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The reemergence of Europe’s biggest wild cat

June 17, 2020 Leave a Comment

Here is some good news about humans learning to live in peace with nature. Indeed, both CAN thrive together. This is the only sustainable future. The Eurasian lynx was once quite common in most of Europe. However, their abundance has been dramatically reduced in the last two centuries due to hunting, landscape changes and deforestation. With the 11th of June celebrated as … [Read more...]

Giant leap for SA amphibian conservation recognised

April 29, 2020 Leave a Comment

A conservation biologist from South Africa has won a prestigious Whitley Award worth £40,000 to support her quest to save threatened amphibians. Dr Jeanne Tarrant works for the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT), where she manages the Threatened Amphibian Programme. The EWT is the only NGO in South Africa to include frogs as a conservation focus. The Whitley Awards, often … [Read more...]

Help take care of nature’s gifts this Earth Day

April 21, 2019 1 Comment

Earth Day is a global event each year, and we believe that more than 1 billion people in 192 countries now take part in what is the largest civic-focused day of action in the world. Nature’s gifts to our planet are the millions of species that we know and love, and many more that remain to be discovered. Unfortunately, human beings have irrevocably upset the balance of … [Read more...]

New plan to secure future for grey crowned cranes

November 19, 2015 Leave a Comment

Grey Crowned Cranes have undergone a long-term large scale population decline of up to 80% over the past 45 years.  They are econic, charismatic flagships for Southern and East Africa's grasslands and wetlands. Now the fastest declining crane species in the world, South Africa has the only sustainable and increasing population in Africa. To elevate the conservation status … [Read more...]

Help stop the Namibian seal slaughter

May 16, 2012 Leave a Comment

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On July 1st 2012, a total allowable catch (TAC) of 85 000 Cape Fur seal pups are set to be beaten to death in Namibia. These pups are still dependent on their mothers, they are not yet weaned and consequently are not yet eating fish. According to Avaaz the pups are separated from their mothers. They are herded away from the safety of the sea, where they are then beaten to death … [Read more...]

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Doctors in Norway have been told to conduct more thorough evaluations of very frail elderly patients in line to receive the Pfizer BioNTec vaccine against covid-19, following the deaths of 23 patients shortly after receiving the vaccine. “It may be a coincidence, but we aren’t sure,” Steinar M... ... See more

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On July 22, 2020 Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams gazetted a new policy on the development of communications networks in South Africa. The motivation for …

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How the Soviet Union's end sparked a grand rewilding

After thousands of people left the steppes of Kazakhstan, nature began to reclaim it on a huge scale.

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