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Why top predators matter (insider)

Few species have...
Pupils in Gauteng convert waste into cash rewards for their schools

Pupils in Gauteng convert waste into cash rewards for their schools

The Glass Recycling Company (TGRC) has announced the 2019 winners of its Annual Schools Competition. Laerskool Anton Van Wouw in Gauteng came up tops...
Can upcoming referendum in Ecuador stop oil drilling in Yasuní National Park?

Can upcoming referendum in Ecuador stop oil drilling in Yasuní National...

On Aug. 20, Ecuadorians will vote in a binding referendum on whether they want oil drilling to continue in Yasuní National Park, one of...
Elisabeth Pretorius (Granada Square Property Manager) with Dewet Geldenhuys (UIP), Nompilo Ngcobo; Johan Schroeder, This past weekend, volunteers seen at Umhlanga beach cleanup were: Margo Reilly; Zakhele Gazu (UIP), Yolanda Zungu

Granada Square helping Umhlanga to be ‘green & clean’!

With so much litter being disposed of and causing harm to wildlife, marine life and in turn, our own human lives, it is time...
As a Cameroon palm oil firm gets RSPO certified, it’s also found in breach

As a Cameroon palm oil firm gets RSPO certified, it’s also...

A verification assessment launched by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil has acknowledged breaches around the plantations of Cameroonian palm oil producer Socapalm.Despite...
Capturing water vapor from the oceans could alleviate freshwater scarcity

Capturing water vapor from the oceans could alleviate freshwater scarcity

The availability of freshwater resources is rapidly declining, which requires a rethink of our solutions. As freshwater sources continue to diminish and get badly polluted...
Boomba.mobi Co-Founder Nondumiso Sibiya

Celebrating recycling – one of the levers of the green economy

Recycling is rapidly emerging as one of the key drivers of business transformation globally. For South Africa, it has huge potential to help the...
Report offers a road map to restore the rule of law in the Brazilian Amazon

Report offers a road map to restore the rule of law...

Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will have to supercharge many of the same policies that he employed in his first two terms...

Indonesia may achieve renewables target, but still favors coal for power

Indonesia is set to achieve its target for renewables portion in the national energy mix by 2025, but the country will still rely heavily...
Restore linked habitat to protect tropical amphibians from disease: Study

Restore linked habitat to protect tropical amphibians from disease: Study

Amphibians across the tropics are facing a global decline, with disease caused by the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) playing an especially significant role...
Industrial soy drives deforestation spike in southeastern Brazil, satellite images show

Industrial soy drives deforestation spike in southeastern Brazil, satellite images show

A new report from NGO Amazon Conservation analyzed satellite data from the University of Maryland and the World Resource Institute’s Global Forest Watch platform....