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Adapting to global change in a diverse landscape: the Kruger to Canyons Biosphere Reserve

Author: Davis, C ; Archer, Emma RM ; Maserumule, R ; Stevens, N ; Sinden, LA Date: Apr 2010 This study will draw on the findings of a significant amount of research that has already taken place in the area. There is a keen desire amongst diverse stakeholders to access global change information (for example, the use of such information ... Read more
Are we disabling climate science in southern Africa? : A brief consideration of the draft South African Weather Service Amendment Bill

Author: Archer, Emma RM Date: Jan 2013 On the 2nd of November, 2011, South Africa’s Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs tabled the draft South African Weather Service Amendment Bill to the National Assembly. After the period for written comment closed, in January 2012, ... Read more
Bridging the Gap: Experiences of communicating climate information between producers and end-users in southern Africa

Author: Joubert, A ; Archer, Emma RM ; Cull, T ; Davis, C ; Engelbrecht, F ; Landman, W ; Vincent, K Date: Mar 2012 Climate change information is difficult to communicate beyond the scientific community, due to its inherent uncertainty and complexity, yet at the same time end users need access to the information in a format that is appropriate to their ... Read more
Climate and southern Africa's water-energy-food nexus

Author: Conway, D ; Archer, Emma RM ; Derynglin, D ; Dorling, S ; Krueger, T ; Landman, W ; Lankford, B ; Lebek, K ; Osborn, T ; Ringler, C ; Thurlow, J ; Zhu, T ; Dalin, C Date: Sep 2015 In southern Africa, the connections between climate and the water–energy–food nexus are strong. Physical and socioeconomic exposure to climate is high in many areas and in crucial economic sectors. Spatial interdependence is also high, driven, ... Read more
Climate change and desertification in South Africa – science and response

Author: Archer, Emma RM ; Tadross, MA Date: 2009 Despite significant attention paid to desertification and climate change in the last few decades, interactions between the phenomena, as well as implications thereof, have received less of a focus. Such a trend is particularly marked in the ... Read more
Climate change – a critical emerging issue

Author: Archer, Emma RM Date: 2010 Science on observed trends in climate and projected future climate change has evolved substantially in the last few years. Different sub-regions of South Africa have shown, and are likely to continue to show, distinct climate changes. Surface ... Read more
Climate change, groundwater and intensive commercial farming in the semi-arid northern Sandveld, South Africa

Author: Archer, Emma RM ; Conrad, J ; Munch, Z ; Opperman, D ; Tadross, M ; Venter, J Date: Jun 2009 Progress in the area of international climate negotiation has been the site of substantively increased activity of late, yet the task of utilizing appropriate spatial scale climate change projections to understand climate change impacts on ... Read more
Climate information needs in southern Africa: A review

Author: Lötter, Johanna M ; Davis, Claire L ; Archer, Emma RM Date: Feb 2017 User needs assessments, the co-production of climate information, and the creation of tailored climate services are critical factors in providing increasing useful and accessible products for the management of climate risks and informing ... Read more
Climate variability, perceptions and political ecology: Factors influencing changes in pesticide use over 30 years by Zimbabwean smallholder cotton producers

Author: Zinyemba, C ; Archer, Emma RM ; Rother, H-A Date: May 2018 Pesticides represent a potential public health hazard of note in farming communities. Accumulating evidence indicates that some pesticides used in agriculture act as hormone disrupters, with the potential to result in chronic health effects. ... Read more
Current and future perspectives on forest-water goods and services

Author: Claassen, Marius ; Vira, B ; Xu, J ; Gyawali, D ; Martin-Ortega, J ; Pol, PO ; Creed, IF ; Ellison, D ; McNulty, SG ; Archer, Emma RM Date: Jul 2018 This chapter utilises the ecosystem services framework to understand the consequences of change in forest ecosystem functions and water-related implications. Using a scenario analysis, the chapter explores the likely changes in attributes of ... Read more
Dealing with risk

