Browsing by Author "Child, Matthew"

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    Advancing the data-science-policy value chain through SANBI's regional engagement strategy
    (2018-06-21)
    The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) has previously coordinated several conservation projects in other African countries linked to data mobilisation and biodiversity assessments, but these have been largely disconnected and risk undermining long-term impact. Currently, SANBI is conducting three major projects across the continent: the African Biodiversity Challenge (Ghana, Malawi, Namibia and Rwanda), Mapping Biodiversity Priorities (Botswana, Ethiopia and Malawi), and a Biodiversity Assessment for Spatial Prioritisation in Africa (BASPA) (Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya and Mozambique). These projects span components relating to the data-science-policy value chain and provide opportunity for strategic coordination and synergy to create a critical mass of capacity in partner institutions. Such strategic coordination also extends to collaborating with other programmes of work operating on the continent (such as those being conducted by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility and United Nations – World Conservation Monitoring Centre). The ultimate goal is to create a continental community of practice through a network of strong science-policy hubs that can better cooperate in regional decision-making and global reporting through vehicles such as the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).
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    Advancing the data-science-policy value chain through SANBI’s regional engagement strategy
    (2019-01) Child, Matthew; Parker-Allie, Fatima; Manuel, Jeffrey; Driver, Amanda; Raimondo, Domitilla
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    The African Biodiversity Challenge: an incentive-driven approach to mobilising biodiversity data
    (2017-06-23)
    Primary biodiversity data are essential to sustainable development in Africa. However, policy-makers will only incorporate such data if they are 1) accessible, 2) fit for use, and 3) relevant to national development agendas. Enabling these conditions necessitates building functional biodiversity informatics networks comprised of data holders, data managers and end users. Currently, only 3.7% of the records freely accessible on the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) are from Africa, of which 49% have been published through African organisations and South Africa contributes 97% of the total. There is thus a critical need to capacitate African countries to mobilise biodiversity data. Simultaneously, as philanthropic funding is limited and volatile, national institutional demand for mobilised data, and willingness to support networks engaged with this work, must be cultivated to sustain the momentum generating and mainstreaming biodiversity information. Here we discuss a unique project methodology, which falls within the GBIF Africa and SANBI regional strategy scope of work, which uses a competition format to incentivise self-organisation of biodiversity informatics networks; complements alternative funding models; and incentivises the mobilisation of policy-relevant data. We discuss the incentives identified for each stakeholder group and present the results from the initial phase of the project.
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    Between a fence and a hard place: What does it mean to conserve a mammal species?
    (2019-01) Child, Matthew; Page-Nicholson, Samantha; Variawa, Tasneem; von Staden, Lize; Raimondo, Domitilla; Roxburgh, Lizanne
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    Lessons from COVID-19 for wildlife ranching in a changing world
    (2022-10-24) Clements, Hayley; Lindeque, Lehmann; Lunderstedt, Kyra; De Vos, Alta
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    Mainstreaming biodiversity priorities: A practical guide on how to integrate spatial biodiversity products into national policy, planning and decision-making
    (South African National Biodiversity Institute, 2022) Botts, Emily; Holness, Stephen; Mapendembe, Abisha; Cunningham, Cleo; Child, Matthew
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    Make global biodiversity information useful to national decision-makers
    (2023-10-06) Buschke, Falko; Capitani, Claudia; Sow, El Hadji; Khaemba, Yvonne; Kaplin, Beth; Chiawo, David; Hirsch, Tom; Ellwood, Elizabeth; Clements, Hayley; Huber, Patrick; Hagenimana, Thacien; Killion, Alexander; Mindje, Mapendo; Kudzai, Shaun Mpakairi; Raymond, Melianie; Matlombe, Domingas; Mbeya, Dickson; von Hase, Amrei
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    Making the mammal protection level indicator meaningful for planning and policy
    (2018-06-21) Page-Nicholson, Samantha; Roxburgh, Lizanne
    Protected areas remain the cornerstone of conservation. Evaluating whether they effectively perform their function has received much attention in the scientific literature and is implicit in the Aichi 2020 targets and global biodiversity indicators, but measurement lacks quantifiable and consistent metrics. Here we describe the first attempt at populating the headline indicator of mammal protection level in South Africa for the forthcoming National Biodiversity Assessment and discuss the issues surrounding data availability and quality, monitoring frameworks, target setting, spatial context and links to international policy tools and indicator development. We compare various approaches of calculating the indicator through sensitivity analysis and expert opinion. We argue that the indicator can become greatly more informative for planning if it incorporates species-specific targets and the spatial orientation and connectivity between populations (scaled by each species’ population structure). While this may appear to be a data-intensive and timeconsuming process, it can be easily achieved by compiling existing data and information from across the South African National Biodiversity Institute’s (SANBI) network of partners and by keeping the database periodically updated. This is in line with SANBI’s mandate as a national biodiversity informatics hub.
