
Adam Welz is a South African writer, photographer, and filmmaker based in Cape Town. He is the author of The End of Eden: Wild Nature in the Age of Climate Breakdown, due out in September 2023. He writes about international and African wildlife issues for Yale Environment 360 and other publications.
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A Craze for Tiny Plants Is Driving a Poaching Crisis in South Africa
March 6, 2025
By Adam Welz
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Climate Change Is Pushing These Migratory Birds to the Brink
October 5, 2023
By Adam Welz
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If South Africa Ends Lion Breeding, What to Do With Captive Cats?
August 24, 2023
By Adam Welz
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Hippos Are in Trouble. Will an Endangered Listing Save Them?
April 27, 2023
By Adam Welz
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Analysis
Are Huge Tree Planting Projects More Hype than Solution?
April 8, 2021
By Adam Welz
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Fire Fallout: How Ash and Debris Are Choking Australia’s Rivers
February 27, 2020
By Adam Welz
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Listening to Nature: The Emerging Field of Bioacoustics
November 5, 2019
By Adam Welz
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How Kenya’s Push for Development Is Threatening Its Famed Wild Lands
April 24, 2019
By Adam Welz
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‘Rhino Coin’: Can a Cryptocurrency Help Save Africa’s Rhinoceroses?
November 20, 2018
By Adam Welz
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Beetle Mania: The Nasty Insect That Is Killing the Trees of Johannesburg
October 16, 2018
By Adam Welz
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The Ongoing Disgrace of South Africa’s Captive-Bred Lion Trade
September 18, 2018
By Adam Welz
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Shark Mystery: Where Have South Africa’s Great Whites Gone?
August 6, 2018
By Adam Welz
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Basement Preservationists: Can Hobbyists Save Rare Fish from Extinction?
June 18, 2018
By Adam Welz
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Awaiting Day Zero: Cape Town Faces an Uncertain Water Future
March 1, 2018
By Adam Welz
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How Aquaculture Is Threatening the Native Fish Species of Africa
October 30, 2017
By Adam Welz
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Unnatural Surveillance: How Online Data Is Putting Species at Risk
September 6, 2017
By Adam Welz
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Amid Elephant Slaughter, Ivory Trade in U.S. Continues
February 13, 2014
By Adam Welz
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In South Africa, Renewables Vie With the Political Power of Coal
December 12, 2013
By Adam Welz
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The War on African Poaching: Is Militarization Doomed to Fail?
August 12, 2013
By Adam Welz
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The Surprising Role of CO2 in Changes on the African Savanna
June 13, 2013
By Adam Welz