The ecologically rich grasslands in Mpumalanga’s highveld have become a front line in the struggle between biodiversity and coal mining.
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The Oppenheimer Research Conference creates a platform for researchers and practitioners in conservation sustainability to share their knowledge to increase its impact. Here are a few snap shots of presentations.
Antony Philip Emenyu wants to speed up the adoption of regenerative farming practices, using payment for Ecosystem Services as an incentive for conservation. This is important because of the urgent need for a response to climate change impacts on food security, without compromising livelihoods.
Smallholder farmers produce the bulk of the food consumed in Africa. Emenyu says his research provides a means to increase the rate of adoption of proven climate smart practices by smallholder farmers. “Thus, generally, not only reducing the carbon footprint of smallholder agriculture in Africa but also improving food security and livelihood security for those primarily dependent on agriculture as a livelihood source.”
Emenyu is a doctoral student at the University of Exeter, UK under the Openheimer-Turvil Doctoral scholarship. His research focuses on assessing the use and uptake of regenerative farming practices in African landscapes, supervised by Dr Tom Powell, Dr Andrew Cunliffe, Dr Lorien Jasny and Prof. Mulala Simatele.
The ecologically rich grasslands in Mpumalanga’s highveld have become a front line in the struggle between biodiversity and coal mining.
“Cattle corridors might just hold the key to African ecological resilience.” Ecologist Elizabeth le Roux is rethinking what nature means: where rangelands, people, and wildlife intersect in surprising ways.
Reweaving Kenya’s rangelands. From milk gourds to satellite data, Jonah Western’s community-first conservation strategy is turning Kenya’s Amboseli region into a tapestry of coexisting people, wildlife & land.
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