South Africa’s Biodiversity Plan: Will It Protect Life, Or Protect Business As Usual?

By Mariam Mayet, Director at African Centre for Biodiversity Biodiversity may sound technical, but it names something deeply familiar: the living world that makes life possible. It is the seed in a farmer rsquo;s hand, the soil beneath our feet, the insects that pollinate food crops, the wetlands that store water, the grasslands that feed cattle and wildlife, the rivers, oceans, forests, fynbos, medicinal plants, and the knowledge communities have built over generations.