South Africa's rural communities where mining licenses have been granted are often excluded from consultations and bear the brunt having their environment and livelihoods destroyed.
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Four of the five contemporary migrations in East Africa are severely threatened and have virtually collapsed.
South Africa needs to wean itself off coal in a way that protects jobs and the environment.
A Land Degradation Surveillance framework could solve this problem by systematically measuring and tracking indicators of land health in Africa.
A new international report makes for bleak reading on the state of the world's soils. It predicts that land degradation will displace up to 700 million people worldwide by mid-century.
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Professor of Environmental Engineering, University of Sydney
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Professor Emerita in Sociology and Honorary Research Professor in SWOP, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Statistician, University of Hohenheim
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Soil Systems Scientist, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
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Senior Scientist and head of the GeoScience lab, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
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Professor Environmental Science, University of South Africa
