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Conservation Watch Oppenheimer Research Conference

Worried about elephant numbers? Quit counting them.

Don’t agonise over whether a park has too many or too few elephants.

biodiversity Ocean Watch

Tales you lose: Why Wild Coast blasting rattles the sea’s great migrating whales

A stretch of coast earmarked for seismic surveys – and potentially oil and gas extraction – lies on a long route followed by humpback whales.

biodiversity Ocean Watch

Why FADS far from fab

Fish aggregating devices pose a growing threat to ocean life and South Africa’s marine protected areas are caught in the net too.

Ocean Watch

Southern Ocean seal species increasingly straying into South African waters

Marine experts are still trying to find out why there has been an increase in the number of species of seals on South African shores over the past two years.

biodiversity Ocean Watch

Shutterbugs rally to save our seas

A first ever Marine Protected Areas photographic competition – to put people in the picture about the value of conserving our ocean environment – is under way in South Africa.

biodiversity Ocean Watch Y4MPAs

Seahorses live in the sea, right? True, for all but one species.

Rio Button reports from the Southern Cape on a citizen science mercy mission.

Conservation Watch Social and Justice issues TOP STORIES

The story behind the murder of anti-mining activist, Fikile Ntshangase

Fikile Ntshangase will be buried tomorrow.  Roving Reporters looks into the background to her murder last Thursday evening. Mine boss links the killing and other recent incidents of violence and