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Yves Vanderhaeghen

Yves Vanderhaeghen is former editor of The Witness newspaper.

Latest Work

What gorillas and a pioneer vet taught us about disease, scarecrows and the future of conservation

Africa, Our Burning Planet

10 July 2025

What gorillas and a pioneer vet taught us about disease, scarecrows and the future of conservation

By Yves Vanderhaeghen

7 min

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Tracking the Shangani Wanderer — vulture survival, poaching threats, and hope from the skies

Our Burning Planet

24 June 2025

Tracking the Shangani Wanderer — vulture survival, poaching threats, and hope from the skies

By Yves Vanderhaeghen

6 min

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From gourds to satellites: A Maasai-inspired model for reweaving Kenya’s rangelands

Africa, Our Burning Planet

29 May 2025

From gourds to satellites: A Maasai-inspired model for reweaving Kenya’s rangelands

By Yves Vanderhaeghen

9 min

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Embracing the in-between — why we need to ditch the people-or-wildlife conservation binary

Maverick News, Our Burning Planet

28 May 2025

Embracing the in-between — why we need to ditch the people-or-wildlife conservation binary

By Yves Vanderhaeghen

7 min

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How healthy is the ‘great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River’?

Our Burning Planet

31 March 2025

How healthy is the ‘great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River’?

By Yves Vanderhaeghen

8 min

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Scientists study Cape lakes to predict climate change impacts

Our Burning Planet, South Africa

26 March 2025

Scientists study Cape lakes to predict climate change impacts

By Yves Vanderhaeghen

8 min

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Yves Vanderhaeghen

13 January 2025

How home affairs rendered me stateless and non-existent through a software malfunction

By Yves Vanderhaeghen

3 min

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Glimpses of Stone Age ‘workshops’ — archaeologists shed light on hunter-gatherer toolmaking

Our Burning Planet, South Africa

2 January 2025

Glimpses of Stone Age ‘workshops’ — archaeologists shed light on hunter-gatherer toolmaking

By Yves Vanderhaeghen

7 min

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Survival of the coolest — Oppenheimer research grant winner on overheating birds in a changing climate

Our Burning Planet

11 October 2024

Survival of the coolest — Oppenheimer research grant winner on overheating birds in a changing climate

By Yves Vanderhaeghen

7 min

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The ‘extinction’ of our experience of nature is diminishing our sense of responsibility towards it

Our Burning Planet, South Africa

9 October 2024

The ‘extinction’ of our experience of nature is diminishing our sense of responsibility towards it

By Yves Vanderhaeghen

5 min

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Towering conservationist Dr Winnie Kiiru on why climate change is a life and death matter in Africa

Africa, Our Burning Planet

26 September 2024

Towering conservationist Dr Winnie Kiiru on why climate change is a life and death matter in Africa

By Yves Vanderhaeghen

6 min

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