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- 2008-10-22 Conservation planning and adaptive management How do or should systematic conservation planning and adaptive management relate? A symposium in Cape Town on Wednesday 22 October examined the increasingly-discussed but not clearly resolved issue of how systematic conservation planning and adaptive management inter-relate.
- 2008-05-21 Research Officer position at EPRU Research Officer position at the Environmental Policy Research Unit (EPRU) under the Southern Africa Labour & Development Research Unit (SALDRU) at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
- 2008-04-25 How to make biodiversity conservation an asset outside of parks? "Biodiversity conservation should take place inside and outside protected areas, if biodiversity targets are to be met. This will only succeed if appropriate social and economic incentives and disincentives are in place. A research programme involving several economists and conservation agencies in South Africa, is currently being designed", said Harry Biggs, of SANParks scientific services, providing context for a joint presentation with among others Edwin Muchapondwa, Coordinator of the EfD Center in South Africa, at the annual Biodiversity Planning Forum 2008.
- 2007-11-09 EfD researchers in South Africa target environmental policy The EfD research group based at the University of Cape Town will focus its attention on sustainable development and the use of environmental economics in policy making.
