Research Articles (Centre for Complex Systems in Transition)
Recent Submissions
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The dynamics of proclaimed privately protected areas in South Africa over 83 years
(Wiley Open Access, 2019)Views that protected area (PA) expansion relies predominantly on land purchased by government are increasingly being challenged. The inclusion of privately owned PAs (PPAs) in national conservation strategies is now ... -
Could biodynamics help bridge the gap in developing farmer intuition?
(De Gruyter Open, 2019)Several scientific studies indicate that farmers do not often use formalised decision support tools as expected, and many prefer to rely on their intuition to make practical management decisions. ... -
Planning for change : transformation labs for an alternative food system in Cape Town, South Africa
(BioMed Central, 2020-11-17)There has been a call for more participatory processes to feed into urban planning formore resilient food systems. This paper describes a process of knowledge co-production for transforming towards an alternative food ... -
Harnessing insights from social-ecological systems research for monitoring sustainable development
(MDPI, 2019)The United Nations’ Agenda 2030 marks significant progress towards sustainable development by making explicit the intention to integrate previously separate social, economic and environmental agendas. Despite this intention, ... -
Fairness and transparency are required for the inclusion of privately protected areas in publicly accessible conservation databases
(MDPI, 2018)There is a growing recognition of the contribution that privately-owned land makes to conservation efforts, and governments are increasingly counting privately protected areas (PPAs) towards their international conservation ...