Eco Minute 13:30

BULLETIN 27 June 1:30 pm

Good afternoon, here is your Eco Minute:

# Nestlé’s Skimmelkrans dairy farm in George, Southern Cape, has been praised for exemplifying the group’s sustainability goals. Skimmelkrans pioneers low-carbon emissions and employs regenerative agriculture, reducing methane emissions through innovative feed trials and manure processing. The farm integrates solar energy and water recycling, while the factory invests in water recovery and aims for 100-percent recyclable packaging. The site showcases Nestlé’s commitment to sustainable dairy production, supporting their target of waste-free operations and net-zero emissions by 2050.

# The City of Cape Town says it will redevelopment and upgrade the weirs at Zeekoevlei and Rondevlei within the False Bay Nature Reserve. The city’s deputy mayor, Eddie Andrews, says the proposed redevelopment will supplement other medium-term interventions, including the dredging of Zeekoevlei, to improve the overall water quality of the wetland:

# And finally: The University of Cape Town’s, Chris Oosthuizen, says a new study led by its researchers linked animal-born video and movement sensor data with machine learning algorithms, to reveal how chinstrap penguins catch their prey. This will enable scientists to monitor prey consumption by these penguins, which will provide information that can help to inform conservation strategies. Their understanding of penguin foraging behaviour has rapidly grown during the last decades, as innovations in technology allowed ever more powerful remote monitoring.

Stay tuned for more news………….