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- 2010-03-09 Anchovy - from fishmeal to food for people South Africa´s anchovy catch is predominantly used for fishmeal, despite the fact that a redirection of the resource towards human consumption could provide nutrition for the rural poor, create employment in coastal regions, and develop new opportunities in the fisheries industry. EfD researchers are sought out by the Marine and Coastal Management, Department of Environmental Affairs, to participate in an inter-disciplinary investigation of the feasibility of utilizing a resource portion of anchovy landings for direct human consumption.
- 2009-12-04 | south africa How to enhance biodiversity conservation through economic incentives? Since 2 years, EPRU research fellow Edwin Muchapondwa has been coordinating a research programme seeking to identify appropriate economic incentives to encourage conservation outside protected areas in Southern Africa. A workshop at the Kruger National Park from the 22 to the 24th October was the occasion for the participants to share their results and to organize future academics collaborations.
- 2009-10-16 EfD/EPRU: Lecture on Biodiversity by Professor Charles Perring Efd-EPRU Fellow Mare Sare invited the distinguished Professor Charles Perring of Arizona State University to give a talk on biodiversity at the School of Economics Monday 16th October 2009.
- 2009-06-13 Pilot Trip to the Kgalagadi Transfontier Park EfD/EPRU researchers Edwin Muchapondwa and Johane Dikgang went on a pilot trip to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park on the 7th - 13th of June 2009
- 2009-05-29 EfD/EPRU a case profile of Social Responsiveness EfD/EPRU has been distinguished one out of ten Social Responsiveness case profiles at the UCT campus level. The Environmental Policy Research Unit is a relatively new addition to the UCT social responsiveness stable, set up in 2007 with donor funding. Its mission is to enhance environmental policy-making through the use of environmental and resource economics.
- 2009-05-22 | south africa South Africa 2009 Environmental and Resource Economics Conference: A success for international academic dialogue EPRU/EFD South Africa invited Prof Peter Berk and Prof Stein Holden to the South Africa 2009 Environmental Economic Resource Economics Conference. The conference was vibrant with more than 200 participants from academia and government agencies.
- 2009-03-20 | south africa | Climate change EPRU/EfD South Africa participated actively to South African Climate Change Summit Kerri Brick, EfD research fellow, and Martine Visser, EfD research fellow and coordinator, presented papers on the economics of climate change mitigation at the 2009 South African Climate Change Summit, held in Johannesburg 3-6 March 2009.
- 2009-01-19 Martine Visser new coordinator for EfD in South Africa Edwin Muchapondwa has concluded his two-year commitment as the founding coordinator, and Martine Visser takes over as the coordinator of the EfD Center in South Africa.
- 2009-01-16 EPRU/EfD South Africa won accreditation from University of Cape Town The EfD centre in South Africa, known locally as the Environmental Policy Research Unit (EPRU), has won accreditation as an independent research unit at the University of Cape Town.
- 2008-10-22 Conservation planning and adaptive management How do or should systematic conservation planning and adaptive management relate? A symposium in Cape Town on Wednesday 22 October examined the increasingly-discussed but not clearly resolved issue of how systematic conservation planning and adaptive management inter-relate.
- 2008-05-21 Research Officer position at EPRU Research Officer position at the Environmental Policy Research Unit (EPRU) under the Southern Africa Labour & Development Research Unit (SALDRU) at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
- 2008-04-25 How to make biodiversity conservation an asset outside of parks? "Biodiversity conservation should take place inside and outside protected areas, if biodiversity targets are to be met. This will only succeed if appropriate social and economic incentives and disincentives are in place. A research programme involving several economists and conservation agencies in South Africa, is currently being designed", said Harry Biggs, of SANParks scientific services, providing context for a joint presentation with among others Edwin Muchapondwa, Coordinator of the EfD Center in South Africa, at the annual Biodiversity Planning Forum 2008.
- 2007-11-09 EfD researchers in South Africa target environmental policy The EfD research group based at the University of Cape Town will focus its attention on sustainable development and the use of environmental economics in policy making.
