Alta De Vos

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Alta De Vos

@ForceCT

Senior lecturer, Environmental Science, Rhodes University.

Grahamstown, South Africa Присоединился Mart 2011
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Hayley Clements
Hayley Clements@HayleySClements·
Why giving value to wildlife through sustainably using it is a good thing for people and nature - our thoughts on South Africa’s revised National Biodiversity Economy Strategy @ForceCT and @MattyFairfax @WildlifeEconomy @CST_SU @HELICS_Lab @OppGenRC @AFD_France @KoneenSaatio
Resource Africa@africa_resource

Our thoughts exactly on the issue of South Africa's new National Biodiversity Economy Strategy. For those who want to dive deeper into the scientific literature supporting this position, the links in this article are a great place to start. theconversation.com/south-africas-…

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Alta De Vos@ForceCT·
@TimothyKuiper Congrats Tim! You also win cutest family graduation pic 🥰
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Timothy Kuiper@TimothyKuiper·
Oxford PhD graduation 👨‍🎓 ✅ Wonderful celebrating with family! Yes Danica made a matching gown for Sebastian :)
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PECS@PECS_Project·
Are you working with Social-Ecological Systems research methods? Check out the launch of the new website of SES methods this Thursday and hear more from @OonsieBiggs, @resilienceSci, @ForceCT, Dr Miriam Huitric, @aequinlan, & others. Find more infos 👇(JH)
Centre for Sustainability Transitions@CST_SU

Join us this Thurs at 3:30pm for the launch of the new website on Social-Ecological Systems research methods. Featuring videos by leading researchers, this website aims to make learning about SES research methods accessible for all. More here: bit.ly/3SNifYk #sesmethods

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Ujaval Gandhi
Ujaval Gandhi@spatialthoughts·
A thread about the newly launched #DynamicWorld landcover dataset by #Google. I had early access and explored this dataset in detail. You may be very excited about this dataset, but likely for the wrong reasons. Sharing some insights, potential use cases, and pitfalls. 1/n
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M D Madhusudan
M D Madhusudan@mdmadhusudan·
A probabilistic landcover dataset with scene-to-scene correspondence with Sentinel 2 that challenges our conventional imagination and approach to landcover mapping, and opens completely new possibilities.
Google Earth@googleearth

Announcing Dynamic World 🌏. Created in partnership with @WorldResources, it enables researchers to build custom maps based on AI-powered near real-time land cover data at 10m resolution. Supported by a @ScientificData paper-published today. Learn more → blog.google/products/earth…

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Louise Gammage ( 🇿🇦 )
Louise Gammage ( 🇿🇦 )@LouGammage·
📢Come work with me on the very exciting #transdisciplinary @EcoACEproject We have 3, diverse masters' projects available for 2023. Closing date for applications is 10 June. DM or email me if you have any questions. #marinesciences #marsocsci #climatechange #adaptivecapacity
Eco ACE project@EcoACEproject

📢We have 3 exciting #master's positions available for 2023! The projects are diverse & suited to a range of disciplines incl #oceanography #marinesciences #geography #anthropology #environmentalsciences Come join us in #CapeTown. Details 👇

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Hayley Clements
Hayley Clements@HayleySClements·
Please take 5 mins to answer this survey, to inform a game farm certification that will contribute to biodiversity conservation and socio-economic development while also supporting a viable, thriving game meat industry in South Africa. forms.gle/Zxpyy1TaJgCDKG…
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Sarah Raubenheimer, PhD
Sarah Raubenheimer, PhD@SarahRaubs·
So stoked to get this month's editors choice award from @JEcology 😁😁 thanks to the editing team for their hard work.
Journal of Ecology@JEcology

🔎This month’s Editor’s Choice explores how simulated drought & herbivory impact the growth & survival of Vachellia karroo, one of the most prominent woody encroachers in southern African savanna @SarahRaubs jecologyblog.com/2022/05/10/edi…

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Megan Meacham
Megan Meacham@meganmeacham·
Very clear and useful work by @KatjaMalmborg and team! Using ecosystems service bundles to convey complexity and navigating a truly transdisciplinary participatory resilience assessment.
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Jay Badza
Jay Badza@jaybadza47·
The Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer Research Grant for 2022 is now open. The grant of $150 000.00 is available to African researchers, and one can enter by sending an application to @OppGenRC .
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M D Madhusudan
M D Madhusudan@mdmadhusudan·
This is no ordinary whodunit. With the same imagination and attentiveness she brings to her scholarship as an interdisciplinary ecologist, ⁦@HariniNagendra⁩ masterfully recreates period, place and relations from a 1920s Bangalore around Kaveri, her delightful crime-buster.
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