PEOPLE
We have an amazing mix of interdisicplinary researchers as part of our group.
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Luthando Dziba
Greg Forsyth
Ilse Kotzee
David Le Maitre
Jeanne Nel
Phumza Ntshotsho
Patrick O'Farrell
Belinda Reyers
Ryan Blanchard
Maike Hamann
Rene Wright
Lindie Smith-Adao
Janis Smith
Nadia Sitas
Odirilwe Selomane
Ecosystem services, social-ecological systems, human well-being
Invasive alien species, invasion impacts, fire ecology
Ecosystem services, social-ecological systems, human well-being
Ecosystem services, plant invasion ecology
Evidence-based practice, restoration, social-ecological systems
Project management, herding scientists, problem solving
Ecosystem services, social-ecological systems, human well-being
Protected areas, freshwater, land-cover
Transdisiplinary research, social-ecological system asssessment and governance, development
Ecosystem services, social-ecological systems, human well-being
Grazing, rangeland ecology, alien plant invasions
Thozamile Yapi
Resilience, disaster risk management, flood regulation
Ecosystem service ecology, assessment and mapping; landscape dynamics & change; human well-being equity & trade-offs
Plant invasion biology, invasion impacts, hydrological ecosystem services
Our research group is made up of a range of interdisicplinary researchers who are leaders in the fields of social-ecological research especially with regards to ecosystem services, biodiversity and invasive species management and landscape ecology.
Research associates
Benis Egoh
Ecosystem services, conservation planning, restoration ecology
