Newskoop Ecoskoops (English)

Ecoskoops - 9 April 2026

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On today's Ecoskoops, we explore how healthier landscapes lead to healthier lives. Host Isabel Potgieter kicks off with environmental news: Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation Directorate is saving over eight billion litres of drinking water yearly via treated effluent for irrigation and industry. A Discovery Alert analysis shows global oil demand peaking early and declining fast due to EVs and climate policies. She continues her conversation with Chloe Cormack, co-founder of EcoRestore Africa, on enhancing biochar with microbes to restore soils, safeguard water, boost farmer yields, cut costs, and build climate resilience.
9 Apr English South Africa Daily News · Nature

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