Disrupting wildlife crime on the Dark Web
As enforcement steps up, illicit operations go deeper into darkness. New research suggests the marketplace could become impossible to disrupt, writes Roxanne Joseph...
27 Nov, 2018
Africa’s first investigative environmental journalism unit
Combining traditional investigative reporting with data analysis and geo-mapping to expose eco-offences and track organised criminal syndicates in southern Africa
You can help us to investigate
Kenya – the epicentre of East Africa’s donkey crisis
Stolen donkeys are smuggled across borders with Tanzania and Ethiopia to feed Kenya’s expanding abattoirs and Chinese demand for donkey-hide glue. Oscar Nkala investigates
28 Nov, 2018
A dark battle to save pangolins
South African pioneers are inventing ways to save casualties of the world’s biggest wildlife crime, reports Louise de Bruin
04 Dec, 2018
A dark battle to save pangolins
South African pioneers are inventing ways to save casualties of the world’s biggest wildlife crime, reports Louise de Bruin
04 Dec, 2018
Kenya – the epicentre of East Africa’s donkey crisis
Stolen donkeys are smuggled across borders with Tanzania and Ethiopia to feed Kenya’s expanding abattoirs and Chinese demand for donkey-hide glue. Oscar Nkala investigates
28 Nov, 2018
-
-
Mining starts in Mpumalanga water zone
Local residents reported blasting and the removal of coal close to the wetlands of the Greater Lakenvlei Protected Environment. Andiswa Matikinca investigates...
21 Nov, 2018 -
Help us to track wildlife crime
Our new #WildEye project aims to expose wildlife smuggling networks and how they work across the greater European continent...
20 Nov, 2018 -
How #MineAlert helped Mabola
An anonymous tip-off sparked a sustained investigative journalism trail and a precedent-setting High Court judgment, writes Julia Thomas...
16 Nov, 2018 -
Mabola case sets new boundaries for protected areas
Judicial review of Cabinet decision to open Mabola strategic water zone raises questions about the status of mining in protected environments. Tholakele Nene reports...
18 Oct, 2018 -
Parliament probes Mintails toxic legacy
Parliamentary committee asks for explanations following Oxpeckers report on mining company’s liquidation plans. Lisa Steyn reports...
19 Sep, 2018 -
Where are Cape Town’s climate funds, asks De Lille
Three years after drought-stricken Cape Town applied to the global Green Climate Fund, the city’s application is still pending. Yolandi Groenewald reports...
17 Sep, 2018 -
Fury at release of rhino ‘pseudo-hunt’ kingpin
Outrage greeted the early release of notorious Thai trafficker Chumlong Lemtongthai, who used false South African hunting permits to launder rhino horns. Simon Bloch reports...
13 Sep, 2018 -
Confessions of an ivory poacher
Oscar Nkala talks to a jailed Zambian elephant poacher about the structure, financing and operations of cross-border smuggling gangs...
24 Aug, 2018 -
Online trade: the devil’s in the data
Law enforcement agencies are creating new ways to combat online illegal wildlife trade. A centralised data repository is crucial to their success, writes Roxanne Joseph...
16 Aug, 2018 -
Mintails collapse: case study in how not to close mines
Liquidation leaves a R330-million environmental mess for Gauteng residents, government and other mining companies to clean up. Mark Olalde investigates...
08 Aug, 2018 -
Forensic investigation to unearth MalaMala skeletons
SA’s Parliament decides to initiate a forensic investigation into the controversial R1.1-billion MalaMala deal, the country’s most expensive land settlement. Tholakele Nene reports...
25 Jul, 2018 -
Mud-slinging over Mabola mine turns nasty
Threats against critics of mining in protected water resource are part of a bigger trend of corporations trying to bully their critics into silence, reports John Yeld...
24 Jul, 2018 -
How to spot illegal wildlife trade on social media
Roxanne Joseph asks questions you can use to tell the difference between legal and illegal advertising of animal products on social media...
13 Jul, 2018 -
Scales, horns and skins: available online, all day, everyday
Increased access to the Internet is facilitating rampant online wildlife trade in South Africa. Roxanne Joseph investigates why it is such an attractive marketplace...
06 Jul, 2018 -
Why Africa’s ‘trees of life’ are dying
The death of ancient trees in southern Africa not only affects biodiversity but will have a huge impact on society in general, reports Louise de Bruin...
04 Jul, 2018
TOOLS
#MineAlert allows you to track and share mining applications and licences
Use ClimaTracker to track weather changes and how these will affect you
Instant access to data on rhino deaths and poaching incidents since 2010
Keep tabs on data from rhino poaching court cases across South Africa
#GreenAlert helps you track & share environmental impact assessments
GET THE DATA
GET INVOLVED
GET SOCIAL
Happy days: #MineAlert manager Tholakele Nene is one of 20 young SA scholars to win an Open Society Foundation for South Africa commemorative scholarship. She will study how 'traditional' attitudes affect mining safety
bit.ly/2PpVjx1
oxpeckers.org
The Open Society Foundation for South Africa’s 25th anniversary was cause for celebration at Oxpeckers #MineAlert manager Tholekele Nene has been announced as one of 20 young South African scholars…Pangolin pioneers: What happens to the animals rescued from the world's biggest wildlife crime? Louise de Bruin investigates
bit.ly/2Q8riat
A dark battle to save pangolins
oxpeckers.org
South African pioneers are inventing ways to save casualties of the world’s biggest wildlife crime, reports Louise de BruinDonkey Trade Files: Oscar Nkala exposes cross-border smuggling driven by demand for donkey-hide glue:
bit.ly/2BGp4q1
Kenya – the epicentre of East Africa’s donkey crisis
oxpeckers.org
Stolen donkeys are smuggled across borders with Tanzania and Ethiopia to feed Kenya’s expanding abattoirs and Chinese demand for donkey-hide glue. Oscar Nkala investigatesMoving mountains: If you are in Cape Town today, you're invited to Community House at 6pm to find out about our #MineAlert tool:
Open Society Foundation for South Africa
We are excited to share an opportunity to learn more about the award-winning #MineAlert tool that improves citizen access to environmental and social justice.Launched by the Oxpeckers Investigative Environmental Journalism, the #MineAlert exhibition will take place at Community House in Cape Town tonight at 6pm! Visit our site for more details.
As enforcement on the web steps up, illicit operations go deeper into darkness. The marketplace could become impossible to disrupt, writes Roxanne Joseph
bit.ly/2r4akek
Disrupting wildlife crime on the Dark Web
oxpeckers.org
As enforcement steps up, illicit operations go deeper into darkness. New research suggests the marketplace could become impossible to disrupt, writes Roxanne JosephOUR PARTNERS
