Residents of eThekwini and surrounding areas are familiar with ‘green’ areas within the city such as Pigeon Valley, Burman Bush and Beachwood, all of which form part of a broader network of green areas within the city limits known as the Durban...
The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) is proud to announce that South Africa is the first country in 2013 and the twelfth country overall to ratify the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of...
World Wetlands Day, which takes place on 2 February each year, aims to raise awareness about the importance of wetlands in ecosystems. As urban development expands, many wetlands now fall within urbanised or semi-urbanised areas, as is the case...
The Built Environment Professions Grouping (BEPs) collectively has voiced their concerns pertaining to infrastructure bottlenecks or lack of infrastructure delivery as well as inadequacies in mechanisms to procure their professional services. The...