The first Saturday of September every year is observed as International Vulture Awareness day by the Endangered Wildlife Trust’s Birds of Prey Programme (EWT-BoPP), its partners and associates including provincial conservation bodies and several other NGOs involved in vulture research and conservation in South Africa.

The Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT), in recognising a dire need to urgently address the rapidly escalating problem of rhino poaching in South Africa, has developed a project to strengthen the security of rhino in South Africa. The EWT Rhino Hotline number is 082 404 2128 . We call on every person who becomes aware of any illegal, or suspicious activities concerning rhino poaching or the sale, movement and or trade in their horns, to please make use of this number in order to get the information to the relevant enforcement agencies.

World Environment Day is celebrated on 5 June every year. It aims to focus global awareness on the importance of the environment and to stimulate political attention and action for a healthy planet. It was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1972 to mark the opening of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment.

The theme for World Environment Day 2010 is ‘Many Species. One Planet. One Future.’ This theme supports the International Year of Biodiversity 2010, a global campaign designed to encourage worldwide action to safeguard biodiversity, the intricate network of life.

See how you can act for conservation on World Environment day and the other 364 days of the year!

This is the latest release on the issue surrounding the coal mining around the World heritage site of Mapungubwe. The fight to protect the Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape from coal mining heated up this week with the submission of an appeal against the mine by some of the leading non-governmental organisations in South Africa.

Today, 22 April 2010, is the 40th Celebration of Earth Day.

One of the major problems facing the planet is the loss of biodiversity. We are losing biodiversity at 100 times the rates documented in fossil records.

This post reviews how a conservation NGO (The Endangered Wildlife Trust) is combating this loss of biodiversity.

An endangered Black Rhino was poached in the Pilanesberg National Park on Wednesday 10 March, the first rhino to be poached in this Park in its 31 year history. The Pilanesberg Wildlife Trust needs YOUR help to prevent future attacks of this nature!

If you would like to make a donation, no matter how small, please follow the links and you will be redirected to the Pilanesberg Wildlife Trust’s debit order page.

Banking Details
Pilanesberg Wildlife Trust
FNB, Cheque account
Branch: 260246 – Mogwase
Account: 62031121255

The International Year of Biodiversity 2010 is a global campaign designed to encourage worldwide action to safeguard biodiversity. It is a celebration of life on Earth and of the value of biodiversity for our lives. Check out what a number of conservation bodies are doing to preserve biodiversity in South Africa.

With the lure of the supposed status acquired by keeping cranes in a private garden or shopping centre, a demand is created for cranes, which places pressure on the wild populations. Many unsuspecting people then become involved in illegal trade, as they find birds quite readily available.