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South Africa’s new gold rush: Spekboom restoration speeds up, but it’s a bumpy road, insiders report 01 Sep 2026 19:09:33 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/south-africas-new-gold-rush-spekboom-restoration-speeds-up-but-its-a-bumpy-road-insiders-report/ | ||
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Namibia greenlights controversial project to dredge phosphate from seabed 01 Sep 2026 11:28:07 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/namibia-greenlights-controversial-project-to-dredge-phosphate-from-seabed/ | ||
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Growing Indigenous food trees in East Africa fights malnutrition and biodiversity loss 31 Aug 2026 22:47:24 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/growing-indigenous-food-trees-in-east-africa-fights-malnutrition-and-biodiversity-loss/ | ||
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‘You can’t protect what you don’t know:’ Interview with marine scientist Loyiso Dunga 31 Aug 2026 08:00:48 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/you-cant-protect-what-you-dont-know-interview-with-marine-scientist-loyiso-dunga/ | ||
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South Africa’s new gold rush: Big money, high stakes in emerging spekboom restoration sector 27 Aug 2026 21:34:06 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/south-africas-new-gold-rush-big-money-high-stakes-in-emerging-spekboom-restoration-sector/ | ||
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A ‘leading’ Chinese miner of Mozambique’s heavy sands linked to environmental destruction 27 Aug 2026 08:35:43 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/a-leading-chinese-miner-of-mozambiques-heavy-sands-linked-to-environmental-destruction/ | ||
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In South Africa, renewable energy latest part of timber industry’s green efforts 26 Aug 2026 10:09:21 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/in-south-africa-renewable-energy-latest-part-of-timber-industrys-green-efforts/ | ||
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In Spain & South Africa, communities use restoration to ‘grow’ fire insurance (commentary) 24 Aug 2026 19:24:29 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/in-spain-south-africa-communities-use-restoration-to-grow-fire-insurance-commentary/ | ||
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A deadly cross over: In South Africa, rabies moves from land animals to seals 24 Aug 2026 14:21:58 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/a-deadly-cross-over-in-south-africa-rabies-moves-from-land-animals-to-seals/ | ||
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Angola’s peatlands highly underestimated, new study suggests 21 Aug 2026 17:28:45 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/angolas-peatlands-highly-underestimated-new-study-suggests/ | ||
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Land crisis and ‘green revolution’ practices trap millions of Malawi’s farmers 18 Aug 2026 07:30:34 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/land-crisis-and-green-revolution-practices-trap-millions-of-malawis-farmers/ | ||
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South Africa’s top court blocks Shell oil exploration off country’s Wild Coast 17 Aug 2026 00:00:22 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/08/south-africas-top-court-blocks-shell-oil-exploration-off-countrys-wild-coast/ | ||
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Steve Smit, South Africa’s “Monkey Man,” has died 15 Aug 2026 21:18:30 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/steve-smit-south-africas-monkey-man-has-died/ | ||
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‘To speak of agroecology is to speak of farmers’ autonomy’: Interview with Olga Muthambe 14 Aug 2026 12:34:37 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/to-speak-of-agroecology-is-to-speak-of-farmers-autonomy-interview-with-olga-muthambe/ | ||
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South Africa school uses cattle dung to generate biogas for cooking meals 14 Aug 2026 02:45:18 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/08/south-africa-school-uses-cattle-dung-to-generate-biogas-for-cooking-meals/ | ||
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More people, farms, and drought could mean more elephant conflict in Southern Africa 14 Aug 2026 02:43:26 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/08/more-people-farms-and-drought-could-mean-more-elephant-conflict-in-southern-africa/ | ||
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A mine polluted a Zambian river in 2025: Residents continue to live with the impacts 13 Aug 2026 16:13:34 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/a-mine-polluted-a-zambian-river-in-2025-residents-continue-to-live-with-the-impacts/ | ||
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Six African countries now support precautionary pause on deep-seabed mining 13 Aug 2026 05:18:26 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/08/six-african-countries-now-support-precautionary-pause-on-deep-seabed-mining/ | ||
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On ivory, follow the trafficking networks and not the headlines (commentary) 11 Aug 2026 22:47:08 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/on-ivory-follow-the-trafficking-networks-and-not-the-headlines-commentary/ | ||
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From small cats to pangolins: Detection dogs help track elusive species 08 Aug 2026 08:30:57 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/from-small-cats-to-pangolins-detection-dogs-help-track-elusive-species/ | ||
