How South Africa is denying refugees their rights: what needs to change: Refugees who fled xenophobic attacks recently protested in Cape Town demanding to be sent elsewhere. Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty ImagesSouth Africa hosted about 273,488 refugees and asylum seekers, of whom 84% come from sub-Saharan Africa, in 2018 - the latest period for which figures are … [Read more...] about How South Africa is denying refugees their rights: what needs to change | The Conversation
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Choices in a fog of uncertainty: lessons for coronavirus from climate change | The Conversation
Choices in a fog of uncertainty: lessons for coronavirus from climate change: Getty ImagesGovernments around the world, driven by the threat of overburdened health systems and mass mortality resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, are being forced to make decisions that have enormous, long-lasting consequences for lives and economies. They are doing … [Read more...] about Choices in a fog of uncertainty: lessons for coronavirus from climate change | The Conversation
Tree diseases can change entire landscapes and must be taken seriously | The Conversation
Tree diseases can change entire landscapes and must be taken seriously: The tops of diseased, dying trees amid healthy trees in South Africa's Harold Porter Botanical Gardens. Mike WingfieldOn New Year’s Eve 2018, an arsonist started a fire in Betty’s Bay, a small town in South Africa’s Western Cape province. The fire consumed more than 12 000 hectares of vegetation, most … [Read more...] about Tree diseases can change entire landscapes and must be taken seriously | The Conversation
South Africa is bent on austerity: there’s a strong case that it should change tack | The Conversation
South Africa is bent on austerity: there's a strong case that it should change tack: National Treasury and its political principal, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni,support budget cuts, labour market deregulation, and tax cuts. Getty ImagesAs government, economists, activists, business leaders and the public debate the size and scope of government support to the COVID-19 hit … [Read more...] about South Africa is bent on austerity: there’s a strong case that it should change tack | The Conversation
Climate change could cause abrupt biodiversity losses this century | The Conversation
Climate change could cause abrupt biodiversity losses this century: GettyImagesThe impacts of climate change on species and ecosystems are already evident. Poleward shifts in the geographic distributions of species, catastrophic forest fires and mass bleaching of coral reefs all bear the fingerprints of climate change. But what will the world’s … [Read more...] about Climate change could cause abrupt biodiversity losses this century | The Conversation
