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The Bapo Ba Mogale community of about 30 000 people live on one of the earth’s greatest treasures

CSI spend more than a drop in the ocean

Call by business leaders rekindle debate.

Lonmin mine workers in marikana march to karee shaft to demand that they stop production.

Walking a fine green line for credibility

The Mail & Guardian will celebrate a Decade of Greening in 2013.

Negotiators in Doha must extend the greenhouse gas-curbing Kyoto Protocol as an interim measure to rein in climate change.

Basic countries push for extension of Kyoto Protocol

But several major signatories are refusing to expand emissions cuts when the agreement expires, writes Fiona Macleod.

A spaza shop in Marikana. Lonmin miners went on strike demanding better wages.

Companies take a bow

Judges say without corporate support there would be chaos among communities

There are uses for old tyres other than burning them during protests. They can be used to build houses

Tyre industry gets to grips with recycling

Court puts a spoke in producers’ wheel by agreeing that they are responsible for their products’ waste.

“However

‘Tiger man’ Varty issues rhino horn challenge

"Tiger Man" John Varty has suggested that breeders should defy the government’s trade ban and stage a high-profile global auction of horns.

NewAge announced that seismic surveys would begin early next year in a 12 000km2 block around Algoa Bay.

Oil prospecting threatens crucial African penguin colony

Conservationists warn that the last stronghold of the endangered birds has been threatened by offshore oil and gas exploration near Port Elizabeth.

Lastman Muthko lies at a Médecins Sans Frontières hospital in the Upper Nile in South Sudan in July.

New malaria drug excites researchers

The drug is effective against resistant parasites and shows no adverse side effects, researchers say.

Activists and academics say the Marikana shootings are part of a sustained pattern of intimidation and violence against the workers.

Report warns of more tragedies like Marikana

The Marikana stand-off will not be an isolated incident if South African mining companies continue to ignore their corporate social responsibilities.

The mining charter in its current form betrays the principles of empowerment and should be aligned with the BEE Act.

Platinum belt’s social ills fuel unrest

The "macho culture" at platinum mines in North West is a major social ill behind the flare-up of violence that has left at least 10 people dead.

But the Botswana government has cast doubt on the tally of recently killed elephants in the country, saying the “statistics are false and misleading.” (AFP)

Jab for birth control gets jumbo roll-out

The birth control vaccine for elephants has been shown to be 95% effective and is far more preferable to culling, researchers say.

Countries driving the Kyoto Protocol process are pushing for a new global treaty to combat climate change to be in place by early next year.

Race on to secure life after Kyoto

Concerned countries want a new phase of the protocol to kick in immediately after it expires, writes Fiona Macleod.

Delicate: Marmosets are popular as pets in Asia.

South Africa at core of illicit ape trade

Pet owners in Asia are snapping up ‘pocket’ primates provided by traders in South Africa. Fiona Macleod reports

Governmnet is dissolving the environmental agency Indalo Yethu which aimed at creating environmental awareness.

Green labelling gets red light

A plan to alert consumers to ecofriendly products has ended with the closure of a government agency, writes Fiona Macleod.

Environment Minister Edna Molewa has denied that the trade in bones could affect lions in the wild.

Officials turn a blind eye to the smuggling of wild lions

Even proof of the routes used between Botswana and South Africa has not alarmed the authorities, writes Fiona Macleod.

Divers and conservationists are outraged about quotas issued to Western Cape companies for zones in the Eastern Cape.

Quotas distinctly fishy, locals say

Fishermen believe the new ‘experimental’ permits are an ANC ploy to gain their votes. Fiona Macleod reports.

Residents of this ecoestate are campaigning to

Construction could claim heritage site

Struggle veterans and suburbanites have come together to save ancestral land from development. Fiona Macleod reports.

An aerial view of the Christ the Redeemer statue is lit up in green to celebrate the Rio+20 forum in Rio de Janeiro.

Sustainability gets UN clout

The United Nations has agreed at the Rio+20 conference to formally adopt a set of development goals, writes Fiona Macleod.

Pondoland residents say the long-term benefits of ecotourism outweigh the short-term gains from mining.

Wild Coast faces new mining threat

President Jacob Zuma’s office has been drawn into the fight to halt the proposed mining of the Wild Coast dunes, writes Fiona Macleod

Conservation’s ‘Mr Fix-it’

Conservation tsar to tackle the horns of SA’s rhino dilemma

The government has called in conservation’s "Mr Fix-it", former SANParks CEO Mavuso Msimang, to find a way to stop the unabated slaughter of rhinos.