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Dr. Anthony Turton (South Africa)
Dr Turton has a Doctorate in the strategic management of international rivers in Southern Africa from Pretoria University.An active member of Pugwash, a global association concerned with the responsible use of science that was founded on the manifesto by Albert Einstein and Bertrand Russell, Dr. Turton specializes in the analysis of hydro-political issues and political risk assessment at the local, national and international level.
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Dr. Turton works professionally at the interface between science and policy-making and has a specialist interest in transboundary water issues, both surface and aquifer.He is a Research Associate at the London Water Study Group, based at Kings College.He is a founding member and former President of the Universities Partnership for Transboundary Waters - a global partnership of universities all specializing in research on transboundary water issues.Dr. Turton is the editor, author and co-author of numerous papers, books and publications.He has participated in international conferences as keynote speaker and various study/working groups on strategic water resource management.A major thrust of his current work is about understanding mine closure as a sub-national transboundary issue in an economy that been historically mining-based.This deals with integrating policy between different government departments, often with different mandates and strategic visions, but all linked in some way via water as either a resource or as an effluent stream.