by ACF | Aug 8, 2015 | Habitat News, Wetlands
South Africa, your electricity is already being tampered with – what would you say if your water was too? This might be a reality if the rerouting of the N3 highway from Van Reenen to De Beer’s Pass gets the go ahead. And though these are located in the Drakensberg,... by ACF | Feb 23, 2015 | Forest, Habitat News
Johannesburg, 23 February 2015 – Endangered great ape species are having their rainforest habitat destroyed and threatened by the expansion of agribusiness projects in central Africa according to new evidence from Greenpeace Africa. Satellite images, obtained... 
by ACF | Feb 15, 2015 | Forest, Habitat News
The global headlines over the past few weeks have been filled with tales of the disastrous floods that have been sweeping the country. Lives have been lost, homes and crops have been destroyed, and vast swathes of land lie underwater. It would be ignorant to pass off... 
by ACF | Jun 3, 2014 | Habitat News
“Edward O. Wilson is one of the most celebrated scientists in the United States, a world-renowned biologist and two-time Pulitzer Prize–winner. In his new book, A Window on Eternity: A Biologist’s Walk through Gorongosa National Park, Wilson shows why biodiversity is... 
by ACF | May 11, 2014 | Habitat News
In African savannas, when the large animals are away, the mice — and snakes, fleas and ticks — will play. A new study published today in the journal Bioscience summarizes evidence that the loss of large mammals has cryptic consequences for African savannas and the... 
by ACF | Apr 30, 2014 | Forest, In Focus
Last month, the renowned Tanzanian conservationist Sebastian Chuwa passed away at the age of fifty nine. He died on the 9th of April as the result of a stroke. Chuwa was a dedicated environmental conservationist. He saved the endangered African Blackwood or mpingo...