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Loss of ecosystem services: Provisioning: Supply of material for horticultural activities Resource harvest (medicinal plants, firewood) Supports commercial & subsistence pastoralism Cultural: Wildlife-based tourism, hunting & recreation Cultural & spiritual activities - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Planned Deliverables Scientific Relevance Position Highlights
Planned Deliverables
Chapter in IUCN-CEM Ecosystem Approach Book Papers at Thicket Forum (SA); Wildlife Management Symposium (SA); NAJU Workshop (Germany); ISEE 2008 (Kenya) & IUCN-WCC (Spain); 8 MSc Theses (w/ posters) using SELS framework; Probable (co-funded sandwich) PhD trajectories 2 peer-reviewed articles Stakeholder outreach newsletters & updates Leverage for continued support / funding
Scientific Relevance
Testing the SELS framework with respect to: international relevance restoration of ecosystem/landscape services (understanding the trade-offs with land-use changes)
transdisciplinarity & integration of concepts effective stakeholder engagement (how does the framework
answer the right questions for the right people?)
Contribution to scientific understanding of values, perceptions, trade-offs & financing across institutional and geographical scales.
Planned Deliverables Scientific Relevance Position Highlights
Position
Establishing partnerships with: Various WUR Chair Groups (MSc students)Water for Food & Ecosystems Programme of the Dutch Government (LNV-DLG) (in collaboration with WUR-ALTERRA, WUR-LEI) . CSIR ecosystem services research programme DWAF and CAPE PES research programme
Planned Deliverables Scientific Relevance Position Highlights
Ecosystem Management And Restoration Knowledge (EMARK) Centre – Research & Botanical Gardens
Planned Deliverables Scientific Relevance Position Highlights
Realising the 2008 AMC2 “Growing into the Future”
Nursery Proposal
Future Position?
Planned Deliverables Scientific Relevance Position Highlights
Highlights
Successful 3-day workshop (2007)
Inventory knowledge, expertise & partners: what we have and what is needed
Identifying key questions and focus areas from research-implementation perspective
Stimulating collaboration for supporting multidisciplinary research & capacity building – institutional fixing & social capital
Publishing and distributing of the PRESENCE Workshop Outcomes (Apr. 2008)
Highlights