South Africa: Communities Urged to Protect SA's Biodiversity

Pretoria — Deputy Minister of Environmental Affairs, Barbara Thomson, has urged all South Africans to step up efforts to protect the country's biodiversity for the benefit of the present and future generations.

"Our vast wealth of biodiversity, our variety of life from genes, species and ecosystems offer a suite of natural solutions in the face of unemployment, rising poverty levels and climate change," Deputy Minister Thomson said on Friday.

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