
One of the landmark events in our country in 2011 was the COP17 Climate Change Conference held in Durban, in which Wits scientists were involved. This has inspired us to adopt a broadly green theme for the 2011 Report, with elements of sustainability and global change running through many of the articles. As in the 2010 Report, this latest version draws attention to some specific success stories. The rest of the Report is intended to be indicative of the sort of research done at Wits in 2011, to demonstrate he breadth and depth of our research and to inspire a search for further information.