We're coming up with a new set of targets to protect the natural world. Here's how: Rich Carey/ShutterstockScience and scientists are converging around the knowledge that our planet, with us in the driver’s seat, is moving into the Anthropocene. This is a new geological epoch in which humanity’s actions are changing the face of the earth and how … [Read more...] about We’re coming up with a new set of targets to protect the natural world. Here’s how | The Conversation
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How South Africa’s mangrove forests store carbon and why it matters | The Conversation
How South Africa's mangrove forests store carbon and why it matters: The Nxaxo Estuary in South Africa's Eastern Cape province. Dr Jacqueline RawScientists around the world are looking for ways to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. This gas is a natural component of the atmosphere, released by processes of respiration and decomposition of organic matter. But human … [Read more...] about How South Africa’s mangrove forests store carbon and why it matters | The Conversation
How South African universities can tap into the continent’s knowledge systems | The Conversation
How South African universities can tap into the continent's knowledge systems: Africa has a rich history and insights that can balance Eurocentric schools of thought in higher education. ShutterstockSouth Africa’s higher education sector has experienced turmoil in recent years. Some of it stems from students’ financial woes. Some relates to experiences of alienation in the … [Read more...] about How South African universities can tap into the continent’s knowledge systems | The Conversation
Some Kenyan schools are dangerously overcrowded. What must be done | The Conversation
Some Kenyan schools are dangerously overcrowded. What must be done: Students at school on Rusinga Island, Kenya JLwarehouse/ShutterstockA stampede at a primary school in Kenya resulted in the deaths of 14 young children. Though there’s speculation over why the children died, it highlights the issue of overcrowding in Kenyan schools. The school had 3,128 pupils and 51 classrooms … [Read more...] about Some Kenyan schools are dangerously overcrowded. What must be done | The Conversation
Rwanda is training health workers for an interconnected world | The Conversation
Rwanda is training health workers for an interconnected world: The links between people, animals and the environment call for a new approach to health. ShutterstockGrowing scientific evidence shows that environmental transformations such as climate change and pollution are linked to people’s health. The number of extreme events is increasing, often driven by human activities, … [Read more...] about Rwanda is training health workers for an interconnected world | The Conversation
