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The African Union has unveiled the Animal Health Strategy for Africa (AHSA) 2018-2035 to bolster animal health, animal production, productivity, the safety of animal origin, public health, and a ...

Exports included 975 different taxa listed under either CITES2 Appendix I (most endangered) or Appendix II (not necessarily threatened with extinction, but may become so unless trade is closely ...

The African continent has long been regarded as a "refuge" for the survival of archaic forms of life, but in recent years evidence has been accumulating which serves to emphasize the essentially ...

A new conservation model that will secure 270 000 hectares of globally significant conservation land in the Western Cape, and put some R85 million into an area of extreme poverty and unemployment, has ...

The smallest tortoise in the world lives on South Africa’s west coast, and a button-shaped succulent endemic to a tiny area of the Northern Cape can be found nowhere else in the world. But the area’s ...

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The South African Archaeological Bulletin is the longest established archaeological journal in sub-Saharan Africa, it contains the cutting edge of research on southern Africa. Appearing twice a year, ...

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