THE SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPE FINANCE COALITION Credit Greg Martindalea Healthy, functioning natural environments are the critical foundations for water and food security, human health and economic resilience and biodiversity conservation. They also contribute significantly to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including increasing employment, safeguarding clean water access,
CAPACITATING THE PROTECTED AREAS EXPANSION IN THE NORTH EASTERN GRASSLANDS IN THE EASTERN CAPE NE Cape grasslands Credit Greg Martindale Work is underway by SANParks and WWF to establish a high-altitude national park in the mountains of the Eastern Cape close to the Lesotho border and
WATER, CATTLE, INCOME AND CONSERVATION IN MATATIELE Communal livestock grazing today is highly complex from both a people and landscape perspective, and without sound governance in place generally leads to serious overgrazing, erosion and water shortages, as can be seen in some areas of the Transkei. Turning
NATURE HASN’T BOUNCED BACK DURING THE PANDEMIC. BUT IT STILL CAN. Aerial view of deforestation of the Amazon rainforest, in Maués. © Andre Dib / WWF-Brazil By Mariana Ferreira Head of Science, WWF-Brazil Co-Chair, IUCN WCPA COVID-19 Protected Areas Task Force This week a year ago,
Mining Incubator Photo Credit: Scott Ramsay The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-SA) recognises the role that mining has played and will continue to play in the domestic and global economy. It also recognises the catastrophic impact that poorly regulated mining activities can have on the
SA KEY BIODIVERSITY AREAS Photo Credit: Scott Ramsay While global conservation action has increased over the past decades, the pressures on biodiversity have also increased resulting in a continued loss and degradation of biodiversity. It is therefore paramount that conservation action is focused in the most
Conservation collaboration in the Overberg Credit Justin de Klerk photography Spanning 1,2 million hectares, the Western Cape’s Overberg is home to the Agulhas Biodiversity Initiative (ABI), which involves private landowners and farmers partnering with government and non-profit organisations in a multisector conservation
Wild Honeybush as a driver for holistic fynbos veld management Photo Credit: Green Trust Honeybush grows in the Langkloof Valley, between the Tsitsikamma and Kouga Mountains in the Eastern Cape. It is harvested to make a refreshing tea that is rich in
SA citizens benefit from biodiversity tax break Photo Credit: Candice Stevens South Africa achieved a world-first in 2016 with the introduction of a biodiversity tax incentive for private landowners, including communities, who have their land officially declared as a nature reserve in
Farming the Wild Photo Credit: Kelvin Truatman. Left to right reserve rangers Bhotsotso, Charles Myeni, Nqobile Myeni and Muzi Igniting new ways for people and nature to thrive After 10 years of hard work by the KwaZulu-Natal-based Wildlands (a programme of the
