“Cattle corridors might just hold the key to African ecological resilience.” Ecologist Elizabeth le Roux is rethinking what nature means: where rangelands, people, and wildlife intersect in surprising ways.
People – nature relationships
Reweaving Kenya’s rangelands. From milk gourds to satellite data, Jonah Western’s community-first conservation strategy is turning Kenya’s Amboseli region into a tapestry of coexisting people, wildlife & land.
Each year, International Day for Biological Diversity invites us to pause and reflect on the intricate web of life that sustains our planet. The 2025 theme, “Harmony with Nature and Sustainable Development”, could not be more timely or urgent for Africa.
How healthy is the Limpopo River?
R4,5million Oppenheimer grant aims to find out.
If anyone should be complaining about the Expropriation Act, it’s government, argues Bulelwa Mabasa, Director and Head of the Land Reform practice at Werksmans Attorneys
Researchers challenge the feasibility of implementing early dry season fires as a one-size-fits-all fire management strategy for African conservation areas.
Conservation is often a hard sell. However, the business of conservation has a heft that appeals to both governments and people looking for pathways out of poverty in Africa.
Conservationists can no longer neglect community needs in the pursuit of biodiversity, says SANParks executive conservation manager, Howard Hendricks.
Migratory humpback whales remind us that in the ocean, national borders are merely lines on a map. To truly protect our oceans, we must collaborate across borders and harmonise conflicting laws, says Dr Arthur Tuda, executive secretary of the Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association. Photo: Ken Finlay courtesy Wild Oceans
13th Oppenheimer Research Conference, 9th to 11th October 2024, in Midrand, entitled,
“Science Beyond Boundaries”
Duncan MacFadyen and Rendani Nenguda