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Succulent Karoo Biome

How an algorithm is fighting the illegal sale of succulents blooming online

Our Burning Planet

How an algorithm is fighting the illegal sale of succulents blooming online

By Julia Evans

Pristine national park under threat as hydrogen plant planned for Namib Desert’s Sperrgebiet

Africa

Pristine national park under threat as hydrogen plant planned for Namib Desert’s Sperrgebiet

By Chris Brown

B(l)ooming ecological crime ravaging SA exposed after three Saudi Arabians caught stealing 1.6m seeds and flora

South Africa

B(l)ooming ecological crime ravaging SA exposed after three Saudi Arabians caught stealing 1.6m seeds and flora

By Caryn Dolley

A conservation champion’s journey from teacher to baker to beermaker to ‘ecoboer’

South Africa

A conservation champion’s journey from teacher to baker to beermaker to ‘ecoboer’

By Tony Carnie