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Under certain conditions, climate can amplify security risks, with implications for lasting peace.
Experts in city government are missing the perspective of residents.
South Africa needs a more holistic approach to farming systems.
The state controls and regulates small farmers’ environmental practices without addressing what forces them to follow these practices.
New research quantifies the link between agricultural practices and malaria transmission in sub-Saharan Africa.
South Africa’s dams are overflowing but the country is still facing water supply challenges.
Legal hunting helps rhino conservation for biological and socio-economic reasons.
Fire must be allowed to play its natural role.
Groundwater has the potential to support broad economic, humanitarian and social development in sub-Saharan Africa, as it has in other regions globally.
Clearing alien trees before the drought hit could have reduced the impact of climate change on water supply during the ‘Day Zero’ drought.
The urgency of the climate crisis was overshadowed by the COVID-19 pandemic for a while, but the South African government displayed a renewed climate focus over the past year.
South Africa’s biggest successes in the last year in relation to energy have been in regulatory matters.
A growing body of research shows that COVID-19 protocols should be extended to areas in which there is a human-animal interface such as zoos, wildlife sanctuaries and game farms.
Southern Africa’s current above-average rainfall is a climate variability signal - a short-term fluctuation in average wet-season conditions.
In South Africa, the work of ensuring plastic bottles are recycled lies with consumers and volunteers instead of the large industry polluters.
The progressively earlier flowering places the daisies at greater risk of failed flowering seasons. This would be a blow to biodiversity and tourism.
The social, ecological and governance objectives of marine protected areas need to be understood to enhance benefits to both people and the environment.
The reduction of foreign tourism is an opportunity for Africans to experience many of the continent’s premier parks at a discount.
South Africa hasn’t achieved its policy objective of deregulating the fuel price because vested interests have opposed this, and the government doesn’t have the political will to implement the policy.
Researchers share their insights on seismic surveys in South Africa.
Climatologists study data over a long time to understand weather patterns and what causes them. Biometeorologists explore the impact that the weather and climate have on people, plants and animals.
What scientists learnt from analysing alien marine organisms that hitch-hike around the world on ships and other vessels that make their way into South African shores.
If the local context and priorities of those who most directly rely on natural resources for their survival isn’t considered, conservation efforts will continue to fail.
Details of the US$8.5billion funding South Africa is set to receive to support the move to a just transition and a climate resilient economy haven’t been made public yet. Here’s what’s clear so far.