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Changing behaviour to make recycling a way of life
Via Bizcommunity Our vulnerability to dwindling natural resources is hitting home. Look no further than Cape Town. Citizens there are in a race against time to save as much water as possible in the hope that winter rainfall will be more plentiful than last year when poor rains left the region’s dams almost half empty. […]
Endangered species poached in protected areas: WWF
Via Bizcommunity Illegal poaching, logging and fishing of sometimes critically endangered species is taking place in nearly half of the world’s most protected natural sites, environmental campaigners WWF warned on Tuesday, 18 April. Natural world heritage sites such as Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Galapagos […]
Environmental Affairs to study court decision on rhino horn
Via Bizcommunity Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa says the department will study the Constitutional Court order that dismissed the leave to appeal the application to keep a ban on the domestic trade in rhino horn. The Constitutional Court dismissed the Gauteng Division order to set aside the moratorium on the domestic trade in rhino horn. […]
Earthworms are more important than pandas
Via Bizcommunity “It may be doubted whether there are many other animals which have played so important a part in the history of the world, as have these lowly organised creatures.” – Charles Darwin, The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms (1881) Not all wildlife is created equal in our eyes. Take […]
New manager appointed at The Academy for Environmental Leadership SA
The Academy for Environmental Leadership SA (AEL) is an accredited academic institution, which offers matriculants the opportunity to partake in a one year course of environmental and conservation studies. After the successful completion of the course, students receive a NQF level 5 qualification, which enables them to enter a number of jobs or to proceed […]
How recycled water could revolutionise sustainable development
Via Bizcommunity In a world where vital resources are increasingly scarce, nations cannot afford to flush them down the drain. But that is exactly what we do. After we use water in our homes and businesses, it is washed away, and takes many valuable resources with it. Waste water is rich in carbon and nutrients […]