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7th Inkaba Workshop 2010 - Germany :  1 - 3 November 2010  -  First Announcement : Call for Expression of Interest  by  30 June 2010     (Note:  News and Events > News; Upcoming Events)

CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline 1 November 2010 -  Special SAJG Edition 2011 for Inkaba participants.  Preliminary titles needed by 1 June 2010   (Note:  News and Events > News;  Upcoming Events)

GASHsa (ShaleGas in SA) - new initiative in SA - http://www.gfz-potsdam.de/portal/gfz/Struktur/Departments/Department+4/sec43   (Note:  News and Events > News + The Science > Associate Projects) 

New Associate Project : NECSA  - Post-Gondwana Tectonics from Namaqualand to the Kalahari   (Note: The Science > Associate Projects) 

UCT Student, Donna Boyd, MSc @ AAPG, New Orleans  (Note:  Resources > Capacity Building) 

Funding News Phase II -  2010 > PLUS Student Funding Application Guidelines  (Note News and Events > News) + New SA Registered Students 2009  (Note:   News;  Resources > Capacity Building)

Job / Student Opportunities in Electromagnetic Deep Sounding (MT) (GFZ-Potsdam, Germany) and Space Geodesy, HartRAO (SA)    (Note:  Resources > Capacity Building)

 

What is Inkaba yeAfrica?

Inkaba yeAfrica is a German-South African collaborative Earth Science initiative that is both multidisciplinary and intercultural, dovetailing next-generation science and technology with a strong training and capacity-building component that is aligned with the Research and Development (R&D) strategies of both nations.

Three teams of earth scientists from leading institutes in both countries are taking on the global challenges of climate change, sustainable resources, clean water and energy. These are pressing issues and are all related to the dynamics of Earth Systems.

They can only be solved by understanding the complex interactions among the solid earth, the biosphere, the atmosphere and oceans. And this will require educating a new generation of young scientists trained in holistic earth science.

Why is it Important?

South Africa’s geologic superlatives, its enormous mineral wealth, its position in the “climate engine” of the southern oceans and its growing human resource of on land use and energy makes this an ideal natural laboratory and a vital testing ground for innovative science in aid of society.
INKABA yeAFRICA's research is holistic and it addresses societal issues:

  • Sustainable resources (energy, clean water, soil)

  • Manageable risks (mine safety, climate change, tsunami early warning)

  • Earth observation and monitoring (satellite systems, magnetic field, geo-history)

  • Human capacity building (next-generation scientists; public awareness).

 

Co-ordinators  (For contact details note The Science - Participants) :

University of Cape Town, AEON

Maarten de Wit

GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam

Brian Horsfield

  

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