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South Africa is a nation rich in natural resources, from diamonds and gold, to the world-famous fauna in Kruger and other national parks, to areas of extreme diversity in flora (the southern coast of South Africa is rich in plant species) (Kemper et al. 1999). South Africa is also home to 43 mill...


Galvin, K.A.Thornton, Philip K.Boone, Randall B.Knapp, L.M.[North-West Province, South Africa: Communal and commercial livestock systems in transition]North-West Province, South Africa: Communal and commercial livestock systems in transition

Ecological research throughout much of the last century focused upon manipulative experiments on areas of a few square meters or less (Kareiva and Andersen 1988). The last quarter of the century saw the development of landscape ecology and the emergence of macroecology as a bonafide method of res...


Boone, Randall B.BurnSilver, S.B.Kruska, R.S.[Comparing landscape and infrastructural heterogeneity within and between ecosystems]Comparing landscape and infrastructural heterogeneity within and between ecosystems

Human action has modified the earth in many ways, but one of the most pervasive effects of humans on the environment is dissection of natural systems into spatially isolated parts, a process generally known as fragmentation. Fragmentation of environments is not only caused by humans; dynamic natu...


Hobbs, N.T.Reid, Robin S.Galvin, K.A.Ellis, J.E.[Fragmentation of arid and semi-Arid ecosystems: Implications for people and animals]Fragmentation of arid and semi-Arid ecosystems: Implications for people and animals
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit[Development of strategies to promote farmer utilisation of herbaceous legumes for natural resource management: Final Report]Development of strategies to promote farmer utilisation of herbaceous legumes for natural resource management: Final Report

Scenarios have become a key tool for supporting sustainability research on regional and global change. In this study we evaluate four regional scenario assessments: first, to explore a number of research challenges related to sustainability science and, second, to contribute to sustainability res...


Reinhardt, J.Liersch, S.Abdeladhim, M.A.Diallo, M.Dickens, ChrisFournet, S.Hattermann, F.F.Kabaseke, C.Muhumuza, M.Mul, Marloes L.Pilz, T.Otto, I.M.Walz, A.[Systematic evaluation of scenario assessments supporting sustainable integrated natural resources management: evidence from four case studies in Africa]Systematic evaluation of scenario assessments supporting sustainable integrated natural resources management: evidence from four case studies in Africa

Ontiri, E.Robinson, Lance W.[Community-based rangeland management in Shompole and Olkiramatian group ranches, Kenya: Taking successes in land restoration to scale project]Community-based rangeland management in Shompole and Olkiramatian group ranches, Kenya: Taking successes in land restoration to scale project

The types of technology change catalyzed by research interventions in integrated natural resource management (INRM) are likely to require much more social negotiation and adaptation than are changes related to plant breeding, the dominant discipline within the system of the Consultative Group on ...


Douthwaite, BoruHaan, N. deManyong, Victor M.Keatinge, J.D.H.[Blending hard and soft science: the Follow the Technology approach to analyzing and evaluating technology change]Blending hard and soft science: the Follow the Technology approach to analyzing and evaluating technology change

Njiru, NellyMtimet, NadhemWanyoike, Francis N.Kutu, AdanSongolo, A.Dahir, I.Jillo, G.[Assessment of livestock marketing associations in arid and semi-arid lands in northern Kenya]Assessment of livestock marketing associations in arid and semi-arid lands in northern Kenya
Scheer, C.Pelster, David E.Butterbach-Bahl, KlausCleemput, O. vanKanter, D.Winiwarter, W.Ogle, S.Boeckx, P.Fuchs, K.Baggs, E.Bakken, L.Barton, L.Cardenas, L.Clough, T.DelGrosso, S.Dorich, C.Friedl, J.Hu, C.Leitner, SonjaMassad, R.Peterson, S.O.Skiba, U.Smith, W.Subbarao, G.V.Vogeler, I.Wagner-Riddle, C.[Addressing nitrous oxide: An often ignored climate and ozone threat]Addressing nitrous oxide: An often ignored climate and ozone threat

Increasingly, social capital, defined as shared norms, trust, and the horizontal and vertical social networks that facilitate coordination and cooperation for mutually beneficial collective action, is seen as an important asset upon which people rely to manage natural resources and resolve confli...


Sanginga, Pascal C.Kamugisha, RNMartin, AM[The dynamics of social capital and conflict management in multiple resource regimes : A case of the Southwestern highlands of Uganda]The dynamics of social capital and conflict management in multiple resource regimes : A case of the Southwestern highlands of Uganda

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