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Technology to protect South Africa’s oceans: experts find that a data-driven monitoring system is paying off

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par Marjolaine Krug, Senior Scientific Advisor, University of Cape Town

Nine years ago South Africa put in place an innovative information management system designed to monitor and protect its seas. The country is surrounded by the Atlantic and Indian oceans on its southern, eastern and western borders.

The oceans are an important source of income and employment. The ocean economy contributed about R110 billion (around US$5.7 billion)…

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