DRYING UP South Africa’s wetlands are disappearing faster than we can restore them 8 min 1 By Kristin Engel
NDUMO’S FATE World wetlands guardian calls for urgent report on SA’s ‘forgotten’ reserve 4 min 0 By Tony Carnie
STATE OF CONSERVATION REPORT Biodiversity under pressure — Western Cape ecosystems at a crossroads 5 min 0 By Don Pinnock
ENDANGERED WETLAND Upstream water extraction threatens to destroy Okavango Delta 2 min 0 By Don Pinnock
WORLD WETLANDS DAY De Berg wetlands — a nature-based solution for water security and climate adaptation 6 min 0 By Julia Evans
UNDER PRESSURE Water crisis — Western Cape’s declining inland water resources pose challenge 5 min 11 By Kristin Engel
GROUNDUP Crucial wetlands in the Lesotho Highlands are in trouble, and this threatens Joburg’s water security 7 min 0 By Sean Christie
NATURAL WAY Boxing clever — this engineered wetland is a holistic solution to SA’s water treatment problems 4 min 6 By Takudzwa Pongweni
LOOKING AHEAD Too damn hot — what to expect as global climate crisis heats up in 2024 9 min 19 By Julia Evans
CONSERVATION TRIAGE Creecy launches R2.6-billion invasive species programme — experts say more funding needed in critical areas 7 min 11 By Julia Evans
DM168 Environmental activists are taking up the slack left by the government 3 min 0 By Kristin Kallesen
HUMANKIND VERSUS NATURE Kgaswane Mountain Reserve’s biodiversity and wildlife under threat from nearby development 4 min 2 By Onke Ngcuka
FOREST OCCUPATION Dozens arrested in KZN after new land invasion bid at iSimangaliso World Heritage Site 2 min 0 By Tony Carnie
KEEPING IT CLEAN Cape Town launches people-centred waterways committee, aims to improve water-quality data transparency 4 min 3 By Onke Ngcuka
OUR BURNING PLANET 168 In deep water: The sad, sorry state of Gauteng’s Hennops River 6 min 1 By Angus Begg
FORCED EVICTIONS Harare municipality criticised for targeting the poor in demolition of ‘illegal structures’ on city’s wetlands 7 min 0 By Lemuel Chekai for Roving Reporters
Op-ed A return to source: Saving the Witwatersrand’s ancient freshwater system to save South Africa’s rivers 9 min 1 By Willem Snyman
OUR BURNING PLANET OP-ED Biodiversity bomb: River Club development in Cape Town poses threat to variety of birdlife and wildlife 8 min 1 By Isabella Hayden