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In March 2024, Professor Sandy Paterson was invited by the Judicial Institute for Africa to present an Environmental Law Training Programme to 25 judges drawn from 12 African countries.

We wish to congratulate two IMEL PhD students, Danjelle Midgely and Nadine Nyamangirazi, who have been awarded EU Albatross scholarships.

In January 2024, IMEL warmly welcomes Dr Denning Metuge to our team and congratulate him on his appointment in the Department of Public Law at the University of Cape Town.

During November 2023, Dr Melanie Murcott, Associate Professor at IMEL, set out to engage in North-South teaching and research about how the law can be more responsive to climate change and other planetary crises of the Anthropocene

On 19 November 2023 Ayanda Dube, Associate at Warburton Attorneys Inc. and student in the Institute of Marine and Environmental Law's postgraduate programme on Marine and Environmental Law, appeared on eNCA.

On 13 and 14 October 2023, Dr Melanie Murcott, Associate Professor at the Institute of Marine and Environmental Law (IMEL), attended and participated in the Environmental Law Association of South Africa's Annual Conference. The theme of the