Getting biodiversity strategy right: What SA’s new action plan must deliver

Daily Maverick | 21.08.2026 22:28
On 5 August the South African government quietly published a draft of its National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan for 2026-2035, a sweepingly consequential programme that sets out how the country will protect and manage its natural resources for the coming decade, and the nation’s primary instrument for actioning the international Convention on Biological Diversity.