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Blue and fin whale sightings on the rise in the South East Atlantic
More than 40 years after the end of commercial whaling, new research reveals a recent increase in sightings of the world’s two largest whale species in the southeastern Atlantic. The findings...
Evolution of Language Rights in South Africa
Language rights occupy a unique and often contested space within South Africa’s constitutional framework. As a diverse and multilingual society emerging from a deeply racialised and exclusionary...
Power Lines Pose Deadly Threat to Namibia’s Large Birds
A year-long study in southern Namibia has confirmed what conservationists have long feared: power lines are killing significant numbers of large bird species, with some populations, particularly busta...
Call for Papers: Climate-smart cultivated grassland & pasture system
Grasslands, both cultivated and natural, form an important component of livestock production, rural livelihoods and ecosystem services across Africa and globally, yet these systems face increasing pre...
Fish, fishers and the future: A Special Issue
Guest edited by those well-renowned in their field, Volume 47, Issue 4, of the African Journal of Marine Science is a special issue titled, “Fish, fishers and the future”. The special issu...