Browsing Future Africa by Issue Date

Browsing Future Africa by Issue Date

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  • Reyers, Belinda; Selig, Elizabeth R. (Nature Publishing Group, 2020-08)
    We are approaching a reckoning point in 2020 for global targets that better articulate the interconnections between biodiversity, ecosystem services and sustainable development. The Convention on Biological Diversity’s ...
  • Kouassi, Jean-Luc; Wandan, Narcisse; Mbow, Cheikh (MDPI, 2020-08-12)
    Wildfires are a major environmental, economic, and social threat. In Central Côte d’Ivoire, they are among the biggest environmental and forestry problems during the dry season. National authorities do not have tools and ...
  • Madikizela-Madiya, Nomanesi; Atwebembeire, John Mushomi (Emerald, 2020-09)
    PURPOSE : In this paper we contribute knowledge to the postgraduate supervision discourses by reflecting on our socio-spatial experiences of being supervised by colleagues, a process that we refer to as colleague postgraduate ...
  • Willcock, Simon; Hooftman, Danny A.P.; Blanchard, Ryan; Dawson, Terence P.; Hickler, Thomas; Lindeskog, Mats; Martinez-Lopez, Javier; Reyers, Belinda; Watts, Sophie M.; Eigenbrod, Felix; Bullock, James M. (Elsevier, 2020-12)
    Many ecosystem services (ES) models exist to support sustainable development decisions. However, most ES studies use only a single modelling framework and, because of a lack of validation data, rarely assess model ...
  • Soodyall, H.; Ataguba, J.; Botes, M.; Dhansay, M.A.; Du Plessis, E.; Gray, G.; Kleyn, Leti; Reddy, P.; Rumbold, K.; Thaldar, D. (DPME (Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation), GTAC (Government Technical Advisory Centre) & NRF (National Research Foundation), 2021)
    Covid-19 pandemic posed a unique challenge to legislatures and executives worldwide, necessitating the development of new regulations. This chapter evaluates South Africa’s legal and regulatory response to Covid-19 ...
  • Mbow, Cheikh; Halle, Mark; Fadel, Rabih El; Thiaw, Ibrahim (Elsevier, 2021-02)
    The negative image of the Sahel is a stranglehold on the great potential for development in the region. A more balanced narrative can trigger action for a productive Sahel and can be based on innovative approaches and ...
  • Skole, David L.; Samek, Jay H.; Mbow, Cheikh; Chirwa, Michael; Ndalowa, Dan; Tumeo, Tangu; Kachamba, Daud; Kamoto, Judith; Chioza, Alfred; Kamangadazi, Francis (MDPI, 2021-04-01)
    Spatial time-series measurements of forest degradation rates are important for estimating national greenhouse gas emissions but have been challenging for open forests and woodlands. This lack of quantitative data on forest ...
  • Della Togna, M.; Garman, A.; Adjin-Tettey, T.D.; Diale, M.; Hyera, F.; Bukula, T.; Halse, P.; Petersen, F.; Bombi, T.; Kleyn, Leti (DPME (Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation), GTAC (Government Technical Advisory Centre) & NRF (National Research Foundation), 2021-06)
    This chapter discusses research on the capacity and effectiveness of government’s communications strategy as South Africa went through the various stages of lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. It probes the ...
  • Ndao, Babacar; Leroux, Louise; Gaetano, Raffaele; Diouf, Abdoul Aziz; Soti, Valerie; Begue, Agnes; Mbow, Cheikh; Sambou, Bienvenu (Elsevier, 2021-06)
    Agroforestry plays a pivotal role for Sahelian communities by allowing simultaneous improvement of food security and conservation of natural ecosystems and their biodiversity. However, agroforestry systems (AFSs) are ...
  • Haider, L. Jamila; Schluter, Maja; Folke, Carl; Reyers, Belinda (Springer, 2021-07)
    The interdependence of social and ecological processes is broadly acknowledged in the pursuit to enhance human wellbeing and prosperity for all. Yet, development interventions continue to prioritise economic development ...
  • Brondizio, Eduardo S.; Lemos, Maria Carmen; Guan, Dabo; Jennings, Neil; Mbow, Cheikh; Nagendra, Harini; Tschakert, Petra (Elsevier, 2021-11)
    In their 2010 Global Environmental Change (GEC) 20th Anniversary editorial, Neil Adger, Kate Brown and Mike Hulme noted that “the crisis of the environment is more acute, more intransigent and more widespread than ever, ...
