The South African city of Cape Town is recovering from the worst drought in over a century. Policy makers are scrabbling to find ways to boost the city's water supply, to avoid facing the kind of…
The South African city of Cape Town is recovering from the worst drought in over a century. Policy makers are scrabbling to find ways to boost the city's water supply, to avoid facing the kind of…
Researchers from eight EfD centers gathered in Gothenburg, to kick- start work on a two-year collaborative program on marine resources. We spoke with program leaders Francisco Alpízar and Håkan Eggert…
The question of how to address plastic pollution in the world’s oceans is very similar to that of carbon emissions in the atmosphere: it may be possible to tackle the source of the pollution within…
The Ecosystem Services Accounting for Development Program (ESAfD) participated in the 6th World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists through several appearances in academic sessions and a…
What does gender of a smallholder farmer got to do with the value of wild pollination services to crop productivity? Byela Tibesigwa and fellow researchers Juha Siikamaki, Razack Lokina and Jessica…
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…
As Cape Town faces the worst drought in a century, the city may need to shut off running water to homes and businesses in an effort to crisis-manage the last remaining water in the metropole's dams.…
Turn on the water tap in Cape Town, South Africa in March, and nothing will come out. For the Environment for Development researchers at the University of Cape Town, there’s nothing faraway about…
This year the EfD annual meeting will be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from: October 27-30, 2017. It is hosted by the Environment and Climate Research Center (EfD - Ethiopia) and the EfD Secretariat…