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Jason Sole covers the spread of global drought and the impacts that it is having across the world. This topic seems to be emerging more and more as climate change spreads its grip creating extreme weather phenomena. In a nutshell it could be argued that the current El Nino could ...
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November, 2016
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8 November
SA Wild Bees Part Three – Biodiversity and Habitats
In our follow up interview with bee researcher, Ms Jenny Cullinan, (co-founder of UJUBEE), we covered Disease in bees, Artificial insemination versus natural breeding and Self medicating to maintain healthy immune systems in the colonies, and in this final interview we conclude with protection of bees (legislation), biodiversity and healthy ...
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8 November
South African Wild Bees Part Two – Disease and Health in the Wild
In our first interview with bee researcher, Ms Jenny Cullinan, (co-founder of UJUBEE), we covered the research of South African wild bees for the last 3 years, mainly at Cape Point Nature Reserve, bee conservation and collaborative work with related international institutions. In Part Two we look at disease in ...
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8 November
Sustainable Marine Resource harvesting – Local divers
The small mining community of San Juan de Marcona, one of five districts in the province of Nazca, Southern Peru, depends on the port and most of its 20 thousand inhabitants who are fishermen and local divers who practice sustainable marine resource harvesting. The major industry here is the Marcona ...
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8 November
COP 20 – Solutions for Green Sustainability and Innovation – Businesses and Cities
COP 20 Lima, Mr Peter Bakker, President of World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) speaks on the Integration of Green Sustainability into every aspect of cities and business worldwide and the key component for up-scaling of environmental solutions is Innovation. Business has finance and management skills, innovative power and ...
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4 November
Change Agent Interview with Jaques Damhuis Positive Cycle Permaculture
Permaculture and organic gardening expert Jacques Damhuis from Growing Healthy Farms NPC and Positive Cycle talks about water management for optimal land use, recharging local aquifers, sustainable practices for organic food crop production and takes us around the Spiral Earthworks concept outlining the fundamental principles of this novel project. He ...
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2 November
Peruvian Fishing community on Sustainable Fishing & Passive Harvesting
Peru’s seabed is rich in natural diversity with about 450 different species of algae live in just this part of the Pacific Ocean. The small mining community of San Juan de Marcona, one of five districts in the province of Nazca, Southern Peru, depends on the port and most of ...
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2 November
COP 20 Lima Panel Speakers on Climate Resilience Transition and Sustainable Urban Metabolism
Panel speakers at COP 20, presenting on the environmental assessment and participatory planning in establishing sustainable practices and systems and the focus on creating more sustainable, resilient urban environments in Cities and regions in Latin America. Andrew Griffin, Director, Regional Environments Hub office in South America, our office is one ...
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2 November
COP 20 – Utilities – Climate Resilience, Compliance, Water-Sharing Scheme
COP 20 Lima, Ms Jeannette Pablo of PNM Resources, Washington DC (https://c3eawards.org/jeannette-pablo/) and principal liaison with US Climate Action Partnership speaks about factors that impact the New Mexico Power Utilities business resiliency, business model and climate approach, in terms of efficiency and compliance. Some of the factors that affect our ...
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1 November
COP 20 Giles Dickson (Alstom) ~ Thermal Power Technology Systems and High Water Footprint
Alstom Exec. Vice President, Mr Giles Dickson, speaks on Thermal Power technology systems and reducing High Water footprints at COP 20 conference, Lima, and addresses three main issues related to thermal power and water for effective solutions, viz; Extremes, Averages and Water. Extreme disasters and weather phenomena increases in the ...
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