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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

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Incubating ideas on how southern Africa can manage the Anthropocene

Incubating ideas on how southern Africa can manage the Anthropocene

Laura Pereira et al. 6 Jan 2017

A NOAA vessel explores the the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, the first in the Atlantic Ocean.

Momentum grows for ocean preserves. How well do they work?

Kirsten Grorud-Colvert and Jane Lubchenco 4 Jan 2017

Innovative sustainability at Boschendal

Innovative sustainability at Boschendal

4 Jan 2017

Legal trade in rhino horn proposed

Legal trade in rhino horn proposed

Guy Rogers 30 Dec 2016

Visiting delegation of the UK People’s Postcode Lottery, SANParks, Peace Parks Foundation and the CSIR staff members at the launch of the Postcode Meerkat Wide Area Surveillance System

Postcode Meerkat surveillance system launched in the KNP

30 Dec 2016

Scale back on consumption or face higher water bills

Scale back on consumption or face higher water bills

23 Dec 2016

Kreef stocks plummet - now on red list

Kreef stocks plummet - now on red list

Charlotte Mathews 23 Dec 2016

Patensie farm earmarked as potential site for Solve.IT

Patensie farm earmarked as potential site for Solve.IT

22 Dec 2016

Tsitsikamma Marine Protected Area rezoned

Tsitsikamma Marine Protected Area rezoned

22 Dec 2016

Braam Malherbe and Peter van Kets (who sadly had to withdraw from the Cape to Rio row).

RE/MAX sponsors journey from Cape to Rio in support of Do1Thing

14 Dec 2016

#BestofBiz 2016: CSI & Sustainability

#BestofBiz 2016: CSI & Sustainability

12 Dec 2016

Africa should be worried about the expanding tropics

Africa should be worried about the expanding tropics

Steve Turton 12 Dec 2016

Healing the scars of mining through sustainable rehabilitation

Healing the scars of mining through sustainable rehabilitation

9 Dec 2016

Giraffes 'threatened with extinction'

Giraffes 'threatened with extinction'

9 Dec 2016

Clanwilliam cedar could be extinct within the 21st century

Clanwilliam cedar could be extinct within the 21st century

7 Dec 2016

Soil and pulses strategic allies in creating food security, combating climate change

Soil and pulses strategic allies in creating food security, combating climate change

6 Dec 2016

Mainstreaming biodiversity to create sustainable agriculture

Mainstreaming biodiversity to create sustainable agriculture

6 Dec 2016

Megatrends pose defence, security challenges - PwC report

Megatrends pose defence, security challenges - PwC report

5 Dec 2016

Beehive fences ward of crop-raiding elephants

Beehive fences ward of crop-raiding elephants

5 Dec 2016

UN awards Champions of the Earth

UN awards Champions of the Earth

5 Dec 2016

SA rhinos champ wins Tusk Award

SA rhinos champ wins Tusk Award

2 Dec 2016

Seed bombs dropped in war on deforestation

1 Dec 2016

Scientists get innovative in the fight against glacier melt

Scientists get innovative in the fight against glacier melt

Lindsay Samson 30 Nov 2016

How justice can be brought to South Africa's rooibos industry

How justice can be brought to South Africa's rooibos industry

Rachel Wynberg 30 Nov 2016

Fertiliser plant in the offing near Saldanha

Allan Seccombe 28 Nov 2016

Water restrictions remain even though dams are filling up

Penwell Dlamini 28 Nov 2016

Catch quota to protect Mediterranean swordfish

Catch quota to protect Mediterranean swordfish

24 Nov 2016

Army targets abalone gangs

Army targets abalone gangs

Aron Hyman 22 Nov 2016

Shield Award winners, Karoo Lion Search Team from Karoo National Park, SANParks

Conservationists awarded at SANParks Kudu Awards 2016

21 Nov 2016

Derek Keats via

DAFF sets West Coast Rock Lobster quota higher than recommended

21 Nov 2016

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A NOAA vessel explores the the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, the first in the Atlantic Ocean.

Momentum grows for ocean preserves. How well do they work?

