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21-30 of 56 for the Category : Conservation and the Subcategory : Conservation - GeneralFire
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Every year in South Africa wild fires destroy thousands of hectares of agricultural land, commercial plantations and buildings, affecting the lives and livelihoods of many. While most fires are started through human negligence, some are part of the n
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Ecosystem-based fisheries management is a relatively recent concept that has slowly taken formal shape over the past 30 years. In 1980 the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) became the first Regional Fishery
Read more about Fisheries - The Ecosystem ApproachFreshwater Ecology
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Freshwater ecology is the discipline for measuring, managing and monitoring the health of freshwater systems. It looks at water quality from a chemical perspective and then examines the organisms that are living in the water and their relationship to
Read more about Freshwater EcologyGlobal Change
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Africa, as a whole, is extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. This is not only due to the actual changes expected, but also due to the poor capacity of its people to cope with the changes and the developmental constraints.
Read more about Global ChangeGlobal Warming & Climate Change
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'Global warming', or 'climate change', refers to the rise in the planet's overall temperature due to anthropogenic (human-related) increase of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere.
Read more about Global Warming & Climate ChangeGovernance
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Environmental governance is rapidly becoming a fundamental component in the management of corporations globally.
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The grasslands biome is the second largest of the country's nine biomes, covering an area of 339 237.68 km2 in seven provinces.
Read more about GrasslandsGreen Scorpions - Environmental Management Inspectorate
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Environmental Management Inspectors (EMIs) commonly called Green Scorpions are a network of environmental enforcement officials from different government departments. They are appointed in terms of the National Environmental Management Act 107 of 199
Read more about Green Scorpions - Environmental Management InspectorateGreen Soldiering
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On face value, the phrase ‘green soldiering’ seems to be a contradiction in terms. How can an organisation or activity that is inherently destructive in nature claim to be environmentally sensitive or sustainable?
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Greenwash is not a new concept. The term emerged from the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, and it entered the Concise Oxford Dictionary in 1999.
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