Author: Cull, T ; Vincent, K ; Davis, C ; Archer, Emma RM Date: Nov 2011 This chapter is concerned with how we can respond to climate change in order to reduce its adverse impacts. Following international practice, these responses can broadly be grouped into mitigation (reduction in the causes of climate change) ... Read more
Determinants of the forest-water relationship

Author: McNulty, SG ; Archer, Emma RM ; Gush, Mark B ; Van Noordwijk, M ; Ellison, D ; Blanco, JA ; Xu, J ; Bishop, K ; Wei, XA ; Vira, B Date: Jul 2018 Our analysis of forest-water relations addresses four important subsystems of a linked planetary social-ecological system: climate, forests, water and people. In this chapter, we consider how each of these subsystems is changing (trend) and ... Read more
Engaging stakeholders in global change risk and vulnerability planning: a case study of the Kruger to Canyons Biosphere Region

Author: Davis, C ; Stevens, N ; Archer, Emma RM ; Sinden, L-A ; Nkambule, C Date: 01 Sep 2010 Understanding climatic changes and their possible impacts on society is essential in critical sectors in South Africa in order to improve strategic adaptation responses. The study presented here, based in the Kruger to Canyons Biosphere Region, ... Read more
Environmental change in Bushbuckridge

Author: Erasmus, BFN ; Coetzer, K ; Mambo, J ; Archer, Emma RM ; Fisher, JT ; Asner, GP Date: May 2011 Bushbuck Ridge is a typical cultural landscape where the interdependency of people and the environment shape the savanna ecosystem goods and services upon which many people are dependent. The forced resettlement of people in the apartheid ... Read more
An evaluation of how downscaled climate data represents historical precipitation characteristics beyond the means and variances

Author: Kusangaya, S ; Warburton Toucher, ML ; Archer, Emma RM ; Jewitt, GPW Date: Sep 2016 Precipitation is the main driver of the hydrological cycle. For climate change impact analysis, use of downscaled precipitation, amongst other factors, determines accuracy of modelled runoff. Precipitation is, however, considerably more ... Read more
Forest landscape hydrology in a ‘New Normal’ era of climate and land use change

Author: Jones, JA ; Wei, XA ; Van Noordwijk, M ; Creed, IF ; Gush, Mark B ; Ellison, B ; Blanco, JA ; Bishop, K ; McNulty, SG ; Archer, Emma RM Date: Jul 2018 This chapter aims to clarify the effects that changing climate and quantity, quality and pattern of tree cover in forests have on the way water becomes available for human use and ecosystem integrity. To do this, the chapter synthesises current ... Read more
Forest, trees and water on a changing planet: How contemporary science can inform policy and practice

Author: Creed, IF ; Van Noordwijk, M ; Archer, Emma RM ; Claassen, Marius ; Ellison, D ; Jones, JA ; McNulty, SG ; Vira, B ; Wei, XA Date: Jul 2018 Trees and people both need water. With a growing global population and continued forest loss and degradation - a key question becomes: are trees and people competitors or friends? The relationship between forests, trees and water is an issue ... Read more
Forests, rangelands and climate change in Southern Africa

Author: Naidoo, Sasha ; Davis, C ; Archer, Emma RM Date: Sep 2013 This paper provides an analysis of the implications of climate change for forests and rangelands in southern Africa. The extent of the resources and their economic and social functions and drivers of change is outlined. The vulnerability of ... Read more
Future climate change over Southern Africa

Author: Davis, Claire L ; Engelbrecht, Francois A ; Tadross, M ; Wolski, P ; Archer, Emma RM Date: Oct 2017 This chapter presents key messages drawn from recent subsets of future climate projections for the southern Africa region. Material in this chapter is drawn from Chapter 3 of Climate Risk and Vulnerability: A Handbook for Southern Africa ... Read more
Gendered vulnerability to climate change in Limpopo Province, South Africa

Author: Vincent, K ; Cull, T ; Archer, Emma RM Date: Oct 2010 It is well-known that women in developing countries tend to be more dependent on natural resources than men, and that female-headed households tend to rely more on agricultural livelihoods than male-headed households. Climate change is projected ... Read more

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