Researcher @CST_SU, @WildlifeEconomy and @HELICS_Lab exploring how African biodiversity connects to human well-being, and the role of wildlife economies
South Africa
Joined December 2015
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Amid the unwarranted alarmism, a thoughtful piece on this issue ... South Africa’s conservation model: why expanding the use of biodiversity to generate money is a good idea theconversation.com/south-af… via @TC_Africa
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Great piece by @HayleySClements @ForceCT & Matthew Child (can't find his X handle) on why the new #biodiversity strategy in South Africa is a positive step forwards for #wildlife and people theconversation.com/south-af…
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PLEASE APPLY! Climate Change Jobs
We're hiring 4 Postdocs to research climate change impacts, risks, and adaptation options for:
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👩🎓 EDUCATION📚
🚑 HEALTH ♥️
🐘 BIODIVERSITY🌳
Apply:
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You'll join our interdisciplinary team in Cape Town
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Join us at the @conservationsym!
🗓️ 7 Nov 2023
Engage in informative presentations and discussions on vital topics like sustainable wild meat sector growth, intra-Africa wildlife tourism, and wildlife product trade.
More info: www0.sun.ac.za/awei/events/2…
#WildlifeEconomy
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Agree 💯 with this article in Mongabay.com by Rachael Garrett, which fits our driving philosophy perfectly. Promoting community conservation, wildlife/biodiversity economies as viable solutions to the biodiversity and climate crises.
news.mongabay.com/2023/10/be…
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At #ORC2023, AWEI Senior Researcher, Hayley Clements (@HayleySClements) is talking about how to engage with experts across Africa to estimate biodiversity intactness - the natural capital of the continent's #WildlifeEconomy.
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🌎 ❌ We are crossing more and more planetary boundaries.
Today, six boundaries are crossed. Two more are closing in on transgression.
Decisive policy action can change this as we have shown with the recovery of the ozone layer.
Read more: buff.ly/3Znyu2P
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Set to be an interesting week for UK public policymaking on biodiversity. @UKHouseofLords set to debate the Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill again tomorrow. There are polarised views on it but some key facts and figures are below... 1/6
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“The major opportunity to invest in biodiversity is in working lands, where people coexist with wildlife.”- @HayleySClements, the Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer Research Grant 2019 winner on how biodiversity should be leveraged to generate more revenues.
#BCC2023 🇷🇼 | #KwitaIzina 🦍
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Another fully funded PhD Studentship is open for applications in the Oppenheimer Programme in African Landscape Systems (OPALS). Project: Managing Bush Encroachment on Holistically Managed Rangeland tinyurl.com/yh8pew92
with @AndyC_UoE, @IlyaMaclean, Allan Sebata & @TomPowly
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Exciting times ‘Building a Biodiversity Intactness Index for Africa’ by @HayleySClements need to watch out for geographic and taxonomic biases in available data #BIS2022 @scienceSUN @NITheCS @SEEC_UCT
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New paper! Evidence for 5 entrenched narratives about #protectedareas & human #wellbeing highlights the importance of redistributing power to #communities with implications for applying post-2020 global biodiversity targets #COP15 tinyurl.com/286w38rb
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Final call: Applications for the MSc investigating the effects of light (lunar/artificial) on S African mammals close tomorrow! We offer R80 000/y, accommodation on reserve, shared field vehicle, research equipment. See wmstrauss.com for full details. @BernardScience
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1/3... Our new paper led by Marty Anderies doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.202… in #BiologicalConservation presents a minimal modelling framework for social-ecological systems #socecosys #SESs in #conservation contexts. @ChawlaSivee @StevenLade @HayleySClements @RSeppelt @birgit
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Well done to @HayleySClements for this awesome product (bii4africa.org) as well as the experts. I would have loved to contribute to this awesome dataset. #ORC2022
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@HayleySClements “Biodiversity in Africa needs to be mainstreamed” but “Biodiversity data is limited though there is a wealth of biodiversity expertise”…. “We need Africa-led approaches” #ORC2022
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Today is #WorldRhinoDay! 🦏🎉In this article, Clements et al share information about private #rhino #conservation in #SouthAfrica while looking at the diverse strategies adopted in response to the poaching crisis. You can find it at doi.org/10.1111/conl.12741
#science #tbt
ALT Photo from the International Rhino Foundation
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Three exciting academic positions availeble on our campus. vacancies.mandela.ac.za/nmun… – at South Africa
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Conservation experts warn that banning trophy hunting in South Africa will have negative impacts on wildlife and people. If tour operators are truly concerned about wildlife conservation, they will rethink their misinformed opinions. @WildlifeEconomy
iol.co.za/capeargus/news/exp…
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The Whitley Fund for Nature (WFN) is inviting nominations for the 2023 Whitley Awards to support dynamic, mid-career conservationists to scale up science-based, community-led projects across the #GlobalSouth. lnkd.in/daHaytKQ