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Identifying research questions for the conservation of the Cape Floristic Region

[Access the paper here.](https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2019/5889) We conducted a survey among people working in the nature conservation community in an implementation, research or policy capacity to identify research questions that they felt were …

Priority questions for biodiversity conservation in the Mediterranean biome: Heterogeneous perspectives across continents and stakeholders

[Access the paper here.](https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.118) The identification of research questions with high relevance for biodiversity conservation is an important step towards designing more effective policies and management actions, and to better …

People, the Cape floristic region, and sustainability

[More on the book here.](https://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199679584.001.0001/acprof-9780199679584)The remarkable biodiversity of the Cape Floristic Region (CFR) is examined in much of this book from an ecological and …

Tracking socioeconomic vulnerability using network analysis: insights from an avian influenza outbreak in an ostrich production network

[Access the paper here.](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086973) BACKGROUND: The focus of management in many complex systems is shifting towards facilitation, adaptation, building resilience, and reducing vulnerability. Resilience management …

Adaptive management for complex communal rangelands in South Africa

[Access the paper here.](https://doi.org/10.2989/10220119.2013.781062) Many of the intransigent problems facing the world arise in complex systems. In this paper, I propose that communal rangelands in South Africa be recognised as complex social-- …

Capturing lessons from land-users to aid the development of ecological restoration guidelines for lowland Namaqualand

[Access the paper here.](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2007.12.005) The purpose of the study was to capture the restoration knowledge of land-users in lowland Namaqualand, South Africa to aid the development of restoration guidelines for this …