The supreme court of appeal says an animal rights activist had the right to ‘out’ a farmer on Facebook.

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Discoveries by the National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project underscore the importance of the upper Okavango catchment in Angola, whose rivers and source lakes sustain the Okavango Delta

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The Legal Resources Centre and Richard Spoor Attorneys are heading to court for urgent interdict against Searcher Seismic, an Australian exploration outfit

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Animal rights groups say trophy hunting is unsustainable in sub-Saharan Africa, but research finds a ban on imports could have negative socioeconomic consequences

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The plants are seen as a status symbol by wealthy local and international collectors, which drives the lucrative and well-organised illicit trade

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Butterfly and moth species, which are indicators of change in ecosystems, are declining with some becoming extinct.

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With its reedbed wetlands, the marshy plain of the Fens near Cambridge has become an attractive habitat for the bittern, which was, until 2015, on the United Kingdom’s red list of most-threatened species.

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New assessment puts their numbers in Africa at more than 117 000, up by 20% since 2015.

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WWF says the Global Risks Report is a wake-up call for world leaders and business to make the necessary changes to reduce the crisis

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Germany's Climate and Energy minister Robert Habeck on Tuesday pledged to drastically ramp up renewable energy projects in the coming years

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The department of forestry, fisheries and the environment has finalised its criminal investigation into the petrochemical company’s alleged industrial pollution of the Vaal River.

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South Africa has ‘no real gumption’ when it comes to making tough decisions to protect the environment, says UCT academic

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Bats are potential carriers of zoonotic viruses and the destruction of their environment spells danger for humans.

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Evidence suggests that green lending to reduce developing countries' CO2 emissions displays all the pathologies associated with financial manias.

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Even a country with citizens as fractious and fractured as South Africa is showing signs of unity to save the sea off the Wild Coast.

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Workers in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and the western Pacific will be most affected if temperatures continue to rise.

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Shell terminates the contract for seismic testing vessel after a court ruling halts it from exploring the area off the Wild Coast

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Farmers have been warned to move equipment and to avoid crossing flooded low lying bridges.

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Judge Gerald Bloem sustained the argument from affected local communities that the oil giant had failed to consult and to refute their evidence that it would cause lasting harm to marine life

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Unreported locust swarms in unoccupied farms, game and environmental parks can grow, cover large distances and destroy entire crops

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