# Ten critically endangered black rhinos have been successfully translocated from South Africa to Mozambique’s Zinave National Park this week. The five bulls and five cows were donated by Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife in collaboration with Mozambique’s National Administration for Conservation Areas and the Peace Parks Foundation. The foundation’s Antony Alexander says the idea of the translocation […]
# Die minister van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing, Dion George, sê Suid-Afrika het ʼn belangrike rol gespeel in die onderhandeling van die Verdrag oor Biodiversiteit Buite Nasionale Jurisdiksie, of die Oopsee-verdrag. Dis die eerste wetlik bindende instrument om biodiversiteit in gebiede buite nasionale grense te beskerm. George sê die land het ʼn trotse tradisie […]
# Minister of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment, Dion George, says South Africa has played a major role in negotiating the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement, known as the High Seas Treaty. This is the first legally binding instrument to protect biodiversity in areas beyond national borders. George says the country has a proud tradition of […]
# Arctic peatlands are expanding as the climate warms. New research shows this is a change that could slow global heating in the near term but have the opposite effect in future. These carbon-rich reservoirs, composed of partially decayed organic matter, only cover three percent of Earth’s surface, and generally fade out in the far […]
# Arktiese veenlande is besig om uit te brei na mate die klimaat warmer word. Nuwe navorsing dui aan dit is ‘n verandering wat aardverwarming in die korttermyn kan vertraag, maar sal die teenoorgestelde uitwerking veroorsaak in die toekoms. Hierdie koolstofryke reserwes wat bestaan uit gedeeltelik ontbinde organiese stowwe, bedek slegs drie-persent van die wêreld […]
# Die ANC vra eenheid en medelye terwyl gemeenskappe in die Oos-Kaap begin om te herbou na die dodelike vloede. Die party het sy diepste meegevoel uitgepreek teenoor die gesinne van die meer as 90 mense wat dood is, insluitend 30 kinders, terwyl duisende inwoners ontwortel is. Die ANC se woordvoerder, Mahlengi Bhengu, het die […]
# The ANC has called for unity and compassion as communities in the Eastern Cape begin to rebuild after deadly floods. The party expressed deep sympathy to the families of the over 90 people who lost their lives, including 30 children, and the more than two-thousand-600 residents affected. ANC spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu welcomed the declaration […]
# Die Oos-Kaapse LUR vir Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake, Xolani Williams, het die onlangse vloede as katastrofies en ondenkbaar beskryf. Twee-en-neëntig sterftes is tot dusver bevestig, terwyl duisende mense dakloos gelaat is. Daar word verwag dat getalle sal styg terwyl soek- en reddingspogings voortduur. Williams het op ‘n gedenkdiens in Mthatha gesê treurende gesinne […]
# Eastern Cape MEC for Cooperative Governance, Xolani Williams, has described the recent floods as catastrophic and unimaginable. So far, 92 people have been confirmed dead, with around 4-thousand displaced. Numbers are expected to rise as search and recovery efforts continue. Speaking at a memorial in Mthatha, Williams said grieving families are still awaiting missing […]
