ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS

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Are baboons rogues or tourism resource? UCT to do public survey.

Baboon Liaison Group pushes for shift of focus to baboons as charismatic wild animals with role in biodiversity and a tourism resource. UCT is planning a survey of peoples’ attitudes to baboons on the Peninsula.

 
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Dr Shirley Strum: Cape Peninsula Baboons are difficult to manage, some strategies

“Your Cape Peninsula Baboons have gone far beyond the performance, in terms of strategic thinking, of any others in the world! The Baboon Liaison Group invited Dr. Strum international baboon expert with 38 yrs of research experience to share her knowledge. She opened the discussion about a more assertive approach to keeping baboons out of residential areas.

 
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Fracking update: Cabinet to consider report in March 2012

Fracking task team reports to Cabinet in March. Info to date reveals: a task team struggling to work, impact on bid to host Square Kilometre Array, Water Affairs worries & number of PetroSA members on Team!!!

 
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Solar Water Heaters & Challenge of Creating a Green Economy.

Subsidies for solar water heaters (SWH) have driven a frenzy of new SWH companies. Good news for job creation. As foreign companies supply 50% of our domestic SWHs, is local industry benefitting enough. Buy local!!.

 
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