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Delegates made full use of the opportunity to network. Here Dr Pat Manders of the CSIR's Natural Resources and the Environment (left) and Xolisa Ngwadla of DEA exchange ideas.
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"The South African Risk and Vulnerability Atlas will provide a mechanism to translate global change science into concrete strategies and policies." - Dr Emma Archer
"Our key stakeholders are local and provincial government and national government offices." - Dr Rebecca Maserumule
"The DST's Bureau for Global Change Science will draw together the best of South Africa's global change research and will act as a high-level knowledge broker between researchers and policy-makers." - Imraan Patel.
"The Atlas will be geared towards making the very best science and most appropriate tools available to policy-makers." - Imraan Patel
"The Atlas will play a crucial role in enhancing global change science and technology, improving predictions, informing decision-making and putting in place strengthened networks to monitor global change." Imraan Patel
"We need to take the miscommunication out of global change terminology and definitions." - Xolisa Ngwadla
"Fitness for use is important - the Atlas will need to flag the precise nature of the data." - Dr Jane Olwoch
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