wild game comes back to agulhas plain
 The Nuwejaars Special Management Area (SMA) in the Overberg has recently released 39 bontebok donated by CapeNature and the Overberg Test Range. The Nuwejaars SMA also released 21 red hartebeest onto its conservation land. Hartebeest and bontebok became extinct in the Overberg in the 1800s through hunting. This initiative aims to reintroduce free-ranging populations of these species in the area, with hippo, eland and mountain zebra to follow.
The Nuwejaars SMA is a pioneer conservation project in South Africa through which landowners in the...
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pakistan floods and climate change
By David Fogarty and Augustine Anthony
SINGAPORE/ISLAMABAD(Reuters) - Floods that have devastated Pakistan could be a sign of the future as climate change brings greater extremes of weather to the region.
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 case study: biodiversity stewardship at elandsberg
The goal of the C.A.P.E. partnership is to protect the biodiversity of the Cape Floristic Region. Existing protected areas are largely located in the highlands. The majority of the priority areas identified by C.A.P.E. for future conservation action are therefore in the lowlands, where most natural vegetation has already been transformed for housing and farming.
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