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  • Hard on the heels of news about escalating rhino poaching and illegal hunting in South Africa comes almost unbelievable news that the Eastern Cape Parks Board, a provincial conservation agency,...

    A parks board sells rhinos to hunters

    Hard on the heels of news about escalating rhino poaching and illegal hunting in South Africa comes almost unbelievable news that the Eastern Cape Parks Board, a provincial conservation agency,...

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  • In a previous post I speculated about the likely effects of climate change on South Africa’s Cape Floristic Region, one of the most biodiverse floral kingdoms on the planet, and...

    Managed relocation, assisted migration or assisted colonisation?

    In a previous post I speculated about the likely effects of climate change on South Africa’s Cape Floristic Region, one of the most biodiverse floral kingdoms on the planet, and...

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  • The Rim of Africa Mountain Passage is a grand idea painted large on the grand canvas of the Cape Fold Mountains. At its heart is the dream of creating biodiversity...

    A walk of no ordinary proportion

    The Rim of Africa Mountain Passage is a grand idea painted large on the grand canvas of the Cape Fold Mountains. At its heart is the dream of creating biodiversity...

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  • Let me first introduce myself first. Being brought up a very sheltered life I accepted everything as true. If my teacher, priest, doctor, parents, scientist or President said it was...

    Global Warming and Community Relocation

    Let me first introduce myself first. Being brought up a very sheltered life I accepted everything as true. If my teacher, priest, doctor, parents, scientist or President said it was...

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  • The Wildlife & Environment Society of SA (WESSA) and other NGOs are questioning the Professional Hunters’ Association of South Africa (PHASA) about rhino being hunted for the horn trade by...

    Rhino threatened by hunting

    The Wildlife & Environment Society of SA (WESSA) and other NGOs are questioning the Professional Hunters’ Association of South Africa (PHASA) about rhino being hunted for the horn trade by...

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  • Distressing news from the land of Ian Player and all those who contributed to one of Africa’s great conservation success stories – the operation to save the last southern race...

    Rhino threat – again

    Distressing news from the land of Ian Player and all those who contributed to one of Africa’s great conservation success stories – the operation to save the last southern race...

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  • Marion, my partner, is a child of the Little Karoo, a collection of beautiful, semi-arid valleys and mountains sandwiched between the Langeberg range that delineates the northern extremity of the...

    Of white rhinos and white lions

    Marion, my partner, is a child of the Little Karoo, a collection of beautiful, semi-arid valleys and mountains sandwiched between the Langeberg range that delineates the northern extremity of the...

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  • National Geographic Wild channel is currently screening a documentary, Battle of Kruger: Caught on Safari about one of the most amazing viral videos ever shot. The amateur video (see below)...

    Battle of Kruger goes mainstream

    National Geographic Wild channel is currently screening a documentary, Battle of Kruger: Caught on Safari about one of the most amazing viral videos ever shot. The amateur video (see below)...

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  • “Development” is the predominant industry in Lilongwe. A veritable alphabet soup of NGO and aid agency acronyms adorn the doors of the many Japanese 4×4′s that congest the streets of...

    Malawi energy

    “Development” is the predominant industry in Lilongwe. A veritable alphabet soup of NGO and aid agency acronyms adorn the doors of the many Japanese 4×4′s that congest the streets of...

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  • Mumbo Island is one of the great places in Africa. Imagine a tropical island surrounded by warm, clear water and freshwater, tropical fish. The island is but a jumble of...

    Malawian island idyll

    Mumbo Island is one of the great places in Africa. Imagine a tropical island surrounded by warm, clear water and freshwater, tropical fish. The island is but a jumble of...

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