UCT first university to adopt global ethics code

UCT first university to adopt global ethics code

Article originally published at https://www.news.uct.ac.za/news/research-office/-article/2019-04-18-uct-first-university-to-adopt-global-ethics-code UCT has adopted a global code that aims to counter ethics dumping, broadly the practice of exporting sensitive research...
With big trees comes great responsibility

With big trees comes great responsibility

One of Africa’s most iconic species made global headlines when researchers discovered that some of the oldest and largest baobab trees on the continent had died during the past 12 years. While all signs point to climate change being at least partly to blame for this...
Mopane worm trade: Insights from the border

Mopane worm trade: Insights from the border

George Sekonya gives an update on his doctoral research. Relatively high unemployment levels in the semi-arid mopane bioregion, have spurred a thriving cross-border trade of mopane worms as a source of income. In the region, South Africa has been the largest net...