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    Quantifying species protection level: A new indicator for the National Biodiversity Assessment
    (2018-06-21) Kirkman, Silvia; Measey, John
    Monitoring the level of species protection at the national level can help countries identify both the best places for protected area expansion to take place, as well as identify areas where current management of existing protected areas is not supporting the conservation of species. Here we propose a new practical method, developed for South Africa’s National Biodiversity Assessment, for tracking progress towards a habitat conservation target for species. This provides an indicator at the country level for the effectiveness of a country’s protected area network for the conservation of different taxonomic groups. This indicator can be disaggregated down to each protected area unit to determine effectiveness of current management interventions for species occurring within a protected area. The protection level indicator we have prepared has two components. The first component measures how well represented a species is within a country’s protected area network. This component alone can guide parties as to which species require further protection, where distribution data for species not represented or poorly represented within protected area networks can guide decision makers as to where protected area expansion is needed. The second component includes a measure of management effectiveness within each protected area and when combined with protected area representation provides an overall effective protection level measure for each species. Results for applying this new method to mammals, reptiles, amphibians, butterflies and birds will be presented.
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    Raising a Red Flag
    (The Durban Natural Science Museum, 2019-01-18) Child, Matthew
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    The bii4africa dataset of faunal and floral population intactness estimates across Africa’s major land uses
    (2024-02-12) Clements, Hayley S.; Do Linh San, Emmanuel; Hempson, Gareth; Linden, Birthe; Marit, Bryan; Monadjem, Ara; Reynolds, Chevonne; Siebert, Frances; Stevens, Nicola; Biggs, Reinette; DeVos, Alta; Blanchard, Ryan; Child, Matthew; Esler, Karen J.; Hamann, Maike; Loft, Ty; Reyers, Belinda; Selomane, Odirilwe; Skowno, Andrew L.; Tshoke, Tshegofatso; Abdoulaye, Diarrassouba; Aebischer, Thierry; Aguirre-Gutiérrez , Jesús; Alexander, Graham J.; Ali, Abdullahi H.; Allan, David G.; Amoako, Esther E.; Angedakin, Samuel; Aruna, Edward; Avenant, Nico L.; Badjedjea, Gabriel; Bakayoko, Adama; Bamba-kaya, Abraham; Bates, Michael F.; Bates, Paul J. J.; Belmain, StevenR.; Bennitt, Emily; Bradley, James; Brewster, Chris A.; Brown, Michael B.; Brown, Michelle; Bryja, Josef; Butynski, Thomas M.; Carvalho, Filipe; Channing, Alan; Chapman, Colin A.; Cohen, Callan; Cords, Marina; Cramer, Jennifer D.; Cronk, Nadine; Cunneyworth, Pamela M.K.; Dalerum, Fredrik; Danquah, Emmanuel; Davies-Mostert, Harriet T; de Blocq, Andrew D.; DeJong, Yvonne A.; Demos, Terrence C.; Denys, Christiane; Djagoun, Chabi A.M.S.; Doherty-Bone, Thomas M.; Drouilly, Marine; duToit, Johan T.; Ehlers Smith, David A.; Ehlers Smith, Yvette C.; Eiseb, Seth J .; Fashing, Peter J.; Ferguson, Adam W.; Fernández-García, José M.; Finckh, Manfred; Fischer, Claude; Gandiwa, Edson; Gaubert, Philippe; Gaugris, Jerome Y.; Gibbs, Dalton J.; Gilchrist, Jason S.; Gil-Sánchez, Jose M.; Githitho, Anthony N.; Goodman, Peter