Expansion of SA’s protected areas requires management skills © South Africa has to practically and affordably expand its natural environment protection areas to conserve its critical biodiversity and ecosystem services. These include carbon sequestration, clean air, healthy soils, fresh water, healthy insect populations for pollination, and
Gifting sustainably this giving season! Planning to be a little more sustainable this festive season when it comes to your gifting? Sustainable gifting isn't a new idea, but it is changing. Gifting sustainably is no longer just about the environmental impact we have on the planet as
Giant leap for hunger in SA through food donations regulations ‘Within the next year we are hoping to have national food donation regulations in place that would enable us to recover far more good, edible surplus food that is currently going to waste every year, and which
Catchment conservation key to South Africa’s water supply © An avid fly-fisherman and author of a novel on flyfishing, Andrew Fowler has spent a lifetime exploring the Drakensberg rivers. ‘Over the years I have witnessed the degradation in the formerly pristine waters of catchments like the
Boosting food production and livelihoods in our rural areas Photo Credit: Ayanda Cele The Covid-19 pandemic exposed the food and livelihood vulnerabilities of communities in South Africa, leaving millions of people in dire straits. It called for proactive engagements with communities, like helping them to plant
Water - the central pillar of the greater Kruger economy Photo Credit: Nomonde Mxhalisa Water conservation, small- and large-scale farming, job opportunities, wildlife conservation and illegal wildlife monitoring and control go hand in hand in the greater Kruger National Park (KNP) region. The park is a
A community approach to curbing illegal succulent trade Photo Credit: Katherine Forsythe Imagine living in a remote, economically depressed community on the edge of the Namaqua National Park or the Knersvlakte Nature Reserve in the Northern Cape, where the succulents in this region known as the
These are the people who look after our water Photo Credit: ERS High up in the Drakensberg mountains near the Eastern Cape town of Matatiele, you can hear chopping and sawing and see smoke rising from kilns close to a tributary of the uMzimvubu River, one
Honeybees – flagships for life, food and job security Photo Credit: WWF Honeybees are slowly getting the recognition they need, and World Bee Day, celebrated on 20 May, highlights their importance to our lives and livelihoods. ‘Caring for honeybees is critical not only for their survival,
Celebrating 33 years of conservation and foresight Photo Credit: WWF Three decades ago, Nedbank and WWF foresaw a looming environmental and natural resource crisis, many years before sustainability became a global priority. ‘Back then, the necessity of putting corporate clout and capital behind sustainable development in South
