The Addo Elephant National Park in South Africa was established 94 years ago to protect the last 11 elephants in the Eastern Cape region. Since then, the reserve has expanded to 155,000 hectares ...

Efforts are underway to extend the iSimangaliso Wetland Park into Mozambique, with a focus on biodiversity, job creation, and sustainable tourism, as outlined by DFFE Minister Dion George during the ...

With government departments facing tightened budgets, Dr George emphasized that the DFFE has embraced financial discipline, ...

South Africa’s wetlands are biodiversity-rich ecosystems that support a diverse array of plant and ... A 2021 survey of South Africa’s forestry landholdings found that more than 300,000 ...

South Africa has 26 wetlands rated as internationally important and known as Ramsar sites. However, one of the biggest and most impactful is Zululand’s very won St Lucia System which forms ...

Though wetlands cover less than 3% of South Africa’s land area, they offer diverse benefits that enrich human wellbeing. Wetlands are increasingly regarded in South Africa as socio-ecological ...

The declaration of South Africa’s twenty-ninth wetland of international importance comes less than a year since the declaration of the Berg Estuary, in the Western Cape, as South Africa’s ...

Wetlands are often seen as muddy, damp, insect ridden and smelly places. In South Africa in the 1970s, 50% of the country’s wetlands were drained and turned into commercial agricultural lands or ...

In a dry climate such as South Africa’s, small wetlands play a huge role. They are water sources, and habitats or refuges for animals and people in times of drought or low rainfall.

The Addo Elephant National Park in South Africa was established 94 years ago to protect the last 11 elephants in the Eastern Cape region. Since then, Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT ...