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Dingo Dinkelman shares highlights of spending 5 nights with 16 deadly reptiles in the 6x2m ‘Cage of Death’

Dingo Dinkelman shares highlights of spending 5 nights with 16 deadly...

“The nights were very long and I didn’t get any sleep, but if I can co-exist with these animals in a 6x2m enclosure, how...
Human-caused climate change

Greater urgency needed from organisations to limit damage of human-caused climate...

Organisations and citizens are in a race against time to rapidly reduce their carbon footprint and reverse - or at least limit - the...
Dead fish in the river in the uMhlanga Lagoon Nature Reserve in Durban. Photo: GUILLEM-SARTORIO - AFP

Zero business & regulatory accountability … Do we just accept this?

Burt Rodrigues CEO of Biodx gives his thoughts on environmental business regulatory procedures and the recent fire at the agro-chemical giant UPL’s warehouse in...

Egypt President calls on international community to support global green recovery

CAIRO, Egypt: H.E. Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, today called upon the international community to unite and spark a...
Africa’s endangered lions can thrive in protected areas

Africa’s endangered lions can thrive in protected areas

Several conservation projects protect the remaining populations of the continent’s lions in their natural habitats. Lions across Africa have seen their habitats shrink over the...
First Hydropower Standard Will Not Stop Damage to Central and Eastern European Rivers

The First Hydropower Standard Will Not Stop Damage to Central and...

 8 September 2021 - Launched today at the World Hydropower Congress, the new Hydropower Standard is a commitment from the hydropower industry to reduce...
Wild cockatoos are pretty darn smart, scientists find

Wild cockatoos are pretty darn smart, scientists find

The cockatoos have been observed making three types of different wooden tools, each with a different function. “Bird-brained” is a term of insult some people...
By hogging sunlight, invasive shrubs harm native plants in US forests

By hogging sunlight, invasive shrubs harm native plants in US forests

When most people in the United States think of invasive species, they might picture Burmese pythons in Florida or cane toads in Hawaii. Few...
The poaching of Sumatra’s endangered tigers remains an acute problem

The poaching of Sumatra’s endangered tigers remains an acute problem

The loss of a single wild tiger is a setback to conservation efforts. The death of three tigers at the same time is a...
Bacteria could help us store energy and create biofuels

Bacteria could help us store energy and create biofuels

“There are only a very small number of microbes that can really store renewable electricity,” a scientist explain. As we are transitioning to renewable forms...
Study calls for climate-friendly earthen homes, not concrete

Study calls for climate-friendly earthen homes, not concrete

Some 700 million people live in earthen homes. A new paper calls for more modern styles, in part as a response to concrete-related emissions. There’s...
The global mining of sand and gravel is unsustainable. That needn’t be so

The global mining of sand and gravel is unsustainable. That needn’t...

Unregulated sand mining has been documented in 70 countries and linked with several associated conflicts. If they had to guess what the world’s most mined...