# The City of Tshwane is urging farmers to continue to be vigilant following the outbreak of African armyworm. The pest, known for its destructive feeding habits, primarily affects grassland and certain savannah regions, posing a significant threat to crops and pastures. The metro says livestock farmers must be careful, as some grass, such as […]
# Sub-Saharan Africa is increasingly adopting nature-based solutions to combat climate change risks like droughts. A report by the World Resources Institute, World Bank, and African Development Bank, analysed nearly 300 projects aimed at restoring forests, wetlands, and coral reefs to enhance resilience. Despite a 23-percent rise in funding, investment continues to remain far below […]
# Scientists are warning that the world’s strongest ocean current, the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, is slowing down due to climate change. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current, a clockwise current more than four times stronger than the Gulf Stream, links the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans. According to an Australian-led study, the ocean current could slow down […]
# Eco-Justice organisations, The Green Connection, Natural Justice, and Masifundise, are concerned about another fossil fuel project application underway. TotalEnergies Exploration and Production South Africa is proposing an offshore oil and gas exploration drilling in the southern part of Block Deep-Water Orange Basin, off the country’s West Coast. Green Connection’s, Liziwe McDaid, says that as […]
# Talle bouwerkers is lewend gevind in die staat Uttarakhand in die Indiese Himalajas nadat hulle tydens ‘n sneeustorting in metaalhouers vasgekeer is. Die BBC berig van hulle het byna twee-dae lank oorleef omdat daar genoeg suurstof in die houers was. Vier-en-vyftig werkers is Vrydag onder die sneeu begrawe waarvan agt gesterf het toe die […]
# Dozens of construction workers have been pulled out alive from metal containers after they were buried by an avalanche in the Himalayas in India’s Uttarakhand state. The BBC says some of them survived for nearly two days, as the containers in which they were living, had enough oxygen to sustain them until they were […]
# Suid-Afrika se eerste ietermagog-reddingsentrum is in die Lapalala-wildernisreservaat in Limpopo geopen. Die Pangolarium, wat deur die Afrika Ietermagog-werksgroep bekendgestel is, bied aan ietermagogs wat van onwettige handelaars gered word, kans om te genees en weer in die natuur vrygelaat te word. Hulle word ook deur veeartse versorg en gerehabiliteer. Die Pangolarium bevorder bewaring en […]
# South Africa’s first pangolin rescue centre has opened in Lapalala Wilderness Reserve in Limpopo. The Pangolarium, launched by the African Pangolin Working Group, offers trafficked pangolins a chance to heal and return to the wild, while providing veterinary care and rehabilitation. The Pangolarium enhances conservation efforts and security for these endangered creatures as they […]
# Die Tshwane Universiteit vir Tegnologie sê daar is ʼn verskuiwing van tradisionele fossielbrandstof na skoner energiebronne. Navorsing toon ʼn sterk verband tussen toenemende kweekhuisgasse in die atmosfeer en uiterste weerstoestande. Professor Mandla Msimanga sê die probleem oor hernubare energie in Afrika, is die gaping tussen die hoeveelheid energie wat nodig is om fabrieke aan […]
