We use law to protect and restore biodiversity in Southern Africa

Our purpose

We are activist lawyers who seek to use the law to protect and restore ecosystems in Southern Africa. By partnering with communities and other civil society organisations, we provide legal advice and support in order to achieve our vision of flourishing indigenous species and ecosystems that support sustainable livelihoods in Southern Africa.

Current project

Protecting Verlorenvlei

We work with partner organisations to address threats to this unique wetland of international importane

Current project

Protecting African Penguins

We work with partner organisations to address threats to African Penguins as a result of human activity

Latest news

Executive Director Kate Handley discusses the Sixth Extinction at the Daily Maverick Gathering: Earth Edition

Can law and policy reform help to curb the Sixth Mass Extinction?

Biodiversity – whose business is it anyway?

SA’s progress towards international biodiversity targets provide a glimmer of hope

We are hiring: Attorney

Biodiversity is declining at an unprecedented rate, and business needs to care

Exclusion of Solar PV installations from obtaining Environmental Authorisation and Adoption of Screening Tool

Draft white paper on sustaining the country’s biodiversity is a bold step but lacks details

Ship-to-ship fuel bunkering must urgently be included as a Listed Activity under SA’s environmental law

The road to COP15 in Montreal: Nairobi conference fiddles while ecosystems burn