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Global hunger levels fall but Africa still lags behind, UN report finds 04 Aug 2026 13:22:06 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/global-hunger-levels-fall-but-africa-still-lags-behind-un-report-finds/ | ||
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Documentary captures impacts of diamond mining along South Africa’s West Coast 03 Aug 2026 15:27:00 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/documentary-captures-impacts-of-diamond-mining-along-south-africas-west-coast/ | ||
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Rare living stone plant, found in a tiny area in Namibia, is critically endangered 03 Aug 2026 10:45:39 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/08/rare-living-stone-plant-found-in-a-tiny-area-in-namibia-is-critically-endangered/ | ||
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Climate shocks hit hydropower in Southern Africa, reviving interest in coal 31 Jul 2026 14:19:41 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/climate-shocks-hit-hydropower-in-southern-africa-reviving-interest-in-coal/ | ||
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World Ranger Day: Justice for the protectors of the wild 31 Jul 2026 03:14:21 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/07/world-ranger-day-justice-for-the-protectors-of-the-wild/ | ||
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‘The shape of the land will change:’ South African villages resist heavy sands mine 28 Jul 2026 12:09:18 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/the-shape-of-the-land-will-change-south-african-villages-resist-heavy-sands-mine/ | ||
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Africa’s smallest wildcat found using abandoned rodent burrows to raise kittens 28 Jul 2026 10:25:43 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/07/africas-smallest-wildcat-found-using-abandoned-rodent-burrows-to-raise-kittens/ | ||
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Cheetahs reintroduced to Zambia’s Greater Luangwa Ecosystem 27 Jul 2026 12:10:01 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/07/cheetahs-reintroduced-to-zambias-greater-luangwa-ecosystem/ | ||
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First sighting of African wild dogs in Malawi national park in more than 10 years 24 Jul 2026 06:01:51 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/07/first-sighting-of-african-wild-dogs-in-malawi-national-park-in-more-than-10-years/ | ||
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Tiny trackers reveal where migratory shorebirds need protection across Africa 20 Jul 2026 18:23:23 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/tiny-trackers-reveal-where-migratory-shorebirds-need-protection-across-africa/ | ||
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‘Chasing Deforestation’ in Liberia: Behind the scenes with Mongabay 16 Jul 2026 21:46:07 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/chasing-deforestation-in-liberia-behind-the-scenes-with-mongabay/ | ||
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The vanishing forests on Liberia’s cocoa frontier 16 Jul 2026 21:38:16 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/the-vanishing-forests-on-liberias-cocoa-frontier/ | ||
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Like ‘climbing Kilimanjaro’ without help: Interview with a Limpopo conservationist 15 Jul 2026 19:34:18 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/like-climbing-kilimanjaro-without-help-interview-with-a-limpopo-conservationist/ | ||
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South Africa’s free-roaming cheetahs in steep decline, first national census finds 15 Jul 2026 17:56:26 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/south-africas-free-roaming-cheetahs-in-steep-decline-first-national-census-finds/ | ||
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Gus Mills, hyena expert and ‘the cheerful pessimist of the Kalahari’, has died 14 Jul 2026 16:24:17 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/gus-mills-spent-a-lifetime-studying-africas-carnivores/ | ||
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Desert rain frogs threatened with extinction in southern Africa 10 Jul 2026 12:06:53 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/07/desert-rain-frogs-threatened-with-extinction-in-southern-africa/ | ||
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Sightings off Southern Africa suggest blue and fin whales may be rebounding 06 Jul 2026 11:59:07 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/07/sightings-off-southern-africa-suggest-blue-and-fin-whales-may-be-rebounding/ | ||
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Malawi agroecologists see opportunity in Gulf fertilizer supply disruption 03 Jul 2026 14:04:58 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/malawi-agroecologists-see-opportunity-in-gulf-fertilizer-supply-disruption/ | ||
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Zambia’s bumper harvest masks likely food insecurity amid geopolitics and climate threats 03 Jul 2026 13:12:14 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/zambias-bumper-harvest-masks-likely-food-insecurity-amid-geopolitics-and-climate-threats/ | ||
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Three years after Cyclone Freddy, farms remain under water in Malawi’s Elephant Marsh 26 Jun 2026 10:39:27 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/06/three-years-after-cyclone-freddy-farms-remain-under-water-in-malawis-elephant-marsh/ | ||
