The Biodiversity Law Centre, which represents the groups, said the number of penguins had dwindled from 15,000 in 2018 to just under 9,000 at the end of 2023. It said if the current rates of decline ...

The March 18 historic victory secured in the Pretoria High Court by BirdLife South Africa and SANCCOB for South Africa’s ...

In the rich waters of South Africa's coasts, 6 key breeding colonies of the African penguin are now no-go zones for ...

This comes after a settlement agreement was reached by conservation NGOs and commercial sardine and anchovy fishers using nets ...

The fisheries department has two weeks to ensure the closure of no-fishing zones around six key penguin breeding areas.

BirdLife South Africa and Sanccob achieve a landmark court ruling to establish no-take zones for commercial fishing, aiming to protect the critically endangered African Penguin from extinction ...

Government has implemented island closures with immediate effect to enhance the conservation of South Africa’s penguin ...

BirdLife South Africa and SANCCOB today secured a historic victory for South Africa's Critically Endangered African Penguin when the Pretoria High Court issued an order of court after a hard-won ...

One of the most significant aspects of the agreement is the formal closure of specific islands to commercial fishing, with ...

It said the agreement, reached between the commercial small pelagic fishing industry, BirdLife South Africa and the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (Sanccob), ...

Nicky Stander, conservation head at SANCCOB, commented: "Today's order is a significant step forward in our fight to save the African Penguin from extinction. We are immensely grateful for the ...

Nicky Stander, head of conservation at Sanccob, said the journey was far from over. "The threats facing the African penguin are complex and ongoing - and the order itself requires monitoring ...