# Civil society organisations and coastal communities have launched a formal appeal against the government’s controversial decision to green-light Shell’s Northern Cape Ultra Deep oil and gas project. The area Shell wants to explore is between the Northern Cape’s Port Nolloth and Lambert’s Bay in the Western Cape. Green Connection’s Neville van Rooy says Shell’s […]
# Kaapstad se Faure Nuwe Waterskema kan moontlik as ‘n openbare-privaat vennootskap van stapel gestuur word. ‘n Voltooide haalbaarheidstudie stel ‘n openbare-privaat vennootskap-model voor as gevolg van die omvang van die projek. Die skema sal behandelde afvalwater daagliks in 70-miljoen liter drinkwater verwerk. Dit is deel van die stad se plan om die watervoorraad teen […]
# Cape Town’s Faure New Water Scheme could be rolled out as a public-private partnership. A completed feasibility study recommends the public-private partnership model due to the project’s complexity. The scheme will turn treated wastewater into 70-million litres of drinking water daily. It’s part of the city’s plan to increase supply by 300-million litres a […]
# Gemeenskappe wat naby die Kruger-wildtuin woon, verkies om wild te beskerm en nie skade aan te rig om ‘n bestaan te maak nie, eerder as om diere vir wins dood te maak. The Conversation berig navorsers het bevind dat meer as 80-persent van die inwoners alternatiewe soos kunsvlyt-toerisme, aanlyn wildgidse en bewaringswerk ondersteun. Dit […]
# Professor Richard Thompson van die Plymouth Universiteit sê ‘n ambisieuse verdrag om plastiek besoedeling te beveg kan ‘n reuse-verskil maak vir die planeet en toekomstige geslagte. Meer as 170 lande vergader hierdie week in Genève, Switzerland, om ‘n internasionale, regs-bindende verdrag oor plastiek besoedeling te ontwikkel, wat ook die mariene-omgewing insluit. Wêreldwyd word slegs […]
# Communities living near Kruger National Park say they prefer wildlife-friendly ways to earn a living, rather than killing animals for profit. According to an article in The Conversation, researchers found over 80-percent of residents surveyed, backed alternatives like craft tourism, online wildlife guiding, and conservation jobs. The findings come amid growing global pressure to […]
# Plymouth University’s professor Richard Thompson says an ambitious plastic pollution treaty will be a game-changer for the planet and future generations. Over 170 countries are meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, this week to develop an international, legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment. Globally, only nine-percent of plastic produced is recycled. Thompson […]
# Die Carbon Trust verwag dat die aanvanklike koolstofbegrotings realisties moet wees. Die regering het verlede week koolstofbegroting- en -bekampingsregulasies gepubliseer. Maatskappye en individue wat oortree kan tronkstraf en swaar boetes verwag. Volgens die voorgestelde wetgewing moet alle maatskappye wat meer as 30-duisend ton kweekhuisgasse vrystel, jaarlikse teikens indien, asook ʼn nakomingsverslag en planne om […]
# The Carbon Trust says it expects the initial carbon budgets to be realistic. Last week, government published carbon budget and mitigation planning regulations, with imprisonment and hefty financial fines on the cards for companies and individuals found in transgression. Under the proposed legislation, all companies that emit more than 30-thousand tons of greenhouse gases […]
