Why do many #conservation approaches find it hard to do justice to people and integrate ‘living with’ #biodiversity rather than separating people and nature? We deal with this and much more in our #LivingLandscapesInAction short course. Apply by 21 July.

Thank you to Prof Jose Frantz, DVC for Research and Innovation at @UWConline, for her #PLAAS30 anniversary wish. This message is for those who have helped us create impactful work for the last three decades - the thinkers, tireless activists, and our generous supporters. 🎉

RT @NkuziD: @PLAASuwc @RuthHallPLAAS Happiest 30th anniversary, PLAAS. Wishing you many more returns.

Today, PLAAS celebrates its 30th anniversary! 🎂.Director Prof @RuthHallPLAAS says PLAAS is as important now as it was when it first started in 1995. Listen to her message, and celebrate with us by sending us your wish for next 30 years of PLAAS. 🎤

It was an honour to host fisher Sithembile Ngwane, community leader Bonginkosi Mbuyazi, and Manukelana Art and Indigenous Nursery conservationist and educator Ernest Mlambo. It's never easy to capture the magic of community work and dynamism in photos. ✨️

This week, we're in KwaZulu-Natal with our community partners from iSimangalsio Wetland Park. We screened our new documentary, Indalo Yethu - Our Livelihoods, Our Nature, Our Heritage - with people featuring in the film.

🍷 Are you looking to complete a PhD in land governance and value chain management in the wine industry? Our colleagues at the Centre of Excellence in Food Security at @UWConline are looking for your applications. Read more and apply via the link below.

You can find PLAAS's stand outside H&M. Small-scale fishers are fighting companies and authorities for access to their livelihoods. Support them.

If you're at the @VandAWaterfront's Neighbour Food Experience today, read about the fisher women from "Beyond the Blue". Your plate holds power: make the conscious choice for our ocean - and our people. Read some of their stories and buy the book here:

🙌🏾 Our Masterclass with Prof Thembela Kepe has kicked off! If you've registered and haven't logged in yet, join us. We're looking forward to learning from your experiences.🌱.

⌚Tomorrow! Be sure to register for this Living Landscapes in Action Masterclass. Professor Thembela Kepe's research interests in Southern Africa include people-environment interactions, land rights, the politics of development projects, and the politics of land use planning.

Celebrate with us! 🎉 Our new Director, Professor @RuthHallPLAAS, is no stranger to those in the land, poverty and agrarian sectors. Read about her contributions to research, teaching & policy engagement in SA, the rest of Africa, & her influence globally.

Land dispossession, racial exclusions to natural resources, & climate change means decolonised conservation is more urgent. Join our Masterclass with Professor Thembela Kepe on Thursday for more. More info: Register:

- not just for the only fisherwoman in Gaza, but for all fishers and people to be free to practice their livelihoods, access food, and practice their traditions and culture.

"They may have bombed my boat, but my name will remain – and it will sail across the sea.".On World Oceans Day, Greta Thunberg and other activists on the Madleen Freedom Fortilla are reminding us as ocean researchers around the world to connect blue justice and climate justice -.

RT @PLAASuwc: What are the efforts towards decolonising biodiversity conservation, and do they work? Join the Living Landscapes in Action M….

What are the efforts towards decolonising biodiversity conservation, and do they work? Join the Living Landscapes in Action Masterclass with Professor Thembela Kepe. 🗓️ Thursday, 12 June 2025.🕙 10:00 - 13:00 SAST.📝 Register: 📖