S.; Granjon, Laurent; Grobler, J.Paul; Gumbi, Bonginkosi C.; Gvozdik, Vaclav; Harvey, James; Hauptfeisch, Morgan; Hayder, Firas; Hema, Emmanuel M.; Herbst, Marna; Houngbédji, Mariano; Huntley, Brian J.; Hutterer, Rainer; Ivande, Samuel T.; Jackson, Kate; Jongsma, Gregory F. M.; Juste, Javier; Kadjo, Blaise; Kaleme, Prince K.; Kamugisha, Edwin; Kaplin, Beth A.; Kato, Humphrey N.; Kifner, Christian; Kimuyu, Duncan M.; Kityo, Robert M.; Kouamé, N’goran G.; Kouete , Marcel T.; le Roux, Aliza; Lee, Alan T.K.; Lötter, Mervyn C.; Lykke, Anne Mette; MacFadyen, Duncan N.; Macharia, Gacheru P.; Madikiza, Zimkitha J.K.; Mahlaba, Themb’alilahlwa A. M.; Mallon, David; Mamba, Mnqobi L.; Mande, Claude; Marchant, Rob A.; Maritz, Robin A.; Markotter, Wanda; McIntyre, Trevor; Measey, John; Mekonnen, Addisu; Meller, Paulina; Melville, Haemish I.; Mganga, Kevin Z.; Mills, Michael G. L.; Minnie, Liaan; Missoup, Alain Didier; Mohammad, Abubakr; Moinde, Nancy N.; Moise, Bakwo Fils E.; Monterroso, Pedro; Moore, Jennifer F.; Musila, Simon; Nago, Sedjro Gilles A; Namoto, Maganizo W.; Niang, Fatimata; Nicolas, Violaine; Nkenku, Jerry B.; Nkrumah, Evans E.; Nono, Gonwouo L.; Norbert, Mulavwa M.; Nowak, Katarzyna; Obitte, Benneth C.; Okoni-Williams, Arnold D.; Onongo, Jonathan; O’Riain, Justin M.; Osinubi, Samuel T.; Parker, Daniel M.; Parrini, Francesca; Peel, Mike J.S.; Penner, Johannes; Pietersen, Darren W.; Plumptre, Andrew J.; Ponsonby, Damian W.; Porembski, Stefan; Power, John R.; Radloff, Frans G.T.; Rambau, Ramugondo V.; Ramesh, Tharmalingam; Richards, Leigh R.; Rödel, Mark-Oliver; Rollinson, Dominic P.; Rovero, Francesco; Saleh, Mostafa A.; Schmiedel, Ute; Schoeman, Corrie M.; Scholte, Paul; Serfass, Thomas L.; Shapiro, JulieTeresa; Shema, Sidney; Siebert, Stefan J.; Slingsby, Jasper A.; Sliwa, Alexander; Smit-Robinson, Hanneline A.; Sogbohossou, Etotepe A.; Somers, Michael J.; Spawls, Stephen; Streicher, Jarryd P.; Swanepoel, Lourens; Tanshi, Iroro; Taylor, Peter J.; Taylor, William A.; te Beest, Mariska; Telfer, Paul T.; Thompson, Dave I.; Tobi, Elie; Tolley, Krystal A.; Turner, Andrew A.; Twine , Wayne; Van Cakenberghe , Victor; Van de Perre, Frederik; van der Merwe, Helga; van Niekerk, Chris J.G.; van Wyk, Pieter C.V.; Venter, Jan A.; Verburgt, Luke; Veron, Geraldine; Vette, Susanne; Vorontsova, Maria S.; Wagner, Thomas C.; Webala, Pau lW.; Weber, Natalie; Weier, Sina M.; Sina M., Paula A.; Whitecross, Melissa A.; Wigley, Benjamin J.; Willems, Frank J.; Winterbach, Christiaan W.; Woodhouse, Galena M.
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    The Sustainable Wildlife Economies Project (SWEP): LANDHOLDER FEEDBACK REPORT
    (2025-11-01) Child, M; Clements, H; de Vos, A; Lindeque, L; Lunderstedt, K; Kant, L; Muller, K
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    Trends in the market price value of South African game animals over the last 31 years
    (2025-05-02) Muller, Karlin; Child, Matthew; De Vos, Alta; Clements, Hayley; Reilly, Brian; Selier, SA Jeanetta
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    Unlocking Opportunities for Land Reform Beneficiaries in South Africa’s Wildlife Economy :A Policy Brief
    (2025-10-01) Clements, H; Shwababa, S; Child, M.F; Mneno, N; De Vos, A
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    Unlocking opportunities for meaningful participation of land reform beneficiaries in the wildlife economy
    (2025-04-26) Shwababa, S; Child, M.F; de Vos, A; Mneno, N; Clements, H.S
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    Wildness, infinity and freedom
    (2021-08-01) Child, Matthew