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- 2010-08-30 A stimulating environmental economics teaching exchange Looking forward Sustainability: The Environmental Policy and Sustainable Development course held at UCT from Mid-July to End of July, piloted by Maria Damon (University of New-York) and including teaching by EfD research fellows Martine Visser and Edwin Muchapondwa, explored the ways that economic analysis can help identify underlying problems and formulate effective policy responses to them.
- 2010-08-30 Want to Curb Litter? Tax the Bag In a new Environment for Development discussion paper, authors Johane Dikgang and Martine Visser analyze the success of the legislation of plastic bag in Botswana, and conclude—at least in the short-term—that the bag policies are working.
- 2010-07-30 Transdisciplinary dialogue between scientists during the 45th Annual Congress of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa South Africa Kimberly, 19- 25 July 2010: the Grasslands Society hosted their 45th congress on Sustainable and Adaptive Practices in Range and Pasture Systems, with an Emphasis on Arid Regions. Efd-EPRU Research fellow Johane Dikgang presented his current work on arid regions.
- 2010-05-24 Investors needs to take stock of environment too 20 May 2009: After the release of the EPRU research report on Environmentally Responsible Investment (ERI), Business Report (a business section included in five national daily papers including Cape Times and The Star in Johannesburg) opened its columns to EfD/EPRU fellow Dr Stephanie Giamporcaro to share her views on the future of ERI.
- 2010-04-07 | south africa Putting a Price on Carbon in South Africa: exploring the potential of economic instruments to mitigate climate change Kerri Brick, EfD research fellow, and Martine Visser, EfD research fellow and coordinator, presented a paper at the Putting a Price on Carbon Conference, held in Cape Town on 23 and 24 March, 2010. The purpose of the conference was to build on the discussions undertaken at a side-event at the 2009 Climate Change Summit where Brick and Visser also presented a paper.
- 2010-04-07 | south africa What scope for environmentally responsible investment in South Africa? Wednesday 31 March 2010, EfD/EPRU Researcher Dr Stephanie Giamporcaro presented to investors, media and fellow academics the findings of the report: Environmentally Responsible Investment in South Africa: The state of play.
- 2010-03-25 | south africa | Policy design South Africa 2010 Biodiversity Planning Forum A platform for exchange between policy makers and academics
- 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.
