If built, the proposed hydroelectric Bakota Gorge Dam on the Zambezi River, 60km downstream of Victoria Falls, could have marked environmental and economic impacts for the region, warns the…
Sue also recently received her PhD (Resource Economics) from UCT, which focused on examining the socio-economic impact of high-end ecotourism in remote, rural communities adjacent to protected areas…
With rising operating costs and no increases in state subsidies, SANParks needs to find alternative ways to fund its national conservation parks in South Africa. But conservation and entrance fees…
Researchers in South Africa recently presented a report to the provincial government of the Western Cape Province, showing the cost to the economy of degraded ‘natural capital’ is estimated to be at…
A fisheries quota allocation that over-estimates Namibian fish stocks can compromise the long-term profitability of the private sector fishing industry by encouraging an over-investment in its fleet…
Policymakers need to take a cross-disciplinary approach to tackling South Africa’s twin challenges of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, at the same time as making pro-poor development choices for the…
New deadline for EfD's 2015 proposal submission is June 1, 2014. All proposals must be presented in the respective EfD Center Workshops before submission. In the documents we submitted to Sida, we…
In three separate research briefs EPRU Research Fellow, Johane Dikgang and Senior Research Fellow, Edwin Muchapondwa, analyze the situation in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (KTP) extending between…
Despite policy on poverty alleviation, the poor do not benefit from tourism, writes Assoc Prof Edwin Muchapondwa Some 7.4 million tourists come to South Africa each year, generating around R51 billion…
About twenty EfD researchers from around the globe have been in Cape Town to grow two trees from one seed: they took part in a unique course on Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) from 28 October - 1…