# The relocation of elephants from Pretoria and Johannesburg zoos has sparked widespread debate and petitions about wildlife access and conservation in South Africa. This follows the move of Pretoria Zoo’s last elephant bull, Charley, to Shambala Private Game Reserve in Limpopo. The decision was approved by the South African National Biodiversity Institute as a […]
# CapeNature sê hy bevorder gebruike om inheemse visse te vang en terug te gooi, en indringer-visspesies te verwyder as ʼn praktiese manier waarop hengelaars tot bewaring kan bydra. Tans word 24 van die Wes-Kaap se 35 varswater-visspesies as bedreig beskou en 73-persent van die provinsie se varswatervisse word nêrens elders in die wêreld aangetref […]
# Die Departement van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging het die Europese Unie versoek om sy beplande instelling van ‘n omvattende heffing op koolstof-intensiewe invoerprodukte te heroorweeg. Die EU se koolstof-aanpassingsmeganisme is ontwerp om vrystellings te verminder en seker te maak dieselfde bykomende belasting word op invoere gehef as op plaaslik-vervaardigde produkte wat baie koolstof vrystel. […]
# CapeNature says it is promoting catch-and-release fishing practices of indigenous fish species, and removal of invasive fish species as a practical way for recreational anglers to contribute to conservation. Currently, 24 of the Western Cape’s 35 freshwater fish species are listed as threatened, and 73-percent of the province’s freshwater fish are found nowhere else […]
# The Department of Trade, Industry, and Competition has submitted to the European Union, urging it to reconsider its planned implementation of an expanded levy on carbon-intensive imports. The EU’s carbon-border adjustment mechanism is designed to reduce emissions by ensuring imports are subject to the same surcharges as domestically produced goods that use carbon-intensive methods. The department […]
# Standard Bank het sy Volhoubaarheids-akademie bekendgestel. Dis ʼn gratis leerplatform wat praktiese maatskaplike, omgewings-, bestuurs- en volhoubaarheids-oplossings aan sake-ondernemings reg oor Afrika bied. Die akademie is ontwikkel in samewerking met Microsoft en Philanthrosoft. Manessah Alagbaoso van Standard Bank sê deelnemers kan deur die platform insig kry in die gebruik van hernubare energie, klimaat-slim landbou […]
# Standard Bank has launched its Sustainability Academy, a free learning platform providing practical environmental, social, governance and sustainability solutions to businesses across Africa. The academy has been developed in partnership with Microsoft and Philanthrosoft. Standard Bank’s doctor Manessah Alagbaoso says through the academy, participants gain insights into renewable energy adoption, climate-smart agriculture, carbon markets […]
# Grassroots for Climate Action sê Suid-Afrika se nasionaal bepaalde bydraeraamwerk moet mensgesentreerd en inklusief wees. Die regering is besig om sy bydrae-teikens vir 2020 tot 2035 te bepaal wat ʼn belangrike stap is om sy klimaatsverpligtinge volgens die Parys-verdrag na te kom. Grassroots for Climate Action se woordvoerder, Mpho Phalwan, sê die land se […]
# Mere, wat sowat vier-persent van die aarde se landoppervlakte bedek, verdwyn teen ‘n ontstellende tempo weens besoedeling, verlies aan habitat, indringerspesies en klimaatverandering. Dis vandag Wêreld-meredag, wat bewustheid wil aanwakker oor die belangrikheid van mere en onderhoubare bestuur daarvan en verwante ekostelsels. Die Verenigde Nasies se Omgewingsprogram waarsku dat mere se ekostelsels teen 2050 […]
