Ecosystem services price, valuing them should be done. However, they are public goods and the value should not lead to exploitation. All ecosystems do in some way deliver regulating services,…
Is this a step in the right direction? The data on the recent China Marais clearing of aliens indicates that it is not so. A comparison of the area cleared…
The climate of the world is changing more rapidly than was predicted just a few years ago. A selection of must watches on climate change, the latest perspective should begin…
Visit to the biochar and biofuel factory in Botriver, Overberg. The factory was initially set up to produce biofuel from used waste tyres, by Jerome Kennedy. A major problem exists…
A great video on the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve. This is an old video, but nature does not get out of date. In fact the Kogelberg was probably in slightly better…
Climate change is a far bigger problem than Covid 19. The world panicked when Covid 19 arrived. The entire world went into panic mode, lockdowns, economic breakdown and huge costs…
Management of the Bot River Estuary: Part 2, changed dynamics and suggestions follows on from part 1. New normal for the Estuary The Bot River Estuary has reached what appears…
The lack of a good management plan of the Bot Estuary has been shown up by the recent artificial breach of the estuary in 2020. Background to estuary breaching Nature…
New thinking about socio-ecological systems (SES). There are many different definitions of socio-ecological systems (SES). Bouamrane M., 2016 defines it as “interdependent and linked systems of people and nature that…
