two cycads from a species now so rare in the wild that it’s at risk of extinction. Classified as “endangered” on the Red List of plants, these were Waterberg cycads, with its scientific name ...
That’s a question a Pretoria regional court magistrate will be pondering this week as prosecutors, arguing in aggravation of sentence, call experts to testify about the extreme conservation value of ...
A new analysis published in the journal Science reveals that overfishing has caused populations of chondrichthyan fishes – sharks, rays, and chimaeras – to decline by more than 50 per cent since 1970.
Dec. 6, 2024 — Non-native species introduced by humans are among the main causes of global species decline -- they were partly responsible for 60 percent of the species that have become extinct ...
Five people were arrested in Kariega after being found in possession of cycads with an estimated value of R1m. Police spokesperson, Captain Sandra Janse Van Rensburg, said they were arrested on Friday ...
The information was operationalised during a joint operation at approximately 02:21 on the R75; SAPS Kariega K9, Stock theft and Endangered Species unit and SAPS Kariega members noticed the vehicle ...
Global species assessments, in which every extant species in a taxonomic group is systematically assessed, have been conducted only for very few plant groups such as cycads, conifers, mangroves and ...