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Hacks vs boffins – bridging the divide
Hacks vs boffins – bridging the divide
By Roving Reporters

Journalists and scientists often speak at cross purposes – even a “different language”. Are there ways for them to understand each other better in the interests of the public good?

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The bumpy task of tracking microplastics
By Yves Vanderhaeghen

“We know that there is serious plastic pollution going on, but what we observed at Osun River was beyond expectation”. Dr Gideon Idowu

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COP27 shows the African way to tackle climate change
By Duncan McFadyen

COP27 will go down in history as the African IMPLEMENTATION COP. Duncan MacFadyen, head of Oppenheimer Generations Research and Conservation, draws out some climate change lessons after attending COP27.

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Tipping Points Episode 9: Hi-tech to revolutionize conservation
By Maxcine Kater

The use of hi-tech like virtual reality was the subject of a Tipping Points Episode 9 webinar hosted by Oppenheimer Generations Research and Conservation on 24 November 2022.

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Technical reports developed through the African Group of Negotiators Expert Support with an armful of scientific evidence to underpin Africa’s case at COP27
By Duncan McFadyen

The world looks to COP27 to negotiate our future against a ticking clock. With the event taking place on African soil this year, this is a valuable opportunity to gain climate wins for the continent. The

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Down with the doom: time to crack on with conservation
By Fred Kockott

Conservation in Africa is at a crossroads. A false step risks mass extinctions and economic ruin. It’s time for hard work, clear thinking and tough choices, write Fred Kockott and Rio Button.

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Evidenced-based research to bolster Africa’s position ahead of COP27
By Tatjana Baleta

African researchers are marshalling their arguments for COP27 to assert that what Africa can do to tackle climate change must be informed by its specific conditions for which solutions tailored for Europe, Asia or America will not work.

Africa turns up the heat for COP27
Africa turns up the heat for COP27
By Tatjana Baleta

Africa is the most vulnerable continent in the face of climate change, according to the team leader of the African Group of Negotiators Expert Support (AGNES), Dr George Wamukoya. He stresses the importance of formulating a strong position for Africa to present at COP27, taking place in Egypt in November.

‘Helicopter science’ must get the chop
‘Helicopter science’ must get the chop
By Roving Reporters

Who’s pulling the strings behind Africa’s conservation narrative and who should be?

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TIPPING POINT EPISODE 8: ‘GREEN GROWTH’ ECONOMY DEMANDS WIDESPREAD AND FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE TO HOW SOCIETY IS ORGANISED
By Rio Button

Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer Research Grant which funds impactful research to provide solutions to some of Africa’s most pressing problems.

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Conservation science must empower people, says environmental minister
By Roving Reporters

More cutting-edge research is required into the role and value of indigenous and traditional knowledge in promoting biodiversity conservation.

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Can old bones in dark caves provide fresh inspiration for conservationists? World-renowned paleoanthropologist Professor Lee Berger certainly thinks so
By Fred Kockott

Berger is on the brink of publishing ground-breaking discoveries related to recent fossil finds at the Cradle of Humankind, in Gauteng.

Themes
  • Greening the economy
  • Origins: Archaeology & palaeontology
  • People – nature relationships
  • Preventing extinction
  • Research models for impact
  • Sustainable land use
  • Tipping points, landscape ecology and climate change
  • Wildlife economies