Author: Mark McTaggart

Among G20 economies, South Africa and Australia top the rankings of fragile Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services Index. The well-known impact of water scarcity is a driver for these countries, alongside factors such as coastal protection and pollination. The full article can be found here: www.swissre.com/media/news-releases/nr-20200923-biodiversity-and-ecosystems-services.html Table 1: G20 rankings for Swiss Re Institute BES.  We…

South Africa has been in lockdown since late March and we have started to see the impacts in many of the areas where AWARD has been working for over 18 years including the rural areas of the Mametja-Oaks area and surrounds in Limpopo Province. The lockdown in South Africa has been very strict and cut…

AWARD is approaching closure of the USAID:RESILIM O programme this month. As a celebration of this milestone, it will be releasing for distribution of the RESOURCE PACK. These documents can be obtained here by clicking on RESOURCES.

Each year, 2 February is celebrated as World Wetlands Day to mark the adoption of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance on 2 February 1971. This year the theme for World Wetlands Day is Wetlands and Climate Change, to reflect on and raise awareness around the value of wetlands and how the natural…