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South African National Bottled Water Association CEO, Charlotte Metcalf

Water Week: South Africa needs a ‘new normal’ if water security...

South Africans need a ‘new-normal’ when it comes to water – they need to become water-conscious and water-conservationist if they are to enjoy water...
8 000 people benefit from clean drinking water through Shoprite's PlayPumps

Shoprite Group leads SA retailers in addressing climate change and water...

The Shoprite Group has cemented its position as South Africa’s top-rated retailer for corporate disclosure, transparency and performance on climate change and water security. Africa’s...
Not just polar bears — climate change could push African rhinos to extinction

Not just polar bears — climate change could push African rhinos...

New research finds climate change threatens black and white African rhinos by making their current habitats hotter, drier and less hospitable.Rhinos, unable to sweat,...
Palm oil deforestation persists in Indonesia’s Leuser amid new mills, plantations

Palm oil deforestation persists in Indonesia’s Leuser amid new mills, plantations

Deforestation for palm oil persists in Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem, including inside a national park that’s supposed to be off-limits to plantation activity, a new...
How a wind farm on Brazil’s coast erased a fishing village from the map

How a wind farm on Brazil’s coast erased a fishing village...

Environmental authorities approved what was then the largest wind farm in Brazil’s Ceará state in 2002 without assessing its socioenvironmental impact, including on the...
Big problems for little animals when floodwaters rise, study finds

Big problems for little animals when floodwaters rise, study finds

Increasingly frequent and severe weather events are testing the resilience of both human and animal communities across Africa; Cyclone Idai, which made landfall in...
Peru’s illegal pet monkey trade is also an infection superhighway

Peru’s illegal pet monkey trade is also an infection superhighway

A recent study has found that monkeys trafficked in Peru are spreading viruses, parasites and bacteria to humans all along the trafficking route.These pathogens...
Reforestation and restoration: Two ways to make the Pan Amazon greener

Reforestation and restoration: Two ways to make the Pan Amazon greener

Mongabay is publishing a new edition of the book, “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon,” in short installments and in three languages: Spanish, English...
Reconciling conservation agriculture and agroforestry for sustainability

Reconciling conservation agriculture and agroforestry for sustainability

Mongabay is publishing a new edition of the book, “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon,” in short installments and in three languages: Spanish, English...
Traditional Aboriginal fire practices can help promote plant diversity: Study

Traditional Aboriginal fire practices can help promote plant diversity: Study

While research is still mixed on whether diverse fire patterns promote biodiversity, a new study suggests that practices under active Indigenous stewardship can do...
New ecoregion proposed for Southern Africa’s threatened ‘sky islands’

New ecoregion proposed for Southern Africa’s threatened ‘sky islands’

A group of scientists is proposing the designation of a new African “ecoregion” consisting of an “inland archipelago” of 30 isolated mountains, some harboring...
New report details rights abuses in Cambodia’s Southern Cardamom REDD+ project

New report details rights abuses in Cambodia’s Southern Cardamom REDD+ project

Gerald Flynn Article by: Gerald Flynn This story first appeared on Mongabay South Africa Today - Environment This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0...