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The cure for eco-paralysis lies in taking incremental steps, celebrating small wins and building on them – nurture for the sake of nature.

An environmental nonprofit has lodged a high court application to stop the firm, Moonstone, from mining near the fishing community of Doringbaai.

While Shell’s seismic surveying has dominated headlines, the impact of mining on the West Coast has received relatively little attention. A local conservation documentary that tells the story of affected West Coast communities puts the issue in the spotlight.

A stretch of coast earmarked for seismic surveys – and potentially oil and gas extraction – lies on a long route followed by humpback whales.

Statistics professor Les Underhill has helped build a new model army of citizen scientists and is busy changing the way research is done while strengthening efforts to stave off extinctions. It all began with a trip to the tundra.

Citizen scientists help save endangered Knysna seahorses in Swartvlei estuary 10 June 2021 2:20 PM Share This: The Knysna seahorse is the only seahorse that isnt found in the sea Volunteers stepped in to help rescue stranded Knysna seahorses when the Swartvlei estuary mouth was opened in late-May Conservationist Rio Button explains that SANParks arranges citizen scientist volunteers when the estuary is artificially breached once a year Citizen scientists rallied behind a mission to save endang...