Botswana endorses plan to place natural capital at centre of development

The government of Botswana, in partnership with Conservation International, has endorsed the Gaborone Declaration by ten African countries and numerous public and private sector partners.

'Blue carbon' policy framework seeks inclusion of coastal marine areas

The first policy framework outlining activities needed to include coastal marine areas has been presented in the ‘Blue Carbon Policy Framework’ report this week, highlighting the need for voluntary carbon markets to take coastal marine...

Lessons from Costa Rica in environmental sustainability

The earth’s population spends more money on killing the planet than saving it, according to Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, VP for conservation policy at Conservation International.

Community crafters turn to alien wood to manufacture memory sticks

Kharkams is a little Namaqualand town on the N7 in the Northern Cape, somewhere between Garies and Kamieskroon.