There has been a sea change in the biodiversity business. International and national laws now oblige companies and researchers to “do the right thing”. Indigenous people and local communities must be included as beneficiaries in ventures exploiting their knowledge or resources. Communities must give their consent before any bioprospecting – exploring biodiversity for valuable … [Read more...] about Justice is still not being done in the exploitation of indigenous products | The Conversation
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Studies show tech-savvy youth are still reading local newspapers
Generation Y and Z, the millennials and post-millennials are much more tech-savvy on the whole than their predecessors, and have been described as digital natives. The youth are active consumers of online news yet recent research shows that they avidly read their local newspapers in print, often from cover to cover. Read more on: Media Update Submit your own Press Release … [Read more...] about Studies show tech-savvy youth are still reading local newspapers
Circulation still matters
While the world is ever more digital, print advertising still plays an outsized role in South Africa’s advertising space, as do the circulation figures leaned on by advertisers to make campaign decisions. Read more on: Media Update Submit your own Press Release or get free content for your publication. My Press Release (MyPR) provides free South African targeted content … [Read more...] about Circulation still matters
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In a continuation of MyPR’s expressed policy of minimising the clutter (read adverts) on the www.MyPR.co.za web site the owners have restated their objective to keep the provision of media releases and PR communications free. Since the establishment of MyPR in June 2012 the submission of news has been free AND publishers have been encouraged to use the content (AND … [Read more...] about Still free
Tanzania is still failing to protect its children who live with albinism | The Conversation
Selina, right, and her friend Mwanaidi play together in a Tanzanian classroom. Children with albinism are very vulnerable to attack, mutilation and murder. EPA/Johan BaevmanThere is no doubt that educational access worldwide has improved in the past two decades. This has been driven by the launch in 1990 of the United Nations' Education for All global initiative. By 2011 there … [Read more...] about Tanzania is still failing to protect its children who live with albinism | The Conversation
