Par 8.6.4.2 New plan fails to provide roadmap for sustainable use of SA’s mega-biodiversity
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2024-04-22-new-plan-fails-to-provide-roadmap-for-sustainable-use-of-sas-mega-biodiversity/ By Nina Braude 22 Apr 2024 Nina Braude is a senior attorney at the Biodiversity Law Centre, a non-profit organisation that seeks to use the law to reverse the catastrophic decline of biological diversity in southern Africa. The actions in the National Biodiversity Economy Strategy are not merely controversial, they run counter to the […]
(par 8.4.2. 8) ‘Killing’ trees How true environmental protection requires a revolution in how we talk about, and with, our forests
Par 8.4.2.8 ‘Killing’ trees: How true environmental protection requires a revolution in how we talk about, and with, our forests (6/10) https://theconversation.com/killing-trees-how-true-environmental-protection-requires-a-revolution-in-how-we-talk-about-and-with-our-forests-214899 By Sarah Abbott October 29, 2023 Which came first, the acorn or the oak? A more important question is which came first: our words for trees, or our understandings of what trees are? Human […]
(par 8.4.2. 8) Recognising that nature has legal rights is a key step to slowing the degradation of our planet
Recognising that nature has legal rights is a key step to slowing the degradation of our planet https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2023-05-02-recognising-that-nature-has-legal-rights-is-a-key-step-to-slowing-the-degradation-of-our-planet/?tl_inbound=1&tl_groups[0]=80895&tl_period_type=3?token=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=First%20Thi By Lesai Seema 02 May 2023 Lesai Seema is an associate at environmental law firm Cullinan & Associates for the Wild Law Institute, which advances and defends the Rights of Nature. The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa […]