Stamp out plastics and create jobs in the process Photo Credit: Sam Hobson A groundbreaking study has found that eliminating certain plastics from the country will boost rather than blight the economy. This is a feather in the cap of South Africa while a global treaty is
Global survey shows 85% of people want ban on single-use plastics Photo Credit: WWF A global poll shows unequivocal public support for banning harmful and unnecessary plastic products worldwide. An average of 85% of people polled worldwide, including in South Africa, believe
Protecting the magnificent grasslands and Strategic Water Source Areas for South Africa Photo Credit: Angus Burns No rest until the dream is fulfilled ‘My dream is to see the magnificent grasslands of the Eastern Cape Drakensberg and Southern Drakensberg protected through strong partnerships and formal protected-area
Bees – An Essential Part of Your Food Security Photo Credit: WWF When you think about bees, what comes to mind? Honey? Beeswax? A painful sting? There’s more to bees than we know – much more. Aside from the delicious honey they make, bees are incredibly
Addressing Food Security in Langa Photo Credit: WWF In a country where 28 million people are on grants, including 10 million on Covid-19 grants, it makes no sense that local government does not receive a food security budget, nor have people specifically assigned to address this.
Twenty years of yes' or 'no' to seafood Photo Credit: WWF Who would have thought we could scan or type the name of any fish or seafood into an app and immediately get its risk status and a simple 'yes' or 'no' answer as to whether
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
Ten million tons of wasted food can feed our people ‘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
