Health workers bring Gqeberha hospital to a standstill
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Brazil's coordinated forest restoration agenda reaches Davos
In the quiet Swiss town of Davos, Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain unfolds as young Hans Castorp’s brief visit to a sanatorium turns into a seven-year exploration of ideas, intrigue, and debates. The story ultimately becomes a metaphor for Europe’s isolation and decline before World War I. Since the novel’s publication in the early 20th […]
Over a hundred disabled and elderly people queue outside SASSA in Khayelitsha
Monday was the first day for disability grant applicants to make medical bookings
Gold mining threatens Congo's forest carbon project
This article was produced with the support of the Pulitzer Center Rainforest Investigations Network in collaboration with the Latin American Center for Investigative Journalism (CLIP). It is the first part of a two-part series, read part two here. Environmentalist Justin Landry Chekoua says he’s shocked by images of century-old trees uprooted and rivers contaminated in […]
The case for a universal declaration on nature
Attending the UN climate (COP28) and biodiversity (COP16) conferences during the past two years, it strikes this observer that the UN specialist environmental agreements on climate, biodiversity, pollution, hazardous waste, desertification, and so forth, all tacitly assume a global political context other than the one we are in. This political context is something we as […]
Chilean president Gabriel Boric makes historic trip to South Pole becoming the first head of state to visit and third head of government
Chilean president Gabriel Boric has made a historic trip to the South Pole to reaffirm his country’s "sovereignty claim" over its part of Antarctica, according to his office. Boric's visit has been hailed as a major…
In Fight Over Fortune, a Young Man Takes on the Kingmakers of Queens
Brandon Bishunauth is an unlikely candidate to pick a fight with a bastion of old-time machine politics.
Why Biden's administration left old-growth forests without new protections
Wikipedia defines a ‘nothing-burger’ as “a situation that receives a lot of attention but which, upon closer examination, reveals to be of little to no real significance.” That unfortunately applies to the Forest Service’s national old-growth amendment (NOGA), which despite President Biden’s executive order directing the agency to conduct an inventory of mature and old-growth […]
Education critical to plug Asia’s health workforce gap
Lifelong training for health workers is essential to tackle shortage of skilled professionals, according to the WHO.
Restoration works better with evidence-based standards
Recognition of the need to restore degraded landscapes is accelerating at pace. The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (the UN Decade) has triggered a global movement to rally individual action, financial investment, and political backing to prevent, halt and reverse the loss of nature. In October, at the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP16) conference […]
Can the Cali Fund deliver a fair response to biopiracy?
When considering the vastly unequal realities of the current global order, it is clear that the ongoing impact of the colonization of the Global South is wide ranging and all-encompassing. From legacies of racial subjugation, to the disproportionate impact of climate change, to the rise of populist authoritarianism, the colonial project is strong. But one […]
‘In a Bind’: Some New Yorkers Reject Transition to Electric School Buses, Despite Mandate
New York’s push for electric school buses by 2027 has districts across the state struggling with voter approval and funding.
Limpopo villagers demand action on failing clinic
Residents of Valdezia want a new clinic, open for longer hours
FBI Director Christopher Wray to resign
On December 11, Christopher A. Wray, FBI Director of the US, announced in an internal meeting that he will resign prior to US President-elect Donald Trump taking office. The decision came after Trump has asserted…
Rangelands deserve a central role in biodiversity protection
In recent years, there has been an enormous increase in awareness about the importance of rainforests to global ecosystems and economies. Meanwhile, another biome – one that covers more than half of the Earth’s terrestrial surface and is similarly important to tackling climate change, biodiversity loss, and land degradation – has been overlooked. Rangelands, despite […]
Sewage stench lingers at Milnerton Lagoon
Years after the City of Cape Town was ordered to clean it up, the estuary is still polluted
Protecting wildlife also helps protect the climate
When most people think about climate change, images of melting ice caps or rising sea levels come to mind. However, the reality is far more intricate and urgent. The effects of climate change, such as fires, droughts, and extreme weather events are not just environmental threats, but crises that directly impact human well-being and wildlife […]
Epileptic woman has to sleep on concrete floor at hospital
Eastern Cape health department says Uitenhage Provincial Hospital has too few beds for increased demand
Reading is Kwaai: high school teacher starts mobile library for learners
Nigel Mortley takes books to Cape Town schools that do not have libraries
