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Conservation

South Africa’s Drylands are being transformed through community-led conservation

South Africa

South Africa’s Drylands are being transformed through community-led conservation

By Kristin Engel

Call to halt proposed removal of Cape Peninsula baboons a rallying cry for a more compassionate approach

South Africa

Call to halt proposed removal of Cape Peninsula baboons a rallying cry for a more compassionate approach

By Adam Cruise

This week in Civil Society — Unpacking food safety, discussion on decolonising conservation and tackling youth in crisis

South Africa

This week in Civil Society — Unpacking food safety, discussion on decolonising conservation and tackling youth in crisis

By Lerato Mutsila

Coal mining fear sparks unexpected conservation boom in Mpumalanga

Our Burning Planet

Coal mining fear sparks unexpected conservation boom in Mpumalanga

By Fred Kockott

From gourds to satellites: A Maasai-inspired model for reweaving Kenya’s rangelands

Africa

From gourds to satellites: A Maasai-inspired model for reweaving Kenya’s rangelands

By Yves Vanderhaeghen

Embracing the in-between — why we need to ditch the people-or-wildlife conservation binary

Our Burning Planet

Embracing the in-between — why we need to ditch the people-or-wildlife conservation binary

By Yves Vanderhaeghen

Thousands of pangolins, 193,000 elephants — how crime networks are hollowing out Africa’s wilderness

Africa

Thousands of pangolins, 193,000 elephants — how crime networks are hollowing out Africa’s wilderness

By Don Pinnock

Two camps with walking trails in the Kruger: Different habitats and experiences

South Africa

Two camps with walking trails in the Kruger: Different habitats and experiences

By Angus Begg

Inside Addo’s elephant translocation and the challenge of fragmented wild spaces

South Africa

Inside Addo’s elephant translocation and the challenge of fragmented wild spaces

By Julia Evans

$When the elders fall silent — how the loss of elephant matriarchs fractures a society$

World

When the elders fall silent — how the loss of elephant matriarchs fractures a society

By Don Pinnock

‘No Typical Day’: On the job with conservation's unsung hero at Addo Elephant National Park

South Africa

‘No Typical Day’: On the job with conservation's unsung hero at Addo Elephant National Park

By Julia Evans

Parliament pushes for urgent action on Mawana’s roaming elephant herd

South Africa

Parliament pushes for urgent action on Mawana’s roaming elephant herd

By Don Pinnock