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Maike Hamann

 

Maike is exploring the links between ecosystem services and human well-being in South Africa for her PhD in Sustainability Science at Stockholm University. Her work is part of a programme on the 'Governance of ecosystem services under scenarios of change in southern and eastern Africa', led by the Stockholm Resilience Centre and funded by the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) and the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet). She is collaborating with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in South Africa, investigating the relationship between ecosystem service use, human development metrics and biodiversity loss using public national datasets.

 

After completing her MSc in Conservation Biology at the University of Cape Town, Maike worked in both the government and NGO sector on natural resource management issues in South Africa and Madagascar. These experiences led her to the Stockholm Resilience Centre to pursue research at the human-environment interface.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

 

  • Hamann, M.H., Grémillet, D., Ryan, P.G., Bonadonna, F., van der Lingen, C.D. & L. Pichegru. 2012. A hard-knock life: the foraging ecology of Cape cormorants amidst shifting prey resources and industrial fishing pressure. African Journal of Marine Science 34(2): 233-240.

 

  • Cook, T.R., Hamann, M., Pichegru, L., Bonadonna, F., Grémillet, D. & P.G. Ryan. 2012. GPS and time-depth loggers reveal underwater foraging plasticity in a flying diver, the Cape Cormorant. Marine Biology 159(2): 373-387.

 

  • Hamann M., Masterson, V., Biggs, R., Tengö, M., Reyers, B., Dziba, L. & M. Spierenburg. 2012. Social-Ecological Scenarios for the Eastern Cape 2012 – 2050. Stockholm Resilience Centre, Sweden. Available at www.sapecs.org

 

  • Marrocoli, S., Hamann, M. & J. Allison. 2013. Lemur distributions in a fragmented landscape, northern Madagascar. Lemur News 17: 37-39.

 

  • Hamann, M. 2014. Licentiate thesis: Mapping social-ecological systems and human well-being - a spatial exploration of the links between people and the environment in South Africa. Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Sweden. ISBN: 978-91-7447-916-4

 

CURRENT PROJECTS:

 

  • Governance of ecosystem services under scenarios of change in southern and eastern Africa

 

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Research topics:

 

  • Social-ecological systems assessment

  • Ecosystem service modeling and mapping

  • Multi-functional landscapes

  • Poverty alleviation

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