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Vision Statement: To contribute effectively to the integrated management of environmental resources in Africa through excellent learning, research, outreach and practice.
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3rd Year State of the Environment Reports for Grahamstown Future Scenarios for Sustainable Cities
CBNRM   The department is well known for its hands-on work with rural communities. Community engagement is truly one of our department's cornerstones.
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2nd year student awarded RUESSPA bursary Nwabisa Mjoli, a 2nd year student in Environmental Science is the first recipient of the Rhodes University Environmental Science Staff & Postrad Alumni Bursary (RUESSPA). This bursary is the brain-child of Charlie Shackleton who called on all staff and alumni of the department to forego one or two pizzas a month and donate these funds to this bursary. There was an overwhelming response and R14,000 was raised to contribute to Nwabisa's 2nd year University costs. This generosity speaks volumes about our alumni's commitment to the discipline and recognition of the inequalities and needs of others in South Africa. This is a life changing opportunity for a local, financially needy young scholar. Well done Nwabisa, we wish you the best of luck in your 3rd year.
As part of its Community Engagement activities, the Dept of Environmental Science Tree for Life Project aims to promote awareness of the need to plant and maintain indigenous trees in and around the Grahamstown area. Trees play a pivotal role in the health and well-being of local communities as they are sources of food, shade, medicines and scenic beauty, amongst other benefits. The Dept has so far planted around 40 trees at the Ntsika Secondary School (with the active involvement of pupils and teachers). This is an ongoing project and the idea is to encourage tree planting within the township areas of Grahamstown, consequently contributing to the Makana Municipality's greening activities. Specifically the aim is to: - promote a better understanding of trees, particularly indigenous trees - highlight the important role trees play in sustainable development and the livelihoods of people and their environment - encourage communities to participate in various greening activities within their own surroundings The SARCHI Chair in Interdisciplinary Science in Land and Natural Resource Use for Sustainable Livelihoods Applications for two post-doctoral and one PhD positions are invited under the auspices of the DST/NRF Chair in “Interdisciplinary Science in Land and Natural Resource Use for Sustainable Livelihoods” in the Department of Environmental Science. Commencing date is February 2013. Subject areas are use of biological natural resources by rural populations, poverty and resource value chains. A standard DST/NRF post-doctoral fellowship (R140 000 p/a) will be granted and a PHD bursary is valued at R80 000 p/a.
Honours student wins RU Environmental Award Brett Sutherland, an Honours student in the department, has won the individual category of this award. His achievement was honoured at a celebratory function on Friday 5 October, hosted by the RU Vice Chancellor and the Environmental Committee. Dr Saleem Badat congratulated the winners for playing a leading role in promoting environmental sustainability at Rhodes University and beyond. Their names will appear in the Rhodes University graduation booklet, and will also be placed on the Environmental Awards Honours Roll - housed in the RU Library.
Fred Ellery presents at the Fynbos Forum One of the many interesting topics discussed during the annual conference of the Fynbos Forum was done by Fred Ellery who explained what can happen when natural processes are ignored in the planning of new developments. Prof Ellery, judged the best presenter of the Forum, gave an excellent talk on the Sand River and the Oyster Bay headland bypass dunefield, followed by a field trip for delegates to actually see what he was talking about. He said "development in coastal zones seldom takes into account natural processes, and there are occasionally activities that are potentially disastrous. Follow this link to read more in the St Francis Village News
The Minister of Science & Technology, Ms Naledi Pandor, announced the results of the latest round of awards in the South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) programme. 60 prestigious research chairs have been awarded, in open competition, across the South African university system. Five chairs have been awarded to Rhodes University. A key criterion for the award of a research chair is that the host university must provide a scholarly environment in which the chair and scholarship can flourish. The five new chairs take to ten the chairs that Rhodes now holds. Charlie Shackleton is one of the recipients of this prestigious award. He holds the chair in 'Interdisciplinary Science in Land and Natural Resource Use for Sustainable Livelihoods'. The other four chairs at Rhodes are in ‘Intellectualisation of African Languages, Multilingualism and Education;’ ‘Insects in Sustainable Agricultural Ecosystems;’ ‘Critical Studies in Sexualities and Reproduction: Human and Social Dynamics,’ and ‘Marine Natural Products Research.’
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Thicket Forum Invitation to Thicket Forum 2013 Thicket Forum Proceedings 2006 Thicket Forum Proceedings 2004
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There are
many people working on community and rural development
that are helping rural communities to empower themselves
through the sustainable use of their natural resources.
One of the ways to achieve this is through monitoring.
The CBNRM Monitoring toolkit gives you the tools to
monitor projects in your village and to evaluate whether
you are achieving your goals.
