Wilderness

Rewilding: A poem by Ian McCallum

December 16, 2014 January 25, 20160

REWILDING Awake … I am both predator and prey, every sense pricked to the signals of danger, meat, fertility and homecoming. Alert … I know about narrow escapes. I have learned from my scars the art of rewilding … to see before I’m seen and to listen. Every shadow is…

Daily Maverick: Rape of a conservation area: iMfolozi Wilderness versus Ibutho Coal

September 4, 2014 January 25, 20160

By Braam Malherbe The iMfolozi Game Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal is fighting battles on many fronts. Human settlements, agriculture, poaching and mining are all challenging the existence of this important wilderness area. We must consider the impact of coal mining on the boundary of iMfolozi, specifically regarding the proposed Fuleni mine,…

Human Impact

June 18, 2014 January 25, 20160

This is the editorial from the Mercury today, 18 June 2014 HOMO sapiens have been part of Earth’s natural community for many thousands of years, causing relatively minor changes to the structure of our planet. Our ancestors certainly used fire, axes and ploughs to clear very large tracts of land…

Ibutho raises eyebrows and questions!

May 30, 2014 January 25, 20162

This article appeared in the Mercury on Tuesday, 27 May. By Tony Carnie Who are the big corporate players behind the controversial plan to blast open the rich anthracite coal deposits next to Africa’s oldest game reserve? On the face of it, the main actor on stage is Ibutho Coal,…

Ian McCallum, a letter.

May 27, 2014 January 25, 20160

By Ian McCallum This letter is an appeal to the sanity and wisdom of the national government and to Ibutho Coal (Pty) Ltd. Thank you for the informative and chilling report on the proposed Ibutho coal mining venture on the southern border of the Hluhluwe-Imfolozi national park. The southern section…

Mining threat to Wilderness reserve

May 19, 2014 January 25, 20163

This article appeared in the Mercury on 12 May 2014 By Tony Carnie DYNAMITE, dust, floodlights and convoys of coal trucks threaten to shatter the tranquillity of one of Africa’s oldest game reserves and “wilderness” areas. A mining group is planning to blast open a new coal mine on…

Letter from Lewis Pugh

May 16, 2014 January 25, 20161

14 May 2014 Dear Editor It has been my privilege to explore some of the most incredible parts of our planet, including the North Pole, the Antarctic and the Himalayas, and I have made it my life’s work to campaign to protect many of them. A few years ago…

May 13, 2014 January 25, 20160

By Ian McCallum

Please sign our petition and say NO to the Fuleni Anthracite project.

Take a look at our Action page to see what else you may do.

Comment from a Wilderness guide

May 8, 2014 January 25, 20160

Dear Karl, Will you please register me as an Interested and Affected Party for the abovementioned project? I would also like to object to the mining taking place. In principle I object for the same reasons as the Gaia Foundation (document attached). However, I would like to make a specific…

Criminal tamed by wild trip

May 7, 2014 January 25, 20160

By Myrtle Ryan Vusi Jali still has bullets in his body, a relic of his life of violence, but a recent wilderness encounter has seen him turning his back on crime. Jali’s transformation could be attributed in part to a non-violent man of books. Librarian Hector Mgobhozi selected him…

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