ROVING REPORTERS Oppenheimer research grant winner tackles invasive plants with game-changing science 7 min 1 By Matthew Hattingh
CONSERVATION OP-ED Urgent need to rethink elephant management strategies and move from culling to coexistence 7 min 2 By Adam Cruise
ROVING REPORTERS Cracking nature’s code — African researchers reveal hidden ecosystems 6 min 3 By Kemunto Ogutu
STATE OF CONSERVATION REPORT Biodiversity under pressure — Western Cape ecosystems at a crossroads 5 min 0 By Don Pinnock
THE CONVERSATION Mosquitoes are the world’s most dangerous animals, but here’s why they shouldn’t all disappear 4 min 1 By Shüné Oliver
INTO THE DEEP Phytoplankton in peril, global ocean productivity plummeting, CSIR-led study warns 6 min 6 By Kristin Engel
POLLUTION Up S**t Creek — Berg River Marathon competitors fell ill due to suspected poor quality of water 7 min 6 By Kristin Engel
PHOTO ESSAY Plastic Pollution - Western Cape winter storms leave piles of garbage along rivers and beaches 5 min 2 By Kristin Engel
BOOKS Sandi and the Salty Sea Dogs teaches young readers about the thriving False Bay ecosystem 5 min 1 By Monique Fallows
UNSUNG HERO Meet the man with the welfare of the African manatee at heart 4 min 0 By Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano
ECO SOLUTIONS Hack to the drawing board – smart tech ups the stakes in Africa’s conservation game 4 min 0 By Rio Button for Roving Reporters
HUMANKIND VERSUS NATURE Kgaswane Mountain Reserve’s biodiversity and wildlife under threat from nearby development 4 min 2 By Onke Ngcuka
ECO-JUSTICE Greens see red over ‘blue apartheid’ – activists call on state to ditch fossil fuels and develop a proper energy plan 6 min 0 By Tembile Sgqolana
WITWATERSRAND UNIVERSITY SEMINAR Natural and social sciences joint approach needed to resolve climate crisis catastrophes 2 min 0 By Onke Ngcuka
CONSERVATION OP-ED South Africa’s new environmental policy – a positive shift or a licence to kill? 6 min 0 By Michael Chèze
COASTAL PROTECTION Understanding and coming to terms with the socioeconomic value of marine protected areas 5 min 0 By Julia Evans
FLOOD PROTECTION Durban’s river-healing plan a roadmap for African cities to cope with climate floods 7 min 1 By Tony Carnie
SUCCULENT SMUGGLERS South Africa’s rare plants are being poached to extinction, and the ecological nightmare is only getting worse 9 min 1 By Caryn Dolley
KOGELBERG FIRE OP-ED Ignoring past lessons will cost the people and the precious biodiversity of the Cape Floral Kingdom 3 min 0 By Braam Hanekom and Francesca de Gasparis
