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Conservation Watch Oppenheimer Research Conference

Climate change — deer do well, misery for meerkats

Research into red deer and meerkats provide lessons on mitigating the effects of climate change and biodiversity loss.

Ocean Watch

Time to sharpen up African climate journalism

Young scientists offered training in coastal resilience reporting

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.

Coronavirus Chronicles The Future We Want

A lot on our plate:
Why the way we farm and eat must change

We’re travelling less and using less energy – good news for our efforts to rein in climate change – but we’ve still got far to go. Embracing nature may get

Coronavirus Chronicles The Future We Want

Turn or burn:
Time for a carbon neutral future

The fossil fuel industry’s grip on the global economy has made it harder for us to move to a sustainable future. Dr Andrew Venter looks at the oil price collapse

Arts & Film Conservation Watch Environment

Laughter better medicine than Greta, says SA comic

Greta Thunberg, the teen green activist, would win more people to her cause if she cracked a few jokes, says actor

Conservation Watch Environment

Activists call on SA government to declare climate emergency

About 50 activists, led by Extinction Rebellion, picketed outside the Gauteng Legislature in Central Johannesburg Friday, on Friday afternoon. They called on government to declare a climate emergency, writes Zoë Postman

Conservation Symposium Latest News

Geologist’s ‘deep view’ perspective heats up the debate on climate crisis

Global warming is real and it’s happening, but a geology professor reckons the current focus on it is short-sighted, distracting from more pressing environmental problems. Mike Watkeys’ “deep time” perspective

Environment Latest News Man Friday

Why are conservative men so scared of Greta Thunberg?

What is it about Greta Thunberg that scares so many ageing, conservative men? Is it because she challenges the old-world industrial capitalist order that gave men the authority over everything,