Scope to increase Kgalagadi tourism fees
South African conservation authorities could raise the daily park attendance fees for the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (KTP) by just over double, without a significant loss of visitors in response to…
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Aloyce Hepelwa from EfD Tanzania will participate 5th Nile Basin Development Forum (NBDF) in Kigali
Dr. Aloyce Hepelwa EfDTanzania research fellow will participate to the 5 th Nile Basin Development Forum (NBDF) that will take place in Kigali, Rwanda from 23 to 25 th October, 2017 at Kigali Marriott…
Predator-livestock conflict management gets scrutiny
PORT ELIZABETH: As long as farmers and wildlife have vied for their share of the veld here in South Africa, there has been a conflict, as the inevitable presence of wild predators has resulted in…
Insect pollination centre stage at African conference
Healthy forests in sub-Saharan Africa are an important source of wild pollinators, and thus support agricultural productivity and food security in the region, a conference in the Kenyan capital…
GGGI & CATIE hosted the international workshop “Nature’s returns: Unlocking investment for forest ecosystem services”
The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE) hosted the international workshop “Nature’s returns: Unlocking investment for forest…
Multi-country study seeks common valuation for urban parks
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA: Resource economists from seven countries met in Cape Town this April, in an effort to find a common method for calculating the value of urban green spaces, such as parks…
Standardising the valuation of nature’s services
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA: A working group of resource economists met in Cape Town this April to agree on the methods they will use in order to contribute to the development of a standardised national…
EfD presented as part of the solution during the launch of SDSN Northern Europe
EfD was presented as a solution model for working towards the UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals when the SDSN Northern Europe was launched on February 25-26. Particularly the Ethiopian EfD center…
Economists hail Cape wetland conservation
Local economics researchers have hailed the announcement this month that the City of Cape Town will reverse a decision to sell a section of the Princess Vlei wetland near Diep River to developers, who…
Don’t oversell nature’s services in cities, scientist warns
Natural spaces within city limits, such as wetlands or forests, can offer important support to cities in terms of helping to manage waste water, or slow down flood waters. But scientists shouldn’t…