Climate change is now widely recognised as a key driver of biodiversity loss, and although they are inextricably linked, historical approaches to policies addressing biodiversity loss and climate change have often treated these challenges separately.
Pampas Grass has found its way into countless South African homes and events. Yet it is an ecological menace that demands our attention.
lion populations have dramatically declined over recent decades, with the most recent estimates suggesting 20,000 to 25,000 wild lions remaining in Africa
I have had the pleasure of compiling and editing the remarkable stories the EWT’s staff members have written over the last three years and reading and contributing to them for eight years before that. It’s a little late to introduce myself, but I am sadly leaving the EWT and wanted to say a few words about my EWT story and acknowledge those who have walked beside me.
Approximately seven million girls in South Africa still suffer from what has been coined “period poverty”, as they don’t have access to menstrual products each month. What is needed is period equity – ensuring girls have access to reusable and affordable menstrual products and information on feminine hygiene.
UKZN PhD student Jonah Gula aimed to find and trap four Marabou Storks and fit them with tracking devices as part of his PhD project, but first, he needed to find a site with large numbers of Marabous. The Marabous proved to be much more wily birds than we initially gave them credit for and it was quite the adventure!