Archer, Emma RMTadross, MA2012-02-202012-02-202009Archer, ERM and Tadross, MA. 2009. Climate change and desertification in South Africa – science and response. African Journal of Range & Forage Science, vol. 26(2), pp 127-1311022-0119http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.2989/AJRF.2009.26.3.3.948http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5586Copyright: 2009 Taylor and Francis. This is the post-print version of the work. The definitive version is published in African Journal of Range & Forage Science, vol. 26(2), pp 127-131Despite 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 science–policy arena, at multiple scales. Reynolds et al. (2007) observe, for example, the lack of a focused international science programme in desertification – a gap that may compound the problem. This article seeks to unpack two-way interactions between climate change and desertification, using selected case studies from the South and southern African, and global, contexts. It considers emerging approaches to responding to climate change in the context of desertification, emphasising the need for improved integrated biophysical and social science approaches, a focus on multiple synergies and cross-sectoral strategies, and the need for improved communication across the science–policy divide.enClimate changeLand degradationSouth African climate changeSouth African desertificationArticleArcher, E. R., & Tadross, M. (2009). Climate change and desertification in South Africa – science and response. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5586Archer, Emma RM, and MA Tadross "Climate change and desertification in South Africa – science and response." (2009) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5586Archer ER, Tadross M. Climate change and desertification in South Africa – science and response. 2009; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5586.TY - Article AU - Archer, Emma RM AU - Tadross, MA AB - 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 science–policy arena, at multiple scales. Reynolds et al. (2007) observe, for example, the lack of a focused international science programme in desertification – a gap that may compound the problem. This article seeks to unpack two-way interactions between climate change and desertification, using selected case studies from the South and southern African, and global, contexts. It considers emerging approaches to responding to climate change in the context of desertification, emphasising the need for improved integrated biophysical and social science approaches, a focus on multiple synergies and cross-sectoral strategies, and the need for improved communication across the science–policy divide. DA - 2009 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Climate change KW - Land degradation KW - South African climate change KW - South African desertification LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2009 SM - 1022-0119 T1 - Climate change and desertification in South Africa – science and response TI - Climate change and desertification in South Africa – science and response UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5586 ER -