What you would use for perhaps less than 12 minutes can take 400 years to break down in the environment. Here are 9 good reasons why we should all try to give up single-use plastics – not just in the month of July but forever. bit.ly/2mRTbT5 #PlasticFreeJuly

One of the big findings from this report is that the captive predator breeding industry only supports 1300 jobs, but easily the same number could be created by turning even half the land over to ecotourism for conservation. And that wouldn’t damage tourism more broadly.

Opening session of the 9th Conference of the Parties to the #NairobiConvention in Mombasa. Let's hope for ambitious leadership and tangible outcomes for the protection and sustainable management of the coastal and marine environment of the Western. Indian Ocean #unep #wiosap

We need to convey a sense of urgency because the world is changing. The next ten years is likely to be the most important time in the next 10,000 years. We have options that we are going to lose within ten years unless we take action now.

Can the ‘Super Year for Nature’ – a year of important global negotiations on #biodiversity, #oceansgovernance & #climateaction – be salvaged? Our experts & research say YES! #EarthDay2020 Cecilia Kinuthia-Njenga UN Environment Programme in Africa saiia.org.za/research/can-t… Alex Benkenstein Romy Chevallier

Investing in restoring ecological infrastructures as the foundation of development objectives could place Africa at the forefront of the ambitious UN Decade on Restoration 2021-2030 @CentreforCST bit.ly/2VrMh8Z #GreenDeal #EarthDay2020

Investment in #naturebasedsolutions must become the underpinning objective of all future development planning. Policies must enable change-driven biodiversity responses: bit.ly/2VrMh8Z #EarthDay2020 @alexbenk @romychev #ClimateAction #GreenDeal #biodiversity2020

SAIIA - Room for (Blue) Growth? Exploring national, regional and global ocean strategies saiia.org.za/news/room-for-…

'This moment is all there is' ~ Rumi instagram.com/p/BY53L-0Fo35/

Photo essay: How blast fishing in #Tanzania is destroying coral reefs and threatening the economy ow.ly/iO9F30etNDW | by Romy Chevallier

Little Fatima, from ibo island in northern Mozambique. Cutie! instagram.com/p/Ba_kzwnllAl/

Op-Ed: #COP23 – ‘Technical COP’ to finalise Paris Agreement despite US withdrawal buff.ly/2m0PH3 By ROMY CHEVALLIER Romy Chevallier

Our climate expert Romy Chevallier breaks down some important issues about #COP23 as the conference progresses. WATCH!

#Cop23Bonn #blueforests #NDC

It’s Africa Day at COP23! Time to move beyond discussion towards collective action and strengthened partnerships for the implementation of the Paris Agreement #AfricaCOP23

As countries look to strengthen their domestic action on climate change, it is an opportune time to include ecosystem-based solutions within the NDCs. More attention must be placed on coastal and marine ecosystems #Cop23Bonn #blueforests #ClimateAction #UNFCCC

After #COP23 how can countries turn policy into climate action? Romy Chevallier makes recommendations: bit.ly/2hat5Ic

The Oceans Pathway Initiative, launched today at COP23 by Fiji, hopes to see the insertion of oceans into NDCs. It also calls for a ocean-specific UNFCCC agenda item and work programme by 2019 #cop23 #Cop23Bonn #oceans

The outlook for SA’s mining industry, if Ramaphosa is quick, is bountiful businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/201… via Business Day

The outlook for SA’s mining industry, if Ramaphosa is quick, is bountiful businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/201… #miningindaba18 Ross Mayfield.harvey