Coal-mining web encircles Africa’s oldest game reserve
Posted on 10 Mar, 2023 by Oxpeckers Reporters Ecologically and economically vulnerable areas bordering Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Game Reserve are threatened by ‘get-rich-quick’ coal prospecting rights. Tony Carnie investigates for Our Burning Planet Resource scramble: Increasingly large chunks of rural community land surrounding the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park have been targeted for coal mining. Graphic: Sheena Carnie It
