Africa’s ecological conflicts

  • Recent seizures of huge amounts of scales have turned Nigeria into Africa’s key illegal pangolin exporting country. Alexis Kriel investigates what is driving the trade...

    06 May, 2019

  • Estácio Valoi exposes how the failure of UNDP funding intended to combat environmental destruction left Mozambican communities to battle cyclones, floods and drought alone...

    29 Mar, 2019

  • Shooting hyenas to save wild horses raises heated debate about interventions between endemic wildlife and ‘feral’ animals. Linda Baker investigates...

    26 Feb, 2019

  • Six years and €50-million since its creation, Oscar Nkala visits the Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area to find out what impact it has had on wildlife and communities...

    14 Dec, 2018

  • South African pioneers are inventing ways to save casualties of the world’s biggest wildlife crime, reports Louise de Bruin...

    04 Dec, 2018

  • Ground-breaking termite study shows climate change is altering Africa’s savannahs, and how ecosystems could stop functioning as a result. Louise de Bruin reports...

    07 Jun, 2018

  • Understanding and dealing with tremors during veterinary treatment is essential to securing the species, reports Louise de Bruin...

    27 Jun, 2017

  • Crystal Chow investigates how the race over the most sought-after delicacy in Asia embodies the developmental dilemma in post-apartheid South Africa...

    09 Jun, 2017

  • Journalist John Grobler was on assignment in Angola when he came across a young chimpanzee in trouble. This is the story of his mission to take her to a place of safety...

    23 May, 2017

  • Illegal fishing in Lake Ngami in the Okavango Delta is a threat to species and local livelihoods. It could spark cross-border conflict with Zambia and the DRC, reports 17 Mar, 2016

  • Deliberate poisoning of vultures by poachers is on the rise. If current trends continue, the Cape vulture will have declined by 98% in the next three generations, writes 17 Mar, 2016

  • The sale of wildlife from South Africa to Angolan national parks sparked a row over the spread of non-indigenous species. It also raised renewed fears about Angola's critic...

    16 Mar, 2016

  • After Oxpeckers published articles on the opening of the Tsitsikamma protected area to fishing, a marine scientist sent us a plea explaining why this is a bad idea...

    22 Jan, 2016

  • A settlement prevents fishing in the Tsitsikamma marine protected area for now, but does not affect draft regulations for its re-zoning, writes Louise de Bruin 12 Jan, 2016

  • Marine scientists are concerned that opening South Africa's largest marine protected area will rapidly reduce stocks of endangered fish species. They liken the move to open...

    11 Dec, 2015

  • Central Africa need elephants to increase oxygen and food productivity, and to fight climate change, writes Israel Bionyi...

    19 Aug, 2014

  • The Kenyan government granted a US$484-million contract to a Chinese firm to put up the first three berths of a gigantic port project in a global heritage site. Local residents are...

    15 Apr, 2014

  • The Lobito Corridor between Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo is a game-changer in the new scramble for Africa’s mineral riches. Who’s building it, and why? John Grob...

    19 Feb, 2014

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