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Qualified bird handlers fitting a satellite tracking device to a Curlew Sandpiper. Photo: BirdLife South Africa
AFRICA EURASIAN FLYWAY

Tiny birds, vast journeys: Inside SA’s first shorebird tracking project

BirdLife South Africa launches its first tracking project for migratory shorebirds, revealing complex journeys and new conservation priorities across the Africa–Eurasian flyway

  • Sheree Bega
6 min read
Protected: The Berg River Estuary on South Africa’s West Coast. (Dewald Kirsten)
2022 WORLD WETLANDS DAY

Western Cape wetland gets new environmental protection

The Berg River Estuary has been declared South Africa’s 28th Ramsar site, yet 79% of the country’s wetlands remain threatened and 48% are critically endangered

  • Tunicia Phillips
3 min read
Dr Amber Childs and Professor Paul Cowley surgically implanting a transmitter in a juvenile dusky kob in the Sundays Estuary. (Photo: Dr Tor Næsje)
DR TOR NAESJE

Fish species overexploited or collapsed

No-take zones in estuaries may be the solution

  • Professor Paul Cowley
  • Dr Tor Naesje
4 min read