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South Africa: Report Raises Alarm Over State of Provincial Nature Reserves

Protected areas critical to the country’s biodiversity and conservation efforts are being badly mismanaged, says the Endangered Wildlife Trust For a long time there has been grave concern among conservationists over declining standards in South Africa’s provincial nature reserves. Now a recent report by the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) says many provincial reserves are in […]

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South Africa: De Lille Commits to Keeping Kruger National Park Safe

Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille says government is committed to enhancing tourism investment and safety to attract more visitors to South Africa. “We will work to find and action solutions to anything that stands in the way of that objective to grow tourism’s contribution to the country’s economy as espoused in the country’s Economic Reconstruction […]

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South Africa: 2,000 Southern White Rhino to be Released into the Wild Over Next 10 Years

African Parks has purchased the world’s largest captive rhino breeding operation in a bid to rescue and rewild the rhino to safe and well-managed protected areas across Africa. Johannesburg, South Africa, 04 September 2023 African Parks, a conservation NGO that manages 22 protected areas in partnership with 12 governments across Africa, announced that it will […]

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South Africa: Outrage Over Slow Pace of Upgrades to Pretoria Zoo

SANBI says it is “balancing” visitors’ experience with its ongoing upgrades since taking over the facility in 2018 The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) says it is hard at work to upgrade the zoo in Pretoria, while ensuring that visitors’ experience is not compromised. Disgruntled visitors took to social media earlier this month to […]