Kirsten Grorud-Colvert and Jane Lubchenco 4 Jan 2017

Innovative sustainability at Boschendal

Innovative sustainability at Boschendal

4 Jan 2017

Legal trade in rhino horn proposed

Legal trade in rhino horn proposed

Guy Rogers 30 Dec 2016

Visiting delegation of the UK People’s Postcode Lottery, SANParks, Peace Parks Foundation and the CSIR staff members at the launch of the Postcode Meerkat Wide Area Surveillance System

Postcode Meerkat surveillance system launched in the KNP

30 Dec 2016

Scale back on consumption or face higher water bills

Scale back on consumption or face higher water bills

23 Dec 2016

Kreef stocks plummet - now on red list

Kreef stocks plummet - now on red list

Charlotte Mathews 23 Dec 2016

Patensie farm earmarked as potential site for Solve.IT

Patensie farm earmarked as potential site for Solve.IT

22 Dec 2016

Tsitsikamma Marine Protected Area rezoned

Tsitsikamma Marine Protected Area rezoned

22 Dec 2016

Braam Malherbe and Peter van Kets (who sadly had to withdraw from the Cape to Rio row).

RE/MAX sponsors journey from Cape to Rio in support of Do1Thing

14 Dec 2016

#BestofBiz 2016: CSI & Sustainability

#BestofBiz 2016: CSI & Sustainability

12 Dec 2016

Africa should be worried about the expanding tropics

Africa should be worried about the expanding tropics

Steve Turton 12 Dec 2016

Healing the scars of mining through sustainable rehabilitation

Healing the scars of mining through sustainable rehabilitation

9 Dec 2016

Giraffes 'threatened with extinction'

Giraffes 'threatened with extinction'

9 Dec 2016

Clanwilliam cedar could be extinct within the 21st century

Clanwilliam cedar could be extinct within the 21st century

7 Dec 2016

Soil and pulses strategic allies in creating food security, combating climate change

Soil and pulses strategic allies in creating food security, combating climate change

6 Dec 2016

Mainstreaming biodiversity to create sustainable agriculture

Mainstreaming biodiversity to create sustainable agriculture

6 Dec 2016

Megatrends pose defence, security challenges - PwC report

Megatrends pose defence, security challenges - PwC report

5 Dec 2016

Beehive fences ward of crop-raiding elephants

Beehive fences ward of crop-raiding elephants

5 Dec 2016

UN awards Champions of the Earth

UN awards Champions of the Earth

5 Dec 2016

SA rhinos champ wins Tusk Award

SA rhinos champ wins Tusk Award

2 Dec 2016

Seed bombs dropped in war on deforestation

1 Dec 2016

Scientists get innovative in the fight against glacier melt

Scientists get innovative in the fight against glacier melt

Lindsay Samson 30 Nov 2016

How justice can be brought to South Africa's rooibos industry

How justice can be brought to South Africa's rooibos industry

Rachel Wynberg 30 Nov 2016

Fertiliser plant in the offing near Saldanha

Allan Seccombe 28 Nov 2016

Water restrictions remain even though dams are filling up

Penwell Dlamini 28 Nov 2016

Catch quota to protect Mediterranean swordfish

Catch quota to protect Mediterranean swordfish

24 Nov 2016

Army targets abalone gangs

Army targets abalone gangs

Aron Hyman 22 Nov 2016

Shield Award winners, Karoo Lion Search Team from Karoo National Park, SANParks

Conservationists awarded at SANParks Kudu Awards 2016

21 Nov 2016

Derek Keats via

DAFF sets West Coast Rock Lobster quota higher than recommended

21 Nov 2016

Hansueli Krapf via - Seychelles

Africa-funded project to help small-island nations adapt to climate change

21 Nov 2016

McDonalds SA sets example for industry by adopting a more humane supply chain

McDonalds SA sets example for industry by adopting a more humane supply chain

18 Nov 2016

Medbrokl ertement via

FAO to tackle water scarcity, one of the main challenges for sustainable agriculture

18 Nov 2016

Source: ingoodcompany.fsc.org

WWF-SA adds its voice to calls for open nuclear process

18 Nov 2016

Woolworths replaces plastic microbeads with biodegradable alternatives

Woolworths replaces plastic microbeads with biodegradable alternatives

18 Nov 2016

Paarl waste water treatment plant gets an upgrade

Paarl waste water treatment plant gets an upgrade

17 Nov 2016

Huldah Solomon (left), GMSA environmental engineer, and Clayton Whitaker, vice president of GM Africa Manufacturing, take a closer look at the indigenous vegetation on the premises of the Struandale Manufacturing Plant.

Conservation nod for GMSA plant

Guy Rogers 16 Nov 2016

McDonalds SA commits to 100% cage-free

McDonalds SA commits to 100% cage-free

15 Nov 2016

A green path to industrialisation

A green path to industrialisation

Kingsley Ighobor 10 Nov 2016

R1bn to rehabilitate wetlands

10 Nov 2016

Implementing climate smart agriculture up for discussion at COP22

Implementing climate smart agriculture up for discussion at COP22

10 Nov 2016