How can rural communities profit from top notch science? | Science Unlocked 2.0

Scientists are often accused of working in isolation, producing research communities cannot access or use. This episode of Science Unlocked 2.0 follows two researchers in South Africa who are changing that — by making community collaboration a core part of their work. Nontokozo Mchunu travels to rural South Africa to find out: How can communities profit from findings of top notch scientists researching in their very area?

00:00 — Why can't 'ordinary people' always understand science?
00:44 — Invasive wattle trees in South Africa's grassland
02:00 — Why scientists must include communities in their research
02:53 — Field demonstration: Rodent traps in the wattle zone
03:54 — What research means for local people
06:03 — Why the grassland biome in South Africa urgently needs conservation
07:24 — Balancing scientific control with community livelihoods
08:15 — What does the X in PXE stand for?
09:00 — Why natural scientists need a humanities perspective
13:06 — What science needs to do to truly serve communities

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