# At least 56 people have been killed and over 200 are missing after flash floods struck the remote, mountainous village of Chashoti in the Indian-controlled Kashmir. Floods, triggered by torrential rains, have destroyed buildings, swept away cars, and turned roads into raging rivers. Rescue teams have brought 300 people to safety. Officials say rescue […]
# Die Departement van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing sê klimaatsverandering verhoog bedreigings, maar is ook ʼn geleentheid om regverdiger, sterker en veerkragtige samelewings te bou. Een van die ambisies van Suid-Afrika se G20-presidentsagenda is om klimaat-finansies te ontsluit. Die regering het verlede jaar die Klimaatsverandering-reaksiefonds gestig om die gevolge van aardverwarming teen te werk. […]
# The Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment says climate change is a threat multiplier, but it is also an opportunity to build fairer, stronger, more resilient societies. One of the priorities of South Africa’s G20 Presidency agenda is the unlocking of climate finance. Last year, the government established the Climate Change Response Fund to […]
# Diere-welsynsorganisasies, insluitend Humane World for Animals South Africa en Stop Live Export SA, vra die publiek om nuwe regeringsregulasies teen te staan wat die uitvoer van lewendige diere vir slagdoeleindes toelaat. Hulle waarsku dat die gebruik geweldige lyding veroorsaak en meestal groot kommersiële boere bevoordeel eerder as kleinskaalse produsente. Michelle Taberer van Stop Live […]
# Animal welfare organisations, including Humane World for Animals South Africa and Stop Live Export SA, are urging the public to oppose new government rules allowing live animals to be exported by sea for slaughter. They warn the practice causes extreme suffering and mostly benefits large commercial farmers rather than small-scale producers. Stop Live Export […]
# SANParke, in samewerking met die Trust vir Bedreigde Natuurlewe, het begin met ‘n nuwe navorsingsprojek oor leeus in die Kgalagadi-oorgrenspark in die Noord-Kaap wat tot in Botswana strek. JP Louw van SANParke sê oor die volgende paar maande sal spanne inligting insamel met kameras, voetspore, waarnemings en ander nie-indringende metodes. Hy sê leeus het […]
# Green Connection en Natural Justice sê die stryd om te verseker dat Suid-Afrika na ‘n billike energie- en ekonomiese toekoms oorskakel, is steeds ‘n opdraande stryd. Die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof het vroeër die maand die regering se goedkeuring van TotalEnergies se blok-boorplanne aan die kus tussen Kaapstad en Kaap Agulhas omvergewerp. Shahil Singh van Green […]
# SANParks, in partnership with the Endangered Wildlife Trust, launched a new lion research project in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in the Northern Cape, which also extends into Botswana. SANParks’ JP Louw says over the next few months, teams will be out in the field using cameras, tracks, sightings, and other safe, non-invasive methods to […]
# Green Connection has welcomed the Western Cape High Court’s overturning of the government’s approval of TotalEnergies’ Block offshore drilling plans. The exploration permission was granted in 2023, in an area known as Block 5/6/7, located between Cape Town and Cape Agulhas. The court ruled that the environmental impact assessment was deeply flawed, failing to […]
