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AFP

Zoo says white rhino birth ‘sign of hope’

An Australian zoo said the birth of a southern white rhino was a “sign of hope” for the species given the escalation of poaching in Africa.

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Eskom gets green light for wind farm

The wind-farm would avoid nearly 4.7 million tons of carbon emissions over 20 years, said Eskom.

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Alien plant to blame for rhino ‘pink lips’

The surprise discovery of rhinos with bright pink lips and swollen eyes in northern KwaZulu-Natal has raised alarm bells.

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The study focused on forests in Europe, North America, Russia and southern Africa.

Study shows why we need to protect forests
April 29 2013 at 09:50

Plants help to slow warming by emitting gases as temperatures rise that lead to the formation of a sunshade of clouds over the planet, say scientists.

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The giant Morula, lies down in the Botswana bush after asked to do so by Sandi to allow for the group of tourists to touch the undersides of her feet. PICTURE: Colleen Dardagan

Couple who walk with elephants
April 26 2013 at 14:07

Orphaned African pachyderms are family to Sandi and Doug Groves, Okavango Delta conservationists extraordinaire.

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The cemetery in Kabok is the final resting place of many slain Kruger Park rhino poachers. Picture: Chris Collingridge

From the killing fields to the cemetery
April 26 2013 at 14:17

The secret cemetery where poachers lie buried with their dark secrets.

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A map of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, where one of its key elements  the Limpopo National Park in Mozambique  has been stripped of all its 300-odd rhinos by poachers, some of them believed to be rangers in the park. Graphic: Rowan Abrahams

Poachers kill every rhino in game park
April 26 2013 at 09:05

Rangers believed to be behind slaughter in Mozambique reserve, says report.

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The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) said earlier this year that the insecticides posed 'disturbing' risks to bees and other pollinating insects vital for human food production.

EU set to ban pesticides blamed on bee’s decline
April 26 2013 at 09:04

The EU appears set to impose a two-year ban on the use of insecticides blamed for a sharp decline in bee populations.

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BIG BUSINESS: Bigfoot was caught with a hunting rifle and a silencer. He undertook 10 sorties into Kruger National Park looking for rhinos.

Bigfoot versus the rhino
April 25 2013 at 09:45

Hunt on for the elusive poacher with gigantic feet...

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KILLING FIELD: Silencers are used by poachers in their pursuit of rhinos, whose bodies are left where they fall until all that is left are bones. Pictures: Chris Collingridge

Gunning for rhinos
April 25 2013 at 14:05

Where do these guns come from, and who has the know-how and equipment to fit the silencers when it comes to rhino poaching? Shaun Smillie investigates.

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KILLING FIELD: Silencers are used by poachers in their pursuit of rhinos, whose bodies are left where they fall until all that is left are bones. Pictures: Chris Collingridge

High cost of water pollution
April 25 2013 at 14:20

Sanitation plan to reduce fouling of uMngeni River in KwaZulu-Natal.

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KILLING FIELD: Silencers are used by poachers in their pursuit of rhinos, whose bodies are left where they fall until all that is left are bones. Pictures: Chris Collingridge

Mozambique’s elephants under threat
April 25 2013 at 12:24

Mozambique has been warned to adopt tougher anti-poaching measures or see its elephant population wiped out.

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A worker ploughs a field in front of the Kendal Power Station, a coal-fired power station in Witbank. The team had increasingly been hearing concerned voices from SA about coal mines encroaching on neighbourhoods and protected areas.

Witbank air dirtiest in the world - research
April 25 2013 at 09:46

Some of the highest levels of poisonous gases in the air are found above Witbank and the surrounds, it was reported.

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