As the global community works towards declaring 30% of land and oceans as protected areas by 2030, South Africa will only be able to protect 28% of its land and 10% of its oceans by 2036, says the minister of environment, forestry & fisheries, Dion George.
South Africa hosted the fourth annual Earthshot Prize awards in Cape Town this week, a first for the continent, where George acknowledged that progress towards achieving the goal had been slow...
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