CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF CONSERVATION The WWF Nedbank Green Trust has spent 30 years igniting new ways for people and nature to thrive, and we invite you to celebrate with us. For three decades we have sought new paths and solutions to ensure that people and their

Photo Credit: Natasha Prince Plastics: facts and futures moving beyond pollution management towards a circular plastics economy in South Africa Download this publication

9 THINGS YOU HAVE ALL WRONG ABOUT PLASTIC Photo Credit: Unsplash by Sue Ras What do Halloween, Thanksgiving and Black Friday have to do with plastic? Well, all these Western world events are often adopted with dizzying gusto and excessive decor extravagance – mostly in consumerist societies and

SA’S MARINE PROTECTED AREAS TO INCREASE Photo Credit: Robin Adams Many of our fishery resources in South Africa are overexploited or collapsed, or the stock status is simply unknown. It is critical that we build in mitigation and adaption measures to better conserve our oceans and

COVID 19 AND FOOD SECURITY IN THE SMALL HOLDER FARMING AND INFORMAL TRADING SECTORS Photo Credit: WWF South Africa The small holder farming and informal food trade sectors ground to a halt due to the onset of Covid 19 and the lockdown that followed.  Given the

FOOD FOCUS ON INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS Photo Credit: WWF South Africa The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the need, which is greater than ever, for the transformation of the local food system in informal settlements. This includes improving food security by increasing the capacity to produce food locally, and

A WORLD LEADER IN KEY BIODIVERSITY AREAS Photo Credit: Scott Ramsay In 2016 the global conservation community developed a globally recognised standard to identify KBAs - the most important sites for biodiversity globally. In 2019/20, South Africa became the first mega diverse country to practically test

CASH COWS IN A TIME OF CORONA Photo Credit: Nicky McLeod At first light, the tolling of cattle bells can be heard drifting across the misty, dew-drenched grassland. As the background peaks of the Drakensberg Mountains are painted in glorious orange sunlight, cattle emerge from behind

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