http://www.southernafricadirect.com/news/Latest entriesen-gbThu, 03 Sep 2009 11:10:005Southern Africa Direct Two male cheetahs rescued from a cattle ranch in Limpopo Province by the De Wildt Cheetah and Wildlife Trust were recently released into Nkomazi Game Reserve in Badplaas, Mpumalanga; the latest Game Reserve launched by Dubai World Africa. When farmers are not tolerant to the presence of cheetah, the De Wildt Wild Cheetah Project endeavour to capture these wild cats and relocate them to more suitable protected areas.  This successful relocation programme has rescued many cheetahs from farmlands in South Africa, by relocating them to protected regions where they are treasured as a valuable eco-tourism asset. http://www.southernafricadirect.com/news/entries/2009-09-03/nkomazi-game-reserve-welcomes-two-male-cheetahs.html Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:10:00 Six young gorillas, rescued from the illegal bush meat trade, have begun new independent lives on a lagoon island just outside Loango National Park in Gabon. Staff at the Société de Conservation et Développement (SCD) are celebrating after announcing the successful transfer of the six juvenile western lowland gorillas (a species deemed critically endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List (IUCN)) onto the safe island in the Fernan-Vaz Lagoon. http://www.southernafricadirect.com/news/entries/2009-08-07/orphaned-gorillas-rescued-in-gabon.html Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:00:00 Uganda has its own rhinos again - the first calf in 27 years was born recently at the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary in Nakasongola district, central Uganda. The new arrival brings hope that the magnificent animal, now extinct in the country's wilds, will thrive once again. The birth is a coup for rhino conservation in the East African country. The Ugandan Wildlife Authority announced that the male southern white rhino calf (Ceratotherium simum simum) was born in June 2009 into a group of six white rhinos at the sanctuary. http://www.southernafricadirect.com/news/entries/2009-07-30/meet-obama---ugandas-first-rhino-calf-in-27-years.html Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:29:00 Acacia Adventure Holidays are launching a 5-day "tweet voluntour" starting today, Thursday 23 July, with volunteers twittering from Zimbabwe. Andy, "the great outdoorsman from the Veldt," will be tweeting about his volunteer work at the Victoria Falls Anti-poaching Unit (VFAPU) at twitter.com/AcaciaAfrica http://www.southernafricadirect.com/news/entries/2009-07-23/voluntour---or-is-that-voluntweet.html Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:22:00 Go ape for a day and enter the Great Gorilla Run 2009! Thousands of people dressed as gorillas will be running 7km through London on September 26 to help save the endangered species from extinction. There are only around 720 mountain gorillas left in the wild, a frightening statistic, so we’re very keen to make a success of this relationship and help boost funds. http://www.southernafricadirect.com/news/entries/2009-07-22/join-the-great-gorilla-run-in-london.html Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:12:00 Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa has made it into the final round of the New 7 Wonders of Nature contest beating the Atacama Desert in Chile, Azure Window in Malta and the Rock of Aphrodite in Cyprus for a spot on the shortlist. The top 28 wonders from around the world were announced today, Tuesday July 21, by the New7Wonders Foundation in Zurich, Switzerland.  The finalists include legendary sites such as the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, the Grand Canyon in the USA and the Amazon in South America. http://www.southernafricadirect.com/news/entries/2009-07-21/table-mountain-makes-it-to-final-of-new-7-wonders-of-nature.html Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:59:00 Africa is once again proving to be a gift to the natural world. Mount Mabu in Mozambique was an untouched paradise until a team of scientists explored it a few months ago. The previously unmapped forest is a conservationist's dream and have yielded rare species of birds, reptiles and insects, some of which are found nowhere else. Scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew in the UK recently led the first expedition to Mount Mabu in central Mozambique. The world-renowned botanical authority works with the Mozambican government, among others, to combat the threat of rapid development to sensitive areas by identifying priority areas for conservation. http://www.southernafricadirect.com/news/entries/2009-04-01/mozambiques-unmapped-mount-mabu-explored.html Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:12:00 Southern Africa Direct is passionate about supporting the conservation of threatened species and ecosystems in Southern Africa and has teamed up with the Endangered Wildlife Trust of South Africa to promote the message.   http://www.southernafricadirect.com/news/entries/2009-03-23/conserving-southern-africa-for-the-future.html Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:00:00 Over a dozen previously unknown new reptile and amphibian species have been discovered in the rainforests of eastern Tanzania, a region known for its rich biodiversity. This is according to a report recently published in the Italian scientific journal Acta Herpetologica, titled "The Nguru Mountains of Tanzania, an outstanding hotspot of herpetofaunal diversity". http://www.southernafricadirect.com/news/entries/2009-01-31/new-species-discovered-in-tanzania.html Sat, 31 Jan 2009 11:35:00 Africa's critically endangered gorillas are to receive a welcome conservation boost with the announcement by the United Nations and the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (Waza) that 2009 is the Year of the Gorilla. Waza is partnering with the Unesco Great Ape Survival Partnership (Grasp) and the United Nations environmental programme's Convention of Migratory Species (CMS) to address both the needs of the world's largest primates, and the people who live in regions where they occur. http://www.southernafricadirect.com/news/entries/2009-01-09/2009-is-the-year-of-the-gorilla.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:10:00