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Youth Day at the waterfront
2+ hour, 45+ min ago (383+ words) KNYSNA NEWS - The Knysna Waterfront and surrounding venues will come alive on Youth Day, 16 June, when 200 young environmental ambassadors gather for the "Our Ocean Heritage" festival, a free community event focused on conservation education and awareness. Organisers say the event…...
Oakhill celebrates Green Day
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (417+ words) KNYSNA NEWS - Nine years after the devastating 2017 Knysna Fires, Oakhill School once again demonstrated its commitment to environmental stewardship through its annual Green Day commemoration. The campus was transformed into a sea of green as pupils and staff gathered not…...
Kruger National Park land claim finalised through legal agreement
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (621+ words) NATIONAL NEWS - After more than a decade of intense negotiations, historically land-dispossessed communities living around the Kruger National Park can finally put a painful chapter behind them, following a landmark agreement that recognises their economic and heritage rights to the…...
National Elephant Heritage Strategy published by Minister Aucamp
1+ week, 5+ day ago (413+ words) NATIONAL NEWS - Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Willie Aucamp has announced the publication of South Africa's National Elephant Heritage Strategy in the Government Gazette, paving the way for its implementation as a national framework for elephant conservation and…...
Famous comeback or ecological quandary - Bluebuck revival sparks questions around species conservation
3+ week, 6+ day ago (1660+ words) OPINION - When'Game of Thrones author George R. R. Martin had his stirring moment seeing'400 prehistoric direwolf skulls arrayed on a wall while visiting the'La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, little did he know the symbolic and existential importance'Aenocyon dirus would play…...
City Nature Challenge draws South Africans outdoors for Global Bio Blitz
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1072+ words) The Wild Rescue nature reserve near Riversdale in the Western Cape hosted free i Naturalist tutorials and guided nature walks on their fynbos trails for the CNC - led by itinerant wildlife expert Shaun Swanepoel, and Claude Schippers from the Gouritz…...