DRYING UP South Africa’s wetlands are disappearing faster than we can restore them 8 min 1 By Kristin Engel
CLIMATE ADAPTATION South Africa secures $40m grant to enhance nature-based climate resilience for vulnerable communities 8 min 1 By Kristin Engel
MOUNTAINS & MINES Mining, succulent poaching and drought push species to the brink in the Richtersveld 8 min 3 By Kristin Engel
OCEAN EXPLORATION Scientists arrive in Cape Town after deep-sea discoveries on ‘Around Africa Expedition’ 9 min 3 By Kristin Engel
ISS TODAY OP-ED Rare clivias targeted in southern Africa’s evolving illegal plant trade 5 min 5 By Carina Bruwer
PLANT POACHING CRISIS How an algorithm is fighting the illegal sale of succulents blooming online 5 min 1 By Julia Evans
BIODIVERSITY OP-ED Collaboration in SA key to achieving Global Biodiversity Framework targets and goals 4 min 0 By Kishaylin Chetty
BACK WITH A BLOOM South Africa’s long and hard road to the Chelsea Flower Show 9 min 21 By Kristin Engel
BIODIVERSITY UNDER THREAT Reversing the Red — the battle to halt species extinction in South Africa 7 min 7 By Kristin Engel
GROUNDUP Public anger and frustration at ‘slow’ pace of Pretoria zoo upgrades begins to mount 4 min 1 By Masego Mafata
ADAPTATION IN ACTION From hardier goats to flood resilience — how climate finance helps communities adapt to environmental hardship 5 min 0 By Julia Evans
ADAPTATION FINANCE Big shortfall in climate funding needed by developing countries is ‘hugely worrying’ – UNEP 3 min 1 By Julia Evans
CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH 18 - 24 SEPTEMBER This week — UN General Assembly high-level meeting on health and Just Transition in Boksburg 4 min 0 By Naledi Sikhakhane
DYING BREED SA scientists concerned as marine taxonomists become an increasingly endangered species 7 min 0 By Tatjana Baleta
HUNTING CATS Cheetahs cleared for take-off after South Africa-India ‘extinction reversal’ agreement 4 min 0 By Tony Carnie
ISS TODAY OP-ED Flora smuggling in Succulent Karoo threatens world’s most biodiverse arid region 4 min 1 By Carina Bruwer
COP15 HEAD-TO-HEAD Money’s ‘stretched’ – the North’s argument against a biodiversity fund that prompted South to walk out of talks 5 min 0 By Julia Evans
COP15 Why does the biodiversity summit get less support than its climate sister? It’s about power, say experts 6 min 0 By Julia Evans
VR PARADIGM SHIFT Hi-tech virtual reality is poised to revolutionise conservation experiences 5 min 0 By Maxcine Kater
LETTER TO THE EDITOR A closer look at the richness of South Africa’s biodiversity 3 min 0 By SANBI National Biodiversity Assessment team
GROUNDUP CONSERVATION Volunteers dig deep to rescue endangered Renosterveld plants 2 min 0 By Liezl Human for GroundUp
