Do people instinctively understand the shark spotting flag system and can it be improved? is the title of Zoë Saffer Gray's 2011 ESKOM Science Expo project. Her results show clearly that far too many people struggle to work out what the existing flags mean.
Enviro News, ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERSBaboon Matters Trust challenges `Baboon Facts' by Baboon Research Unit, UCT and that they and the public are being excluded from the decision process regarding the euthanizing of baboons.
Enviro News, ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERSThe Silvermine River was once `free’ movingin tune to the vagaries of weather, tides & shifting coastal dunes. From Source to Sea it is still one of the most natural rivers in Metro Cape Town and a gateway into TMNP.
ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERSWhile the Euthanasing of Fred Baboon has lead to public protests, research at Baboon Research Unit, UCT, shows that management & conservation of Peninsula baboons has improved. "We should be commending the authorities...," writes Dr J O'Riain. The facts are...
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