Conservation Watch

From panic to partnerships: New thinking on people and poaching

Written by rovingreporters June 20, 2024

Conservation Watch

Rich or poor, why rhino poaching is everyone’s problem

Written by rovingreporters April 19, 2024

Conservation Watch

Shades of grey: why poaching is so complicated and hard to beat

Written by rovingreporters December 18, 2023

Four in every five people worldwide depend on medicinal plants for their primary healthcare. But are Africa’s traditional healers, the source of many of these cures, benefitting? (Photo: Courtesy Ghanaweb.com | Wikimedia Commons)

Conservation Watch

Why we must safeguard our forest muthi

Written by rovingreporters October 14, 2023

This Wandering Albatross chick on Sub Antarctic island of Marion Island is among millions of birds struggling to survive a ‘zombie apocalypse’ wrought by house mice having accidentally brought to the island, presumably by sealers in the early 19th century. (Photograph ©Sean Evans courtesy of Birds on the Brink and Mouse-Free Marion Project)

Conservation Watch

‘Zombie’ mice terrorise albatrosses as boffins mull bringing dodos back from the dead

Written by rovingreporters October 14, 2023

Everyone, including researchers and conservationists across disciplines and sectors must play a role in developing solutions, says Nicky Oppenheimer, chairman of Oppenheimer Generations.

Conservation Watch

Environmental scientists must network to ward off environmental crises.

Written by rovingreporters October 13, 2023

The world-famous primatologist and animal behaviour expert, Dr Jane Goodall, gave the welcome address at this year’s 12th annual Oppenheimer Research Conference. Goodall is best known for her landmark study of chimpanzee behaviour in what is now Gombe, Tanzania. (Photo supplied)

Conservation Watch

Why our provincial parks are floundering. And what can be done

Written by rovingreporters October 8, 2023

Ecosystems such as these grassy plains of the Serengeti National Park in western Tanzania, are a more reliable carbon sink than forests. Photo: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen courtesy Wikimedia Commons.

Tree-boosters’ rap drowns out pastoral symphony

Written by Savannah Burns September 8, 2023

Come up to the lab, and see what’s on the slab

Written by rovingreporters August 3, 2023

Namibian environmental activist, Reinhold Mangundu, opened last week’s Tipping Points webinar, “New Voices for Africa” with poetic lines: “As guardians of earth space, we are gathered in a compassionate space where we all have hearts alight like the stars in the night, illuminating a path where we can all see our future as bright.” Photo: Supplied

Conservation Watch

How to beat eco-paralysis: Lessons from young leaders

Written by RR July 10, 2023

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