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Artificial Intelligence comes with a litany of ethical risks and dilemmas. Some are universal, but some are unique to particular countries, like South Africa.
Rats are disrupting the flow of nutrients towards the sea on many tropical islands – this has consequences for fish behaviour and the wider ecosystem.
It is useful to recognise why companies either restrict or strengthen their sustainability efforts in response to a crisis.
As they negotiate with Mauritius, British leaders are mostly interested in securing guarantees that America’s military interests will not be harmed by a transfer of authority to Port Louis.
The trend globally is for countries to be explicit about their maritime interests, underpinned by a sound security strategy.
The decolonisation process was to take place rapidly during the reign of Elizabeth II.
The birds only live on one island and are all very closely-related.
Attention is on the UK to relinquish its hold on the islands. What’s missing is an acknowledgment of the enduring role of the US in this international crime.
Macaques are an alien species - and the endemic plants and animals of the island haven’t adapted to protect themselves against these monkeys.
By raising the Mauritian flag on the Chagos Islands, the east African nation has reasserted – if only symbolically – its claim to sovereignty.
In the early 1960s, British and American diplomats conspired to establish a military base on Diego Garcia, the largest atoll of the Chagos Archipelago.
My family is Mauritian, but when I take a DNA test, Mauritian didn’t even rank as an ethnicity. It can’t. Everyone from Mauritius is from somewhere else, or from many places at the same time.
Sir Jugnauth considerably shaped the economic and political contours of contemporary Mauritius.
Scientists watched in real time as rising ocean heat transformed the sprawling reef. It was a harbinger for ecosystems everywhere as the planet warms.
Conflict between fruit-growers, the Mauritian government and conservationists has dragged on for years – it’s time for a new approach.
A new study examines the diet of an invasive population of guttural toads in Mauritius and finds a number of species of conservation concern.
Multiple ocean industries are rapidly growing, but efforts to protect vulnerable habitats are stalling.
Mauritius’ oil spill highlights the plight of impoverished communities that live along the coastline.
Marine wildlife rarely remain in one habitat. Most species rely on a healthy network of ecosystems to raise their young and catch their food.
Top contributors
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Professor of Ocean Cultures and Heritage, Nelson Mandela University
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Professor and Director of The Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town
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Professor & Chair, Research, Mauritius Institute of Education
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Postdoctoral Fellow in International Law, Lund University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Colorado State University
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Associate Professor of Physical Geography, University of the Witwatersrand
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Director and Professor of International Human Rights Law, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria
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Lecturer in Environment and Sustainability, Keele University
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PhD Candidate, climate change science, Nagasaki University
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Democracy scholar and Associate Professor in Media and Political Systems, University of Mauritius
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Associate Professor, Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town
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Senior Lecturer, Literature and Gender Studies, Victoria University
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Research Fellow in Ocean Management, Stockholm University
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Professor of International Relations, University of Copenhagen
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Associate Professor, Ecology, Northumbria University, Newcastle