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Failed promises to clean air in South Africa’s coal belt take toll on public health 24 Jun 2026 06:53:15 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/06/failed-promises-to-clean-air-in-south-africas-coal-belt-take-toll-on-public-health/ | ||
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Rodent-killing baits threaten small wild cats and other wildlife 23 Jun 2026 14:29:18 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/06/rodent-killing-baits-threaten-small-wild-cats-and-other-wildlife/ | ||
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South African authorities thwart smuggling of 150 venomous scorpions, arrest man 19 Jun 2026 13:42:14 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/06/south-african-authorities-thwart-smuggling-of-150-venomous-scorpions-arrest-man/ | ||
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In South Africa, a village learns to live with baboons — but it may be the exception 17 Jun 2026 08:00:23 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/06/in-south-africa-a-village-learns-to-live-with-baboons-but-it-may-be-the-exception/ | ||
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How one woman’s farm is a model for small-scale farmers in Malawi 17 Jun 2026 05:24:29 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/06/how-one-womans-farm-is-a-model-for-small-scale-farmers-in-malawi/ | ||
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Mozambique completes first white rhino breeding population in decades 12 Jun 2026 20:44:14 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/06/mozambique-completes-first-white-rhino-breeding-population-in-decades/ | ||
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Malawi officials seek to drop bribery case against illegal wildlife trafficking convict 12 Jun 2026 15:24:18 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/06/malawi-officials-seek-to-drop-bribery-case-against-illegal-wildlife-trafficking-convict/ | ||
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Improved transport opens Mozambique’s forests to new pressures 11 Jun 2026 09:16:23 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/06/improved-transport-opens-mozambiques-forests-to-new-pressures/ | ||
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Two pangolin traffickers in South Africa sentenced to eight years in prison 10 Jun 2026 19:51:05 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/06/two-pangolin-traffickers-in-south-africa-sentenced-to-eight-years-in-prison/ | ||
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Malawi’s Elephant Marsh: The challenge of protecting a wetland that sustains thousands 08 Jun 2026 07:54:24 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/06/malawis-elephant-marsh-the-challenge-of-protecting-a-wetland-that-sustains-thousands/ | ||
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South Africa’s move away from coal marred by legacy of abandoned mines: Report 08 Jun 2026 07:46:43 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/06/south-africas-move-away-from-coal-marred-by-legacy-of-abandoned-mines-report/ | ||
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Mongabay Africa’s most-read stories so far in 2026 05 Jun 2026 18:19:34 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/06/mongabay-africas-most-read-stories-so-far-in-2026/ | ||
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Whale strike risk rises as international shipping reroutes around South Africa 05 Jun 2026 06:37:15 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/06/whale-strike-risk-rises-as-international-shipping-reroutes-around-south-africa/ | ||
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In Malawi, one woman’s farm shows what’s possible with land and support 04 Jun 2026 11:34:22 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/06/in-malawi-one-womans-farm-shows-whats-possible-with-land-and-support/ | ||
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Rhino-poaching suspect, repeatedly freed on bail, shot dead in South Africa 23 May 2026 02:29:31 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/05/rhino-poaching-suspect-repeatedly-freed-on-bail-shot-dead-in-south-africa/ | ||
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New survey methods uncover new insights into Madagascar’s biodiversity 21 May 2026 08:15:47 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/05/new-survey-methods-uncover-new-insights-into-madagascars-biodiversity/ | ||
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World burned less coal in 2025, but built more plants over energy uncertainty 21 May 2026 06:46:23 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/05/world-burned-less-coal-in-2025-but-built-more-plants-over-energy-uncertainty/ | ||
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Electric fences help farmers and elephants coexist in Zambian borderlands 20 May 2026 10:46:31 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/05/electric-fences-help-farmers-and-elephants-coexist-in-zambian-borderlands/ | ||
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Radio and satellite alerts help Zambian farmers live with dangerous wildlife 15 May 2026 18:54:24 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/05/radio-and-satellite-alerts-help-zambian-farmers-live-with-dangerous-wildlife/ | ||
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Zambian prodigy draws on theoretical physics to improve weather prediction 15 May 2026 13:16:18 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/05/zambian-teen-draws-on-theoretical-physics-to-improve-weather-prediction/ | ||
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