A fish disease, Epizootic Ulceritic Syndrome or EUS for short, was recently diagnosed by researchers from the Aquaculture Research Division of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, in barbel from a farm dam near Stellenbosch and is threatening to affect most species.
A responsible corporate company joins hands with an environmental NGO to take on the cause of sustainable forestry in Uganda.
What is your assessment of the outcomes of Cancun and how much progress has been achieved in following up and in implementation of the decisions that were made, particularly as relates to adaptation and finance?
The Cancun Outcome must be commended as one that contributed to keeping the climate change negotiations process alive after Copenhagen where trust in the process was hindered. The Copenhagen Accord was reached in a way which was not transparent and inclusive. Cancun was thus able to restore trust.
African governance was praised at UN headquarters in New York when the winners of the 2011 Future Policy Award were announced: Rwanda's National Forest Policy was proclaimed the winner of the 2011 Future Policy Award and The Gambia's Community Forest Policy took home a Silver Award.
The prize is awarded annually by the World Future Council, a foundation that brings the interests of future generations to the centre of policy making. The jury which decided on the winning policies was composed of experts on sustainability and forests from all five continents.
Runners-up were forest policies from Bhutan, Nepal and Switzerland. The US Lacey Act's 2008 amendment, which bans the import of illegally harvested wood, received the second Silver Award.
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (DAFF) presents exciting opportunities/positions for the unemployed youth through its Experiential Training, Internship, and the Young Professional Development Programme.
Click here for a breakdown of the various opportunities available.
Closing date: 30 September 2011
There is 'hidden' economic value in protecting forests ' people and animals that depend on the forests. When they are protected, sustainable economies develop, and climate change is stopped.
'Can man, using the forest as a model, design human habitats with the same complexity, stability & productivity as the life webs in the forest?'
This question was asked in the 60's by Bill Mollison and David Holgrem from the University of Tasmania. They observed and studied life webs in the forest. Systems that continued to grow more and more stable and resilient the more complex the relationships between their diversity grew. Their search for the answer lead to the birth of Perma Culture ' man and nature in a shared culture for the permanent well being of both.
