Author: Paddy Donnelly

“Communicating about Science and the Environment – from the Smiths to Social Media” NRF-SAIAB holds the annual Smith Memorial Lecture in memory of Professor JLB Smith and his wife, Margaret Mary Smith, to commemorate their legacy of discovery and research in Ichthyology and related fields. The 2017 Smith Memorial Lecture was presented by Dr Judy Mann-Lang, Conservation Strategist at the South African Association for Marine Biological Research (SAAMBR). Abstract: ‘Climate change is a myth’, ‘caring for the environment means that animals are more important than people’. Many people are increasingly sceptical about science, especially climate science, while others feel that…