TOXIC BATTLES The Iran war is an energy event, and the climate is paying the price 8 min 2 By Don Pinnock
Bool Smuts Anthropocentric framing of wildlife use in SA is neither scientifically grounded nor ethically neutral 12 min 1 31 March 2026
SYSTEM IN DECLINE Leaking pipes, filthy rivers and health risks exposed in SA’s latest water report cards 5 min 6 By Tony Carnie
GAME-CHANGER How South Africans are using high-tech to rewrite the rules of wildlife conservation 9 min 2 By Tony Carnie
NET HARM OP-ED Club Med’s green image challenged by shark control controversy 9 min 1 By Gordon Greaves and Manuela Kusenberg
WEB OF DEVASTATION The rhino horn heist that exposed Vietnam’s shadowy passport machine and rot at Home Affairs 12 min 0 By Simon Bloch
BIG SHIFT Western Cape adds 20 new nature reserves in major conservation boost 3 min 0 By Don Pinnock
CONSENSUS JITTERS Is the Just Transition slipping away? Power imbalances shaping SA’s energy future 7 min 2 By Lerato Mutsila
Adam Cruise When science overreaches: Conservation needs ethics, not just ecology and economics 5 min 4 25 March 2026
LEGAL CHALLENGE ‘Nothing about us without us’: Fishers fight TotalEnergies’ exploration plans 6 min 0 By Lerato Mutsila
Gillian Hamilton and Lisa Makaula A just energy transition needs the one thing the world still won’t deliver: finance 4 min 0 24 March 2026
Jeanetta Selier and Sam Ferreira Conservation by choice or by chance: Understanding human-nature interactions in SA 8 min 4 23 March 2026
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Why AI-generated wildlife imagery is a conservation crisis 8 min 6 By Danel Wentzel and Lotte Varndell-van Rooij
CLASS ACTION APPLICATION High court urged to permit damages claims against agrochemicals giant UPL 6 min 2 By Tony Carnie
NOTES FROM A SMALL PLANET Weaving his magic — you won’t believe how this feathered Romeo wooed a Juliet 5 min 2 By Tiara Walters
Adam Cruise The reputational cost of lion farming in South Africa’s wildlife economy 6 min 0 17 March 2026
CONSERVATION CLASH Scientists challenge shark-net plan at Club Med’s huge Tinley Manor resort 6 min 1 By Don Pinnock
CHANGING OF THE GUARD Rhino trade set to be revived as new minister signals shift in wildlife policy 7 min 4 By Don Pinnock
OP-ED How groundwater is used, abused and paraded in a crisis 7 min 0 By Andrew Johnstone, Dr Ricky Murray, Dr Roger Parsons, John Weaver, Ritchie Morris
POACHING BONEYARDS Sparks of hope in the sad rhino graveyards of KwaZulu-Natal 7 min 5 By Tony Carnie
