# The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dion George, has withdrawn the approval decision for the Industry Waste Tyre Management Plan. The plan aimed to address several challenges faced by the waste tyre sector, including limited local processing capacity, storage depot limitations, and logistical constraints. The department’s spokesperson, Thobile Zulu-Molobi, says concerns have been […]
# ‘n Nuwe studie waarsku klimaatsverandering vererger seksuele gesondheidsgevare vir jongmense in Kenia. Droogte en vloede veroorsaak onsekerheid rondom voedsel, water en sanitasie, en stel die jeug, veral meisies tussen tien- en 14-jaar, bloot aan seksuele geweld, seks vir betaling en vroeë swangerskappe. Navorsers bepleit die insluiting van klimaatsreaksies in geslagsensitiewe, jeuggerigte gesondheidsdienste. Die bevindings […]
# A new study warns that climate change is worsening sexual health risks for young adolescents in Kenya. Drought and floods are driving food, water, and sanitation insecurities, and exposing youth, especially girls aged ten to 14, to sexual violence, transactional sex, and early pregnancies. Researchers urge climate responses to include gender-sensitive, youth-focused health services. […]
# Die langtermyn klimaats-uitwerking van die vernietiging, opruiming en herbouing van Gaza kan meer wees as 31-miljoen ton koolstofdioksied, wat gelykstaande is as die gesamentlike jaarlikse kweekhuisgasse van Costa Rica en Estland in 2023. Dit is volgens die Social Science Research Network se nuwe studie. Die studie toon byna 30-persent van die kweekhuisgasse wat tussen […]
# CapeNature se HeliHack-span het verlede maand meer as 15-duisend indringerdennebome van die steil hellings van die Boosmansbos-wildernisgebied verwyder. Die reusebewaringspoging het drie dae geduur, een-duisend-en-80 hektaar grond herstel en watersekerheid vir ongeveer 15-duisend inwoners in die Suid-Kaap verbeter. Die projek het ook gelei tot die herontdekking van die Boosmansbos-langstertbosspitsmuis, wat 46 jaar lank nie […]
# Baanbrekerwerk deur navorsers van die Universiteit van Kaapstad en die Universiteit van Kopenhagen, het van die oudste menslike genetiese data opgelewer wat ooit uit Afrika herwin is. Hulle het antieke proteïene gebruik om biologiese geslag en verborge genetiese variasie in Paranthropus robustus, ‘n uitgestorwe neef van die moderne mens – te ontbloot. Hulle het […]
# CapeNature’s HeliHack team removed over 15-thousand invasive pine trees from the steep slopes of Boosmansbos Wilderness area last month. The record-breaking conservation effort, which took three-days restored one-thousand-and-80 hectares of land, enhancing water security for approximately 15-thousand residents in the Southern Cape. The mission also led to the rediscovery of the Boosmansbos long-tailed forest […]
# The long-term climate cost of destroying, clearing and rebuilding Gaza could top 31-million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent, more than the combined 2023 annual greenhouse gases emitted by Costa Rica and Estonia. This is according to a new study by the Social Science Research Network. The study shows that almost 30-percent of greenhouse gases […]
# A groundbreaking study, led by researchers from the University of Cape Town and the University of Copenhagen, has delivered some of the oldest human genetic data ever recovered from Africa. The researchers used ancient proteins to uncover biological sex and hidden genetic variation in Paranthropus robustus – a close, extinct cousin of modern humans. Two-million-year-old protein […]
