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South Africa’s Green Lung Movement

From Vergelegen To Midlands: South Africa’s Green Lung Movement Gains Momentum

In a significant milestone for South Africa’s tourism and sustainability agenda, the Tourism & Travel Green Lung.  First launched at Vergelegen Wine Estate (February 2026), and now has officially expanded to KwaZulu-Natal, with Brahman Hills announced as the second flagship site. This expansion, led by Sigma International (www.sigmaintl.co.za ) in collaboration with key industry partners […]

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Panel discussion at Africa Climate and Land Conference focusing on rangelands and pastoralism.

GLF Africa 2026 Mobilizes Thousands To Put Rangelands And Pastoralism At The Center Of Climate, Biodiversity And Land Action

The hybrid conference GLF Africa 2026: Stewarding Our Rangelands concluded today after two days of high-level dialogue and global engagement to advance action for rangelands and pastoralist communities. The 8th edition of the Global Landscapes Forum’s flagship event in Africa convened 133 organizations, over 5,500 participants online and more than 800 at the CIFOR-ICRAF Nairobi Campus in support of the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists.  Participants hailed from 135 countries, representing local and global governments, Indigenous Peoples, communities, research […]

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Wetland of international importance in Angola with lush vegetation and reflective water surfaces.

Angola Designates First Ever Wetland Of International Importance

The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands and the government of Angola have designated the country’s first ever Wetland of International Importance, Lisima Lya Mwono. Located in Angola’s central and southeastern highlands, the site’s name translates to “Source of Life” in the Luchaze language. Since 2015, the National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project (NGOWP) has been working with communities and governments to […]

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credited to HHMI tangled Bank Studios and NEWF

Film Release: NEWF Applauds Debut Of ‘Wild Hope – Rhino Ops’ As A Significant Milestone For African Filmmaking And Conservation

Nature, Environment and Wildlife Filmmakers (NEWF), in a co-production with HHMI Tangled Bank Studios and supported by Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, have produced ‘Wild Hope: Rhino Ops’, a gripping film showcasing the park’s largest rhino horn programme to date. NEWF celebrates the recent premier of the film, on Wild Hope TV and on PBS Nature’s YouTube […]

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Participants engaging in outdoor climate and biodiversity workshops in Africa.

GLF Africa 2024: Shaping The Year’s Debate On Climate, Biodiversity And Land Rights

This September, the GLF Africa 2024 Hybrid Conference: Greening the African Horizon, hosted by the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF), will be the epicenter of knowledge and action on how the continent can pave a sustainable way forward for all of humanity. Africa’s tropical forest and savanna landscapes are threatened by unsustainable land use practices and degrading […]

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Protecting Table Mountain’s Rich Biodiversity Is Everyone’s Responsibility

South Africa is home to some of the world’s most diverse flora and fauna. Indigenous plant life includes some 23 000 species of flowering plants (including 728 species of trees) and more than 900 species of bird, representing 22 of the world’s living orders. Mountains, in particular, are home to some of the rarest species, which […]

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‘A Turtle is Worth More Alive Than Dead’

On the north-eastern shores of Trinidad and Tobago, on the shoreline of Matura, more than 10,000 leatherback turtles climb the beaches to nest each year. But there the local community is keenly aware of one thing: ‘a turtle alive is worth more than a turtle dead.” It’s a lesson the community learned almost three decades […]

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Ensuring Biodiversity Now Will Prevent Pandemics Later

A future repetition of the current COVID-19 pandemic is preventable with massive cooperation on international and local levels and by ensuring biological diversity preservation around the world, experts recently said. How to prevent the current crisis in the futureAccording to the World Health Organisation the coronavirus originated in bats, and original theories had circulated the […]

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Investors Turn Kenya’s Troublesome Invasive Water Hyacinth into Cheap Fuel

Currently 30 square kilometres of Lake Victoria, which stretches to approximately 375 kilometres and links Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda, is covered with the evasive water hyacinth that has paralysed transport in the area. But scientists are harvesting and fermenting the weed, and one intrepid chemistry teacher has built a business out of it. The presence […]

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Youth Create Businesses that Are Geared to Protecting the Environment

An organic pesticide safe for farmers and the environment, and carbonised fuel briquettes made from agricultural waste materials and organic waste are all business ideas that promote a green economy. The entrepreneurs who started these businesses are among the winners of this year’s ‘Greenprenuers’ Programme, which is designed by the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) […]

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