# Water from the Lesotho Highlands Water Project is flowing again after months of maintenance. The refill process began this week, with water reaching the Little Caledon tunnel yesterday and expected at the Ash River Outfall in Clarens by today. The tunnel system, closed since 1 October, saw delays on Lesotho’s side, while South Africa […]
# The Big Biodiversity Challenge is back for 2025, inviting South African learners in Grades 6 to 9 to tackle the theme ‘Harmony with Nature and Sustainable Development’. The challenge is organised by the Western Cape Environmental Education Friends and partners, like CapeNature and SANParks. The challenge calls for innovative entries ranging from essays to eco-tech […]
# Tropiese woude het verlede jaar teen ‘n rekordspoed verlore gegaan, hoofsaaklik weens bosbrande wat boerdery as grootste bedreiging verbygesteek het. Die Amasone waar dit baie droog was, het groot verliese gehad en 3,1-miljard ton koolstofdioksied is vrygestel. Terwyl Brasilië sukkel, toon Indonesië vordering met streng wetgewing teen brande. Kenners waarsku oor ʼn gevaarlike klimaatskringloop. […]
# Die sekretaris-generaal van die Verenigde Nasies, António Guterres, het gewaarsku dat die verlies aan bioverskeidenheid ‘n wêreldwye krisis is wat geen land kan ignoreer nie. Vandag is Internasionale Biologiese Verskeidenheidsdag met die tema Harmonie met die natuur en volhoubare ontwikkeling. ‘n Miljoen spesies staan gevaar om uitgewis te word terwyl menslike bedrywighede 75-persent van […]
# Die Vryheidsfront Plus in Gauteng het ʼn klag teen die Mogale City-munisipaliteit by die Menseregtekommissie ingedien. Dit is omdat hy versuim om te keer dat rioolwater in ʼn stormwaterdrein stort. Amy Steyn van die VF Plus sê sedert November verlede jaar vloei riool uit ʼn mangat op die hoek van Naudé- en Schoemanstraat in […]
# In 2024, tropical forests were lost at a record rate, mainly due to fires, which overtook farming as the top threat. The Amazon, hit by severe drought, saw major losses, releasing 3.1 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide. While countries like Brazil struggle, others, such as Indonesia, have shown progress with strict no-burning laws. Experts […]
# United Nations secretary general, António Guterres, has warned that biodiversity loss is a global crisis no nation can ignore. Today is International Day for Biological Diversity under the theme, Harmony with nature and sustainable development. One million species are at risk of extinction, while 75-percent of land ecosystems and two-thirds of marine environments have […]
# The Freedom Front Plus in Gauteng has lodged a complaint with the Human Rights Commission against the Mogale City Municipality. This is for failing to address sewage spilling into a stormwater drain. FF Plus’, Amy Steyn, says that since November last year, sewage has been flowing from a manhole on the corner of Naudé […]
# Kenia is besig om sy renosterbewaring-veldtogte te versterk namate die bevolkings herstel. Die Keniaanse Natuurlewediens het ‘n weeklange oorkerf-operasie by Lewa-bewaring voltooi, waar 40 jong renosters gemerk is om monitering en beskerming te verbeter. Daarbenewens is 21 swartrenosters na Loisaba-bewaring hervestig om oorbevolking in bestaande reservate te verlig. Gevorderde tegnologie, insluitend termiese kameras en […]
