# World-famous coral reefs along Western Australia’s coast have suffered the worst bleaching on record after the state’s longest, largest, and most intense marine heatwave. Scientists say between last August and this May, warmer water temperatures led to significant heat stress on the reefs, causing many of the corals to expel the algae, which give […]
# The City of Cape Town’s Recreation and Parks Department will once again allow flowers to bloom ahead of spring by halting mowing at parks and public open spaces. Cape Town is widely recognised as being the most biodiverse city in the world. Mayoral committee member for Community Services and Health, Francine Higham, says the […]
# SANParke bied volgende maand sy eerste Visie 2040-indaba in Gqeberha in die Oos-Kaap aan. Die geleentheid sal belanghebbendes van die regering, boerderygemeenskappe, die burgerlike samelewing, borge, die privaat sektor, grondeiser-gemeenskappe en bewaringsvennote bymekaarbring. SANParke se woordvoerder, JP Louw, sê die indaba sal saamwerk met bioverskeidenheids-bewaring, maatskaplike geregtigheid en ekonomiese bemagtiging:
# The South African National Parks will be hosting its inaugural Vision 2040 Indaba in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, next month. The indaba will bring together key stakeholders across government, farming communities, civil society, sponsors, the private sector, land claimant communities, and conservation partners. SANParks’ spokesperson, JP Louw, says the indaba will collaborate biodiversity conservation, social […]
# Suid-Afrika ondersteun ‘n wetlik-bindende wêreldwye verdrag om plastiek deur die totale lewensiklus van die produk te verminder. Die minister van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing, Dion George, lei ‘n Suid-Afrikaanse afvaardiging na die tweede deel van die vyfde Inter-regering Onderhandelingkomittee oor plastiekbesoedeling in Genève. Die verdrag probeer om klimaat- en biodiversiteitsdoelwitte te belyn terwyl […]
# Gesprekke in Genève om ‘n mylpaalverdrag op te stel om die wêreldwye plaag plastiekbesoedeling aan te pak, het sy tweede week betree, met lande wat vier dae voor die sperdatum steeds koppe stamp. Plastiekbesoedeling kom so algemeen voor dat mikroplastiek op die hoogste bergpieke en in die diepste dele van die oseaan gevind is, […]
# Talks in Geneva to craft a landmark treaty to tackle the global scourge of plastic pollution entered its second week, with countries still at loggerheads four days before a deadline. Plastic pollution is so commonplace that microplastics have been found on the highest mountain peaks, in the deepest ocean trench and scattered throughout almost […]
# South Africa is supporting a legally binding global treaty to reduce plastic waste across its full life cycle. This as Forestry, Fisheries and Environment minister Dion George leads a South African delegation at the second part of the fifth Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee session on Plastic Pollution in Geneva. The treaty aims to align with […]
# Green Connection het kommer uitgespreek oor die bekostigbaarheid van kernkrag, veral die kapitale koste vooraf, die risiko van vertraging tydens bouwerk en die buitensporige koste wat wêreldwyd ondervind is. Dit volg op die minister van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing, Dion George, se besluit om by die goedkeuring van 2017 te staan om ‘n […]
