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Exploring resilience through the stories of food innovators in the Western Cape, South AfricaLindow, M., Biggs, R., Preiser, R. and Pereira, L.Publication: GRAID Policy Brief 2020 - Books & Special Issues This book explores ‘storymaking’ as a way of unpacking some of the different capacities that social innovators in the food system of the Western Cape, South Africa, are drawing on in their efforts towards resilience. |
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Impacts of a trophy hunting ban on private land conservation in South African biodiversity hotspotsParker, K., De Vos, A., Clements, H.S., Biggs, D. and Biggs, R.Publication: Conservation Science and Practice 2020 - Journal Articles In southern Africa, where many PLCAs rely on trophy hunting as an income-generating strategy, a |
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Advancing understanding of natural resource governance: a post-Ostrom research agendaG. S. Cumming; S. Chawla; G. G. Gurney; T. H. Morrison; G. Epstein; J. M. Anderies; C. I. Apetrei; J. Baggio; Bodin; M. Schlüter; H. S. Clements; M. Cox; L. Egli; R. Seppelt; B. Müller; M. Lubell; N. Magliocca; H. Unnikrishnan; S. Villamayor-Tomas; C. M.Publication: Environmental Sustainability 2020 - Journal Articles In our current context of global environmental change, the need for effective institutions (i.e., formal laws, rules, norms and customs) to moderate human impacts, through environmental governance and management, has never been greater. |
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Adopting process-relational perspectives to tackle the challenges of socialecological systems researchMancilla García, M., T. Hertz, M. Schlüter, R. Preiser, and M. WoermannPublication: Ecology and Society 2020 - Journal Articles In this paper, we demonstrate that adopting a process relational perspective, which focuses on nonequilibrium dynamics and relations between processes, provides novel opportunities to advance SES research. |
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Using A Social‐ecological Regime Shift Approach to Understand the Transition from Livestock to Game Farming in the Eastern Cape, South AfricaAchieng, T., Maciejewski, K., Dyer, M. and Biggs, R.Publication: Land 2020 - Journal Articles This study explored the shift in land use from livestock farming to game farming in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, from a social‐ecological regime shift perspective. |
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Food System Transformation: Integrating a Political–Economy and Social–Ecological Approach to Regime ShiftsPereira, L.M., Drimie, S., Maciejewski, K., Bon Tonissen, P. and Biggs, R.Publication: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020 - Journal Articles It is increasingly apparent that a deep transformation in the way we produce and consume food is needed in order to ensure a more just and sustainable future. |
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Effectiveness of private land conservation areas in maintaining natural land cover and biodiversity intactnessShumba, T.,De Vos, A., Biggs, R., Esler, K.J., Ament, J.M., Clements, H.S.Publication: Global Ecology and Conservation 2020 - Journal Articles Private land conservation areas are increasingly looked to for meeting the deficit left by state-owned protected areas in reaching global conservation targets. |
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Learning for transitions: a niche perspectiveMetelerkamp, L., R. Biggs, and S. Drimie.Publication: Ecology and Society 2020 - Journal Articles Roughly eight hundred million youth are projected to enter the African job market by 2050. By training the youth in new practices and approaches, they could be central to creating new systems and African futures that are more sustainable and just. |
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Scenarios of Good Anthropocenes in southern AfricaM. Hamann, R. Biggs, L. Pereira, R. Preiser, T. Hichert, R. Blanchard, H. Warrington-Coetzee, N. Kingh, A. Merriec, W. Nilsson, P. Odendaal, S. Poskitt, D. Sanchez Betancourt, G. Ziervogel.Publication: Futures 2020 - Journal Articles In the rapidly changing and uncertain world of the Anthropocene, positive visions of the future could play a crucial role in catalysing deep social-ecological transformations to help guide humanity towards more sustainable and equitable futures. |
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Resilience and Sustainable PeaceDowning, A.S., Spijkers, J., Norström, A. & Preiser, R.Publication: GRAID Policy Brief 2020 - Reports & Policy Briefs A system in conflict can also be resistant to peacebuilding efforts, locked into dynamics that reinforce and reproduce causes of tensions. Resilience thinking and the science on transformations can help identify leverage points for change and inform on how to use shocks and disturbances to spur renewal and innovative thinking. |
Assessing the sustainable infrastructure of a low carbon community: case study of the Lynedoch ecovillage.Sharne BloemPublication: University of Stellenbosch 2019 - Theses Urban areas are responsible for 70% of global CO2 emissions and the rapid growth in urbanisation presents a significant risk to cities. It is predicted that by 2030 more than 70% of the South African population will be living in cities. |
Addressing community energy challenges with utility scale renewables: A case study of Hopefield Wind Farm.Kyle SwartzPublication: University of Stellenbosch 2019 - Theses This thesis documents how a utility-scale renewable energy project has addressed community energy challenges through the development of a wind farm as part of South Africa’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP). |
The Development Impact of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme on South Africa’s Small Towns.Jeeten MorarPublication: University of Stellenbosch 2019 - Theses This thesis aims to explore how effective economic development efforts in the Renewable Energy Independent Power Produce Programme (REIPPPP) have been at creating long term improvements in the livelihood of low income communities. |
Does the South African renewable energy programme exclude black woman owned businesses?Fezeka Nobuntu StuurmanPublication: University of Stellenbosch 2018 - Theses The main aims of this thesis were to investigate and critically evaluate the participation of Black women owned businesses (BWOBs) within the South African Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP), and to make recommendations to improve levels of participation of Black women in the REIPPPP in future rounds of the programme. |
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Youth attitudes towards agricultural careers in South AfricaMetelerkamp, L., Biggs, R. and Drimie, S.Publication: CST Research insights 2019 - Reports & Policy Briefs The development of local support networks and visible role models offers a promising entry point for supporting increased youth participation and systemic change in the food system. |