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Dominic Naidoo

Environmental Writer

Calls for direct compensation, debt relief, gain traction

Dominic Naidoo|Published 1 year ago

Picture: Monicah Mwangi/REUTERS/Taken September 6, 2023 – Kenya's President William Ruto, flanked by African leaders, addresses the media after the close of the ...

The Great Rift Valley: a divisive force impacting the Masai Giraffes

Dominic Naidoo|Published 1 year ago

Picture: David Ritchie/African News Agency(ANA)/November 9, 2021 – A giraffe at the Rescue and Research Centre Plettenberg Bay South Africa, situated on the Stofpad ...

African cities dominate world’s least liveable cities

Dominic Naidoo|Published 1 year ago

Picture: Oleg Petrasyuk/EPA-EFE/Taken on November 23, 2022 – ...

Africans flying food security flag

Dominic Naidoo|Published 1 year ago

Picture: Omotayo Tajudeen /Pexels/Taken on September 25, 2019 – A woman holding tomatoes at a market in Lagos, Nigeria. The World Bank says food insecurity must ...

Saving Southern Africa’s Vultures

Dominic Naidoo|Published 1 year ago

By Dominic Naidoo

Climate extremes reshaping the globe, Africa must respond decisively

Dominic Naidoo|Published 1 year ago

By Dominic Naidoo

AI-Journalism: No voice, no analysis, no feel or colour . . . for now

Dominic Naidoo|Published 1 year ago

By Dominic Naidoo

Carbon emissions: a bigger sink or a clamp?

Dominic Naidoo|Published 1 year ago

By Dominic Naidoo

Tourism on track to surpass pre-pandemic levels

Dominic Naidoo|Published 1 year ago

Picture: Supplied – South Africa’s most important resources are its natural attractions, especially its wildlife. Table Mountain and Kruger National Park are just ...

Africa’s readiness for renewable energy: a Continent on the path to sustainability

Dominic Naidoo|Published 2 years ago

Picture: Supplied – Wind turbines. Africa boasts exceptional renewable energy potential due to its abundant natural resources. We’re blessed with vast solar exposure, ...

The importance of Urban Forests

Dominic Naidoo|Published 2 years ago

Picture: Supplied – Urban forests are exactly what they sound like: forests that are planted within cities. They’re not necessarily massive swaths of land with towering ...

Earth Day 2023: Biodiversity crucial for survival of humans

Dominic Naidoo|Published 2 years ago

Picture: Supplied – One of the aspects that make Earth special is its immense biodiversity and how it is linked in a never ending cycle of death and rebirth, every ...

Environmental focus: Where have all the bugs gone?

Dominic Naidoo|Published 2 years ago

Picture: ...

The Great Recycling Myth – why most plastic can’t be recycled

Dominic Naidoo|Published 2 years ago

Picture: Marco de Benedictis/via Getty Images – Our planet is choking on plastic, and it is about time to change the way we produce, consume and dispose of the plastic ...

Human Rights Month: how to ensure a healthy environment for all

Dominic Naidoo|Published 2 years ago

Picture: ANA File – Research has shown how Eskom's coal-fired power stations cause 2,239 deaths per year. As air pollution poses risks to the health and well-being ...

The importance of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals for South Africa

Dominic Naidoo|Published 2 years ago

Picture: Supplied – Poverty and inequality are major challenges in South Africa. According to Statistics South Africa, the poverty rate in the country was 32. 6 ...

The importance of protecting Africa’s endangered species

Dominic Naidoo|Published 2 years ago

Picture: framesequence via Getty Images – The Mountain Gorillas in Rwanda are a significant draw for tourists, and the income generated from gorilla tourism helps ...

Drought, extreme heat on the cards for South Africa, the Continent

Dominic Naidoo|Published 2 years ago

Picture: ANA File – The World Health Organisation warned in December last year that extreme climate-driven weather disasters across a dozen African countries are ...

Can South Africa achieve Net Zero?

Dominic Naidoo|Published 2 years ago

Picture: John Woodroof/ANA file – Contract workers at Mittal’s Vanderbijlpark steel mill. A steel mill that emits carbon through the smelting process, can commit ...

The ethics of eating animals

Dominic Naidoo|Published 2 years ago

Picture: Supplied - The Joburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) in South Africa impounds several cow heads, skins, cooked cow head meat and pots in a blitz aimed at ...

Climate Change - A Year in Review

Dominic Naidoo|Published 2 years ago

Picture: Fadel Senna / AFP – A herd of sheep walk over cracked earth on August 8, 2022, at al-Massira dam in Ouled Essi Masseoud village, some 140km south from Morocco's ...

Every dog has its day

Dominic Naidoo|Published 2 years ago

Picture: Supplied – The National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA) has come out in support of a petition to ban pit bulls as domestic animals in South Africa. The breed can ...

Leave the oil in the soil and the coal in the hole

Dominic Naidoo|Published 2 years ago

Picture: African News Agency (ANA)By Dominic NaidooI recently listened to an incredibly riveting podcast series by the UK’s Guardian media group which followed the ...

Heeding young Voices at COP27

Dominic Naidoo|Published 2 years ago

Graphic: REUTERS/Emilie Madi – Climate activists protest against big polluters at the Sharm El-Sheikh International Convention Centre, during the COP27 climate summit, ...

Cemeteries to Sand Mines: Impoverished Africans turn to the dead in order to survive

Dominic Naidoo|Published 2 years ago

Graphic: Timothy Alexander / African News Agency (ANA) – Illegal sand mining has been an issue for decades but cemeteries have become the miners latest targets because ...