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SA Wild Bees Part Three – Biodiversity and Habitats

In our follow up interview with bee researcher, Ms Jenny Cullinan, (co-founder of UJUBEE), we covered Disease in bees, Artificial insemination versus natural breeding and Self medicating to maintain healthy immune systems in the colonies, and in this final interview we conclude with protection of bees (legislation), biodiversity and healthy environments for bees and creation […]
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SOILS OF AFRICA ~ SOIL CARBON AND HEALTH WITH PROF. RATTAN LAL

At COP 22 Agriculture Day – Science to Action presentation, Prof. Rattan Lal of the Carbon Management and Sequestration Centre at Ohio State University, speaks on the Sustainable Management of Soil Carbon and Soil Health in Africa and the establishment of soil thresholds in the root zone of Africa. In addressing soil carbon and soil […]
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Solutions for Restoring Functional Ecosystems ~ Organics, Soil Carbon and more….

Mother Channels interviews soil scientist, Christopher Martius, (Principal Scientist Climate Change, CIFOR) on the possibility of nurturing soil microbes to sequester carbon, at COP 22, Marrakech. In destroying ecosystems, e.g. cutting down forests and managing agricultural soils unsustainably, the globe has been losing a significant quantity of soil carbon over the last 8000 years, since […]
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South African Wild Bees Part One – Ms Jenny Cullinan

South African Wild Bees (Part One) Mother Channel interview with bee researcher, Ms Jenny Cullinan, co-founder of UJUBEE, an environmental team who conduct research on South African wild bees in the wild, mainly in the Fynbos rich regions of  the Cape, South Africa. We have been researching South African wild bees for the last 3 […]
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South African Wild Bees Part Two – Disease and Health in the Wild

In our first interview with bee researcher, Ms Jenny Cullinan, (co-founder of UJUBEE), we covered the research of South African wild bees for the last 3 years, mainly at Cape Point Nature Reserve, bee conservation and collaborative work with related international institutions.  In Part Two we look at disease in bees, artificial insemination versus natural […]
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Survival of Ocean Life ~ The Human Impact Factor!

Mother Channel interviews Ms Natalya Gallo, a PhD student at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and fellow of Centre for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation and Mr Dimitri Kalitschenko of Québec-Océan who speak about the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) Water/Air Report and the survival of Ocean life. Natalya expanded on the report in terms of […]
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Sustainable Marine Resource harvesting – Local divers

The small mining community of San Juan de Marcona, one of five districts in the province of Nazca, Southern Peru, depends on the port and most of its 20 thousand inhabitants who are fishermen and local divers who practice sustainable marine resource harvesting. The major industry here is the Marcona Mine, but fishing has been […]
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Tor Wisler – Norwegian Fishing Ministry and Interpol

Fish Crime Symposium, Dept of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Cape Town, 12-15 October 2015, Day 2 No 1 – Tor Wisler, Directorate of Fisheries, Norway  and Interpol Fish Crime Working Group. Co-operation is vital for intelligence, surveillance and analysis. We need to take the threat to fish populations seriously or we will have problems in […]
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Tracking Corporate Commitment to ‘Zero” Deforestation by 2020

Tropical rainforests are known to be the green lungs of the planet, yet they are constantly being diminished by agri-industries such as palm oil, wood harvesters, soy growers and beef farmers.  At a press conference held at COP22 in Marrakesh, a report back was given of progress on the TFA 2020, with speakers Stephen Donofrio […]
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UK Pavilion Green zone – Side event on Climate readiness – Ocean based adaptation and mitigation

A panel discussion on the current and future potential role of the ocean in adaptation and mitigation of climate change and potential uncertainties. These include protection, expansion and location of marine carbon sinks (blue carbon), use of small scale algal farming to enhance local fishers’ adaptive capacity to ocean acidification, large scale capture and storage […]