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As a prominent pro-conservation nation, South Africa’s failure to attend the 68th International Whaling Commission meeting came as a surprise to many. It had been believed that this year’s meeting would finally see a majority vote for the establishment of the South Atlantic Whale Sanctuary, but...
The tongue-twisting Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) is marking its 40th anniversary year in Tasmania. But an influential group of polar scientists — including South African researchers — has called out the fish products and research body for pursuin...
In a diplomatic note seen by Our Burning Planet, Ukraine’s polar authorities have described their vision as the pending chair of Antarctica’s key fisheries and conservation body. But will Russia — which has searched the Southern Ocean for oil and gas, and damaged Ukraine’s Antarctic head office...
At the closing event of Africa Energy Week, NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman of the African Energy Chamber summarised the positions of the four African energy ministers ahead of UN climate negotiations: ‘Drill, baby, drill; gas, baby, gas.’ His sentiments were echoed by a number of other African ene...
‘We are pushing and providing more water than what is requested,’ says Rand Water CEO Sipho Mosai. So what is causing Gauteng’s water restrictions then? ‘We are pushing and providing more water than what is requested,’ says Rand Water CEO Sipho Mosai. So what is causing Gauteng’s water restrict...