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Historic agreement brings hope for albatrosses |
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Monday, 12 December 2011 08:46 |
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The Atlantic Ocean just got a little bit safer for albatrosses.Recently, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) made a powerful and historic move to afford albatrosses greater protection from the devastating effects of tuna longline fishing.
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NGO Coalition aims to set benchmark for coal mining best practice |
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Friday, 25 November 2011 14:21 |
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The coalition of civil society organisations challenging the authorisations given to mining company Limpopo Coal (Pty) Ltd’s proposed Vele colliery outside the Mapungubwe National Park and World Heritage Site, has resolved to commence direct formal negotiations with Limpopo Coal and its holding company Coal of Africa (CoAL).
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Barn Swallow migration patterns on the move |
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Wednesday, 09 November 2011 09:21 |
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Swallows, delicate birds which breed in Europe and migrate to Africa for the northern winter, have been the subject of lyrical folklore in many cultures of South Africa, as well as the nickname for Europeans who spend the cold northern months in southern Africa. A new paper in the top Royal Society journal, “Proceedings of the Royal Society B,” looks in detail at how the timing of migration in three regions of South Africa is changing with the climate.
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The countdown to counting birds has begun |
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Monday, 07 November 2011 15:26 |
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Birding Big Day is almost here!
It’s less than a month to go to the annual BirdLife South Africa Birding Big Day on Saturday 26 November. This is a fun, yet competitive day for South Africa’s birdwatchers, while at the same time raising much needed funds for the organisation’s important bird conservation and bird species monitoring work. All birdwatchers, both beginners and competitive twitchers, can participate in this exciting event.
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Response to uplifitment of the suspension of the Vele Water Use Licence |
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Thursday, 20 October 2011 09:07 |
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The NGO Coalition views the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs’ decision to uplift the suspension of the Vele water use licence as very worrying. We also regard the Minister’s decision as premature, since her own Department has not even given written reasons for its decision to issue the water use licence in the first place.
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