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19RARE AFRICAN ORCHIDSREVEAL WORLD FIRSTFirst clear case of a plant sexually deceiving a beetle found innear-extinct Disa forficaria orchid.This is the result of work by Dr CallanCohen, from the FitzPatrick Instituteof African Ornithology, who made thediscovery alongside a team of local andinternational researchers.Disa forficaria was last seen in 1966. Only11 of these plants have been found in thelast 200 years, making it one of the rarestplants in the world.While monitoring a newly blossomed Disaforficaria, Cohen discovered what was tobecome the first clear case of a plant sexuallydeceiving a beetle. With further research,an entirely new chemical system has been20identified in the rare plant’s deception.But that’s not all. The scientists also revealedthat some of the orchid-pollinating beetleswere carrying pollen from at least two otherDisa plants, proving the plant is not extinct.Now, the researchers are pioneering theprocess of using pollination to survey for thepresence of critically endangered plants.CLICK HERE TOREAD THE ARTICLEHOW TO ADDRESS THECOMPLEXITY OF CLIMATE CHANGEGlobal team presents a framework for considering how drivers of riskinteract in climate action.Led by researchers from the Africa Climateand Development Initiative (ACDI), theteam of 21 scholars presented a frameworkfor better understanding and informingdecision-making around climate changerisks in Africa and globally.Published in the journal One Earth, it buildson existing risk frameworks, with the hopethat the guidelines can help decision-makers,managers and researchers understand theinherent complexity of climate change.“This is important because policymakersmay worry about the risk of implementing aresponse as much, or more so, than the riskthe response aims to reduce,” said Dr NickSimpson, the lead author of the paper and apostdoctoral fellow at the ACDI.“This can lead to inaction, at the very timewhen we need to be most active and investingheavily in our response to climate change.”CLICK HERE TOREAD THE ARTICLE26
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