1+ hour, 12+ min ago   (335+ words) When they think about economic development, they think about jobs, entrepreneurship and business growth. But what if these priorities are not separate at all? What if conservation and economic inclusion are, in fact, dependent on one another? This question is…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (1329+ words) I’ve been fortunate to dive in Tasmania’s giant kelp forests over the past three decades, launching into chilly waters. When diving in these forests, light filters through the golden ribbon-like fronds in beams, lighting the array of fish that sail…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (560+ words) I can imagine that there are many things that keep environmentalists and climate scientists awake at night, and I’m genuinely grateful that I don’t know what they know. But of all those torments, I suspect the one that would do…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (354+ words) Porsche South Africa has donated a specially modified Cayenne to the Black Mambas project, where it will serve as the organisation’s first dedicated “rapid response” vehicle. Formed in 2013, the Black Mambas are the world’s first all-female, unarmed anti-poaching unit helping…...

4+ mon, 6+ day ago   (718+ words) There is consensus in South Africa that the fastest way to raise the economic growth rate is to accelerate the pace of economic reform. But to do this, the government of national unity (GNU) needs to really work. This is…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (178+ words) In these systems, wealth is not accumulated but sustained, measured through the endurance of relationships rather than the scale of extraction. For indigenous peoples and local communities, continuity safeguards the collective memory and identity that bind generations. Living landscapes are…...

7+ mon, 6+ hour ago   (587+ words) Last month, during a discussion about Anglo American’s merger with Canadian company Teck Resources, which I opposed and he supported, mining minister Gwede Mantashe repeated the fake 39% statistic. The measurement of black ownership has lost all credibility, and this should…...