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On the 24th of May the Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment, published new amendments to the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act (NEMBA). The new Biodiversity bill aims to ensure more effective implementation, increased protection of species through the introduction of new provisions related to listed species and ecosystems, as well as increasing transformation […]

Back in 2022, a High Court in the Eastern Cape heard a matter brough forward by the local community against the exploration rights that had been granted to Shell and Impact Africa. This right allowed for seismic surveying for oil and gas to be conducted along what is known as the “Wild Coast”.  The court

On the 25th of April, the National Council of Provinces voted in favour of adopting the long-awaited Climate Change Bill. This Bill has been in the works since February 2022, and finally some progress is being made. The principal objective of the Climate Change Bill is to facilitate developments toward an effective response to climate

On the 25th of April, the National Council of Provinces voted in favour of adopting the long-awaited Climate Change Bill. This Bill has been in the works since February 2022, and finally some progress is being made. The principal objective of the Climate Change Bill is to facilitate developments toward an effective response to climate

A legal battle began in 2003, and finally in November of 2023 the Noordhoek Environmental Action Group (NEAG) took the City of Cape Town, and Western Cape MEC for Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning to the High Court in opposition of a proposed road extension that would cut through a wetland that is