Three rare oribi antelope have been shot and killed on a private farm in Kwazulu Natal, and two policemen are among the suspects.
The animals, listed as an endangered species, were poached during the night on a private farm, Leliefontein, in the Thornville district.
A neighbouring farmer alerted the police after noticing lights and unusual activity on [...]
South Africa’s top science body has warned that climate change is causing irreversible damage to the world’s oceans and threatening food security by killing off coral reefs and other marine species.
The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASAF) is signatory to a joint statement from 70 national science academies calling for world leaders “to explicitly [...]
Small farmers and organic producers have slammed their exclusion from a government-endorsed national conference on the future of agriculture.
The conference, Agribusiness Forum 09, held in Somerset West last week, featured speakers from powerful multinationals like biotech giant Monsanto and agrichemicals group Yara as well as global banks and private equity firms, the World Bank and [...]
Employment in the green economy in the US was growing more than two-and-a-half times faster than the national average before the recession hit, according to new research from the independent philanthropic foundation, Pew Charitable Trusts.
The Pew study found that between 1998 and 2007, jobs in clean energy companies grew by 9.1% compared to 3.7% for [...]