As part of the City of Cape Town’s integrated approach to marine law enforcement, a multi-agency operation was conducted over the weekend to ensure extra police visibility with the opening of the West Coast Rock Lobster (WCRL) season on Friday.
Regional Environmental stars shine at WESSA Western Cape’s 65th Annual Regional Meeting and Awards ceremony.
Are you eating the fish you ordered? Up to half of the fish is mislabelled in South Africa. Who can we trust?
Since the launch of the first iconic rhino reusable shopping bag in 2010, over R1.7 million has been raised for rhino conservation through a number of initiatives.
A campaign is being been launched this month in Bloemfontein to help saving endangered fauna and flora in the Free State and also nationwide.
The pioneering White Lion Leadership Academy is a CALL TO ACTION - equipping each participant with the lion-hearted values and intuitive courage to take their enhanced and heightened awareness into hard, fast, realistic and practical application in our critical times.
Many naturalists are worried about the following phenomenon: the monarch butterfly, with its orange patterned wings, a design even noninsect enthusiasts can recognize, is dwindling.
For many years, leading global conservationists and charities have been doing all they can to stop the killing of elephants to fuel the illegal ivory trade. So, on World Elephant Day, just how bad is this crisis?
While the world's attention is on the threat to the rhino, a new study has found that the great white shark might be in even greater danger of becoming extinct than previously thought.
His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales and the UK government hosted a conference on Tuesday to call for action at the highest level to end the trade in illegal wildlife – a trade that presents a grave threat not only to the natural world, but also to national and regional security.
Google, famous for their internet search engine, has made a US$3 million Global Impact Award to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC for a project on endangered species. South Africa is one of six countries selected as partners in the project.
The Endangered Wildlife Trust and World Wide Fund for Nature South Africa welcome the South African government’s recent decision to designate the uMgeni Vlei Nature Reserve as the country’s 21st Ramsar site.
Statements by leaders of 34 religious traditions were presented to HRH The Duke of Edinburgh last month as part of a major initiative linking religions and conservation groups in opposing the illegal wildlife trade, which is annihilating the world’s rare and endangered species.
An exciting partnership promises to assist the Endangered Wildlife Trust in combating illegal hunting with dogs, especially when threatened species such as Oribi are targeted.
Deforestation and desertification are critical problems in India that have led to barren land, increased soil erosion, decreased agricultural production, and devastated local wildlife. However, one Indian man has made a stand.
Japan's fisheries agency says it has temporarily suspended its Southern Ocean whale hunt after clashes with anti-whaling activists.
It's time to halt SA's rhino trade until we can sort out our poaching problem. If we don't do this, we will likely lose them forever, according to Margot Stewart of online advocacy website Causes.
A South African court has convicted a man for killing a great white shark in the country's first-ever ruling on such a case, according to the ministry of agriculture and fisheries.
Indonesia’s Minister of Agriculture Suswono has praised sustainable palm oil practice in Dosan village, and says this initiative is a perfect example of the way large palm oil producers can remain profitable without further destroying the forests.
Lifeboats from an oil rig that was temporarily grounded on a small island in southern Alaska may have leaked as much as 272 gallons of diesel fuel into pristine waters along the shoreline, but that cannot be determined until a full inspection is completed, U.S. Coast Guard officials said.
