from local (such as malaria) to regional (Ebola) to global (Covid-19)...
Patrick Brandful Cobbinah, Ellis Adjei Adams & Michael Odei Erdiaw-Kwasie 21 Sep 2020
South Africa has officially entered lockdown Level 2 - which allows for leisure travel within the country. This offers an opportunity to explore some of the country's hidden gems, one of which is the West Coast Way in the Western Cape...
Melun Jeptha noticed two empty plots of land that were being used as dumping grounds and decided to do something about it...
Evan-Lee Courie 27 Jul 2020
Having achieved six-star Green Star Public and Education Building (PEB) certification in May this year, Balwin Properties' Reid Lifestyle Centre is also targeting a Net-zero Carbon Level 2 rating...
The Clover campaign provides the ultimate guide to what greenwashing is, but more soberly, the impacts are yet to be felt...
Melissa Baird 15 Jul 2020
"During the past four decades, the southern and northern slopes, as well as the mountain tops of the Outeniqua Mountains have fallen prey to the aggressive spread of invasive alien plants, in particular wattle and pine trees."
As South Africa slowly starts easing travel restrictions within the country during its Covid-19 lockdown, sustainable and safe travel will be one of the ways the local tourism industry will get back on its feet...
The global havoc brought by Covid-19 is not only exposing the triple challenge (inequality, poverty and unemployment) in South Africa that we have always known about, but how slow we have acted on fixing them...
Bonani Madikizela 5 Jun 2020
Ahead of the United Nations' International Day of Forests on 21 March, Forestry South Africa research and protection director Dr Ronald Heath talks about how the commercial forestry industry is leading the way in conserving and rehabilitating areas of high biodiversity value. He also challenges people to think differently about plantations...
Dr Ronald Heath 19 Mar 2020
For the past two decades, City of Cape Town transport planners, environmentalists, civic groups and local residents have locked horns over a controversial proposal for a new road link...
John Yeld 3 Mar 2020
Scientists around the world are looking for ways to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere...
Jaime Leigh Johnson and Jacqueline L Raw 26 Feb 2020
Growing scientific evidence shows that environmental transformations such as climate change and pollution are linked to people's health...
Phaedra Henley 24 Feb 2020
The Ramsar Convention decided on the international theme of 'Wetlands and biodiversity' for the year 2020...
Bonani Madikizela 28 Jan 2020
Dr Ronald Heath, research director at Forestry South Africa shares how commercial forests and the land which they share with indigenous woodlands and grasslands, are a playground for many this festive season and lists five things to add to your bucket list ahead of this festive season and going into the new year...
Dr Ronald Heath 2 Dec 2019
The lack of access to sanitation is a global emergency. We urgently need solutions that are safe for the people who use them and sustainable for the planet...
Michael Hathorn, Issued by Ginkgo Agency 15 Nov 2019
With South Africa facing pressing water security issues, there is an urgent need for wetlands to be rehabilitated and preserved, says SRK Consulting's principal hydrologist Dr Simon Lorentz...
Environment, forestry and fisheries minister Barbara Creecy recently launched the third National Biodiversity Assessment (NBA), which is a scientific reflection of the state of the country's biodiversity...
As the population of the world's cities grows, so too does resource and energy use as well as waste generation. We can combat these issues with a circular economy that uses nature as a template...
Daniel Johnson 19 Sep 2019
Sea level rise caused by global warming is already causing damage to public and private coastal property in Cape Town. In some areas retreat to higher ground may be necessary...
Steve Kretzmann 2 Sep 2019
From Cape Town to Kisumu and Greater Manchester, cities around the world are seeing the benefits of festivals that celebrate traditions and people...
Beth Perry and Rike Sitas 16 Aug 2019
In its latest report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change describes how agriculture, deforestation, and other human activities have altered 70% of the land on Earth's surface...
Chris E. Forest 13 Aug 2019
Groundwater reserves in Africa are estimated to be 20 times larger than the water stored in lakes and reservoirs above ground...
Mark O. Cuthbert and Richard Taylor 8 Aug 2019
Bon Hotels to take over hotels in Rundu and Walvis Bay, in addition to its Swakopmund hotel...
Small pelagic fish, generally processed, sold and eaten whole, account for three-quarters of the total inland fish catch of the continent but because of their low economic value they are not given the attention they deserve...
More than half of the world's population currently lives in cities while projections show an increase to two thirds by 2050...
Daniel Johnson 25 Jun 2019
With partnerships between landowners, the government and businesses, South Africa can invest in its wetlands and boost the country's potable water reserves...
Alanna Rebelo 6 Jun 2019
Japan is aiming to host the first Olympic Games powered solely by renewable sources...
Niki J P Alsford 20 May 2019
The industry remains resilient despite major challenges and limitations...
Paul Makube 6 May 2019
Scientists from a transdisciplinary research team are investigating how investments in ecological infrastructure protect society against hydroclimatic risks, including droughts and floods...
BON Hotel Waterfront Richards Bay general manager André de Klerk shares his top five list of things to do in the coastal town...
The partnership aims to ensure effective alignment of CIFOR's restoration activities within the AFR100 framework...
Who goes canoeing through a township? For Siyanda Sopangisa, it’s a natural progression from his days of swimming in Khayelitsha’s wetlands. The waters were an integral part of his childhood. But over time, he watched as the river filled with trash. “The wetlands I knew as a young boy were gone,” Sopangisa says. He didn’t despair. Instead, Sopangisa saw an opportunity. Not only would he restore the river – he’d do it from a boat. Read Siyanda Sopangisa's full story here.
On 22 March the global community will celebrate World Water Day. Central to the global message is that there is one Earth with limited natural resources...
Bonani Madikizela 19 Mar 2019
The City of Cape Town has secured R50,4m in funding to create 1,300 green jobs for entry-level job-seekers who will assist the City with the removal of invasive species in local ecosystems...
Wetlands support millions of people around Africa. They include all areas that are permanently or frequently covered by water, and could be at the edge of a lake or the mouth of a river...
Lisa Rebelo and Matthew McCartney 5 Mar 2019
In only a few decades, traditional dryland farming on drained peat soils will be increasingly difficult as the rich organic soils vanish and flood prevention becomes too costly...