# Verenigde Nasies se konferensie oor handel en ontwikkeling sê hoewel plastiek regstreeks verbind word met besoedeling, verlies aan bioverskeidenheid en klimaatsverandering, is daar steeds geen omvattende internasionale verdrag om die samestelling, vervaardiging, handel en wegdoening te bestuur nie. Die jongste Wêreldhandel-bywerking toon plastiekvervaardiging het in 2023 wêreldwyd 436-miljoen metrieke ton bereik. Altesaam 75-persent van […]
# Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment minister, Dion George, says projects that bolster South Africa’s renewable energy capacity are welcomed and encouraged. This follows the recent launch of the Communities and the Private Renewable Energy Sector: Distributing Social Development Benefits in South Africa. This is a research project investigating how private renewable energy investments in […]
# The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development says that although plastics are directly linked to pollution, biodiversity loss, and climate change, there is still no comprehensive international treaty governing their composition, production, trade, and disposal. The latest Global Trade Update shows that plastic production reached 436-million metric tons worldwide in 2023. A total of […]
# Wetenskaplikes het ‘n nuwe stokinsekspesie, wat hulle glo die swaarste ooit in die land is, ontdek in ‘n afgeleë reënwoud in Australië, wat die tuiste is van dodelike slange, spinnekoppe en ander grillerige gediertes. Die nuwe spesie weeg 44 gram, ongeveer dieselfde as ‘n gholfbal, en is 40 sentimeter lank. Navorsers aan die James […]
# In a remote rainforest in Australia, home to deadly snakes, spiders and creepy-crawlies, scientists have discovered a new species of stick insect they believe is the heaviest ever found in the country. The new species weighs 44 grams, about the same as a golf ball, and is 40 centimetres long. Researchers at the James […]
# AfriForum het die omgewingsimpakstudie vir die voorgestelde Tenboschmyn naby die Nasionale Krugerwildtuin as gebrekkig en ondeursigtig beskryf. Tydens ‘n openbare vergadering in Marloth Park, is die konsultant Kimopax gekritiseer omdat hulle nie belangrike regsvrae kon antwoord nie en nie kon bewys lewer van goedkeuring deur die Departement Minerale Bronne nie. Lambert de Klerk van […]
# AfriForum has condemned the environmental impact study for the proposed Tenbosch Mine near Kruger National Park as flawed and opaque. At a public meeting in Marloth Park, the civil rights group criticised consultant Kimopax for failing to answer key legal questions or provide proof of Mineral Resources Department approval. AfriForum’s Lambert de Klerk says […]
# SANParke sluit vandag by die res van die wêreld aan om Mariene Bewaringsgebiede-dag te vier met die tema, Oseaanbeskerming het menslike kontak nodig. Die dag gee erkenning aan die belangrike rol wat mariene bewaringsgebiede speel in die bewaring van mariene verskeidenheid, beskerming van visserye, bekamping van klimaatsverandering en ondersteuning van kusgemeenskappe. Suid-Afrika se oudste […]
# The South African National Parks is joining the world in celebrating Marine Protected Areas Day today, under the theme, Ocean Protection Needs Human Connection. This day recognises the critical role marine protected areas play in conserving marine biodiversity, protecting fisheries, mitigating climate change, and supporting coastal communities. South Africa’s oldest marine protected area is […]