  • Vellemu, Emmanuel Captain; Katonda, Vincent; Yapuwa, Harold; Msuku, Gomezyani; Nkhoma, Saulosi; Makwakwa, Chandiwira; Safuya, Kingston; Maluwa, Alfred (Elsevier, 2021-11)
    This paper assessed the capability of the Dà-Jiāng Innovations (DJI) Mavic 2 Pro Drone (unmanned aerial vehicle – UAV) for the collection and delivery of river water samples for basic water quality assessments. The primary ...
  • Mbow, Cheikh; Skole, David L.; Samek, Jay H.; Dieng, Moussa; Mbow, Cheikh (MDPI, 2021-11-28)
    While closed canopy forests have been an important focal point for land cover change monitoring and climate change mitigation, less consideration has been given to methods for large scale measurements of trees outside of ...
  • Kouassi, Jean-Luc; Wandan, Narcisse; Mbow, Cheikh (Taylor and Francis, 2022)
    Wildfires are an important ecological threat in Côte d’Ivoire with the northern half the most affected zone. This study assessed farmers’ perception of wildfire occurrence in the N’Zi River Watershed and compared this ...
  • Katito, George (Routledge, 2022)
    In late 1970s Paris, San Francisco Nights and Far West, popular institutions in the city’s new queer nightlife, helped fashion new sexual norms. They were part of a constellation of California-inspired places that stimulated ...
  • Schluter, Maja; Caniglia, Guido; Orach, Kirill; Bodin, Orjan; Magliocca, Nicolas; Meyfroidt, Patrick; Reyers, Belinda (Elsevier, 2022-02)
    The complex nature of sustainability problems and the aim of sustainability science to support emergent processes of transformation require rethinking how we build and make use of theories. We highlight the diversity of ...
  • Arinze, R.U.; Oramah, E.; Chukwuma, Emmanuel Chibundo; Okoye, N.H.; Chris-Okafor, P.U. (Elsevier, 2022-04)
    There is increased enthusiasm towards the use of natural hair fibers for plastic reinforcement due to their toughness and light weight. In this research, low density polyethylene (LDPE) was reinforced using 0.25 ​M NaOH ...
  • Chaigneau, Tomas; Coulthard, Sarah; Daw, Tim M.; Szaboova, Lucy; Camfield, Laura; Chapin I.I.I., F. Stuart; Gasper, Des; Gurney, Georgina G.; Hicks, Christina C.; Ibrahim, Maggie; James, Thomas; Jones, Lindsey; Matthews, Nathanial; McQuistan, Colin; Reyers, Belinda; Brown, Katrina (Nature Publishing, 2022-04)
    Securing well-being and building resilience in response to shocks are often viewed as key goals of sustainable development. Here, we present an overview of the latest published evidence, as well as the consensus of a diverse ...
  • Reyers, Belinda; Moore, Michele-Lee; Haider, L. Jamila; Schluter, Maja (Nature Research, 2022-05)
    We review the past decade’s widespread application of resilience science in sustainable development practice and examine whether and how resilience is reshaping this practice to better engage in complex contexts. We analyse ...
  • Biggs, Reinette; Clements, Hayley S.; Cumming, Graeme S.; Cundill, Georgina; De Vos, Alta; Hamann, Maike; Luvuno, Linda; Roux, Dirk J.; Selomane, Odirilwe; Blanchard, Ryan; Cockburn, Jessica; Dziba, Luthando; Esler, Karen J.; Fabricius, Christo; Henriksson, Rebecka; Kotschy, Karen; Lindborg, Regina; Masterson, Vanessa A.; Nel, Jeanne L.; O’Farrell, Patrick; Palmer, Carolyn G.; Pereira, Laura; Pollard, Sharon; Preiser, Rika; Scholes, Robert J.; Shackleton, Charlie; Shackleton, Sheona; Sitas, Nadia; Slingsby, Jasper A.; Spierenburg, Marja; Tengo, Maria; Reyers, Belinda (Taylor and Francis Group, 2022-08-14)
    Social-ecological systems (SES) research has emerged as an important area of sustainability science, informing and supporting pressing issues of transformation towards more sustainable, just and equitable futures. To ...