# ActionSA in Gauteng says the recent report that only 39-percent of the 39 municipal-owned monitoring stations in the province are fully operational is deeply alarming. The operational stations measure a range of pollutants: six monitor ozone, seven nitrogen dioxide, four carbon monoxide, ten coarse particulate matter, five fine particulate matter and 12 sulphur dioxide. […]
# Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dion George, says government is set to introduce a new framework to guide and expand high-integrity carbon markets in South Africa. The objectives of the Draft Carbon Credit Revenue Plan include generating sustainable revenue by converting the country’s forests, wetlands, oceans, and protected landscapes into high-integrity carbon credits and […]
# Die dierewelsynsorganisasie Blood Lions is diep bekommerd nadat nog ‘n leeu ontsnap het terwyl hy per pad vervoer is. Die dier was van die Vrystaat onderweg na Nietverdiend in die Ramotshere Moiloa Munisipaliteit. Owerhede in Noordwes het bevestig die leeu is veilig gevang. Stephanie Klarmann van die organisasie sê die voorval stel die voortdurende […]
# Animal welfare organisation Blood Lions has expressed deep concern after another lion escaped while being transported by road. The animal was being transported from the Free State to Nietverdiend in Ramotshere Moiloa Municipality. Authorities in North West have confirmed that a lion has been safely captured. The group’s Stephanie Klarmann says the incident exposes […]
# Die Grootvadersbosch-bewaringsgebied naby Heidelberg in die Wes-Kaap het op die 2025 Reverse the Red Accelerator-toekennings in Abu Dhabi in die Verenigde Arabiese Emirate, internasionale erkenning gekry vir hul pogings om die bedreigde Tradouw-rooivlerkie te red. Die klein varswatervissie, wat slegs in die Huisrivier voorkom, word bedreig deur indringerspesies en droogte. Die bewaringsprojek het rivieroewers […]
# Grootvadersbosch Conservancy near Heidelberg in the Western Cape has won international recognition at the 2025 Reverse the Red Accelerator Awards in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, for its efforts to save the endangered Tradouw redfin. Found only in the Huis River, the tiny freshwater fish faces threats from invasive species and drought. The conservancy’s […]
# Die Nasionale Raad van Dierebeskermingsverenigings het ‘n hernieude fokus op menslike oplossings vir die olifantbevolkingskrisis in Noordwes verwelkom. Dit volg op ‘n ondersoek na die sterftes van 75 olifante weens hongersnood tussen Augustus 2024 en Januarie 2025 by die Madikwe- en Pilanesberg-wildreservate tydens erge droogtetoestande. Lede van die Parlement se portefeuljekomitee oor Bosbou, Visserye […]
# Ontbossing het die afgelope dekade wêreldwyd in elke streek afgeneem. Dit is volgens nuwe data van die Verenigde Nasies se Voedsel- en Landbou-organisasie. Die data toon die wêreld het die afgelope dekade elke jaar sowat 10,9-miljoen hektaar woude verloor. Woude bedek steeds sowat 4,14-miljard hektaar of ongeveer een derde van die wêreld se totale […]
# The National Council of SPCAs has welcomed a renewed focus on humane solutions to the elephant population crisis in the North West. This follows an investigation into the deaths of 75 elephants at Madikwe and Pilanesberg Game Reserves, between August 2024 and January 2025, due to starvation during severe drought conditions. Members of parliament’s […]
