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Leading scientists praise UNESCO's draft decision on the Great Barrier Reef


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Five world-renowned scientists have signed a letter to UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay to thank UNESCO for its leadership in recognising the threat of climate change to the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage property.
Professor Terry Hughes, Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Dr Sylvia Earle, Professor Johan Rockström and Professor Andréa Grottoli sent the letter last night from Australia.
Last month, UNESCO released a draft decision recommending the Great Barrier Reef be inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
The scientists letter is a strong show of support for UNESCO from some of the most revered coral reef experts in the world. ....

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2021-05 - Wits University and French National Centre for Scientific Research announce PhD projects


27 May 2021 - Wits University
Wits University and the French National Centre for Scientific Research have announced five CNRS-Wits PhD projects to be supported in 2021.
The French National Centre for Scientific Research (Centre national de la recherche scientifique – CNRS) and Wits will fund common research projects in order to give PhD students the opportunity to conduct their research in both South Africa and France,” says Professor Lynn Morris, Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research and Innovation at Wits University.
After an independent evaluation of 16 projects by the two institutions and then a joint selection committee, the CNRS and Wits selected these five projects. These five CNRS-Wits PhD projects are based in four entities at Wits University – the School of Physics; the School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences; the Global Change Institute; and the DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Palaeosciences. ....

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