Nurturing ecosystem-based adaptations in South Africa’s Garden Route: a common pool resource governance perspective

Guerbois, Chloé; Brady, Ute; Swardt, Abigail G. de; Fabricius, Christo

doi:10.1007/s10113-019-01508-5

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“…Nestled between the Indian Ocean and Outeniqua Mountains (Figure 1), the region is highly attractive for local, regional and international visitors. The number of residents in the area has increased dramatically in recent years, and the population is expected to continue growing in the future (Guerbois et al, 2019; Western Cape Government, 2019). Anthropogenically transformed landscapes in the area are associated with multiple land‐uses, such as forest plantations, crops, dairy farming, urban and peri‐urban development, and a vast road network (Baard et al, 2015; SANParks, 2020).…”

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Comparing local ecological knowledge with camera trap data to study mammal occurrence in anthropogenic landscapes of the Garden Route Biosphere Reserve

Bernard,

Guerbois,

Venter

et al. 2024

Conservat Sci and Prac

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Accurate information on wildlife occurrence in anthropogenic landscapes is essential to develop effective conservation measures. Monitoring multiple mammal species in heterogeneous landscapes can be challenging because of the diversity of land‐uses and species behaviors. Therefore, different monitoring methods are better adapted to different contexts. We compared data obtained from camera traps with data gathered through an online survey to document the presence of mammal species in mosaic landscapes of the Garden Route Biosphere Reserve in South Africa. The survey detected the same 15 species as the camera traps as well as the additional common duiker. Both methods effectively detected most large mammal species, whereas results were less consistent for smaller species and carnivores. Combining the two methods enabled us to produce more robust estimates of species absence and confirm species presence reported by survey respondents. In less disturbed areas, respondents with good ecological knowledge were effective at monitoring mammal species, while extending the spatial coverage of the study. Bearing in mind the limitations of each method, camera traps and an online survey could complement each other if combined. Together, they can provide a more comprehensive understanding of mammal communities in anthropogenic landscapes, increasing both spatial coverage and the number of species sightings.

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Comparing local ecological knowledge with camera trap data to study mammal occurrence in anthropogenic landscapes of the Garden Route Biosphere Reserve

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Venter

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“…Extensive fieldwork with semidirected interviews and public documentation analysis was conducted in these case studies. More information is available in reports and field based papers (Brown et al 2017, Guerbois et al 2019, Naylor et al 2019, Therville et al 2019. We use this set of case studies to identify example cases of each theoretical type of transfer of vulnerability.…”

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“…These wetlands, managed by SANParks, a government body dedicated to nature conservation nation-wide, are also very attractive for the leisure activities they offer, drawing large numbers of tourists and wealthy second home-owners. Global changes manifest there in increased severity of drought, flood storms, fire events, increasing human population, needs for development, and eroding ecological infrastructures (Guerbois et al 2019). These provide the context for multiple adaptations.…”

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Transfers of vulnerability through adaptation plan implementation: an analysis based on networks of feedback control loops

Barreteau¹,

Anderies²,

Guerbois³

et al. 2020

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With the increasing number of adaptation plans being generated across the world at multiple scales and levels of organization, the issue of coordination among plans is emerging as a significant challenge. We focus on how lack of coordination may constrain their efficiency as a result of potential transfers of vulnerability. This paper focuses on interdependencies between autonomous feedback control loops that represent adaptation processes and makes the link between autonomous action and (social-ecological) system levels. These interdependencies allow changes in vulnerability of one adaptation actor as a consequence of the reduction of vulnerability of another actor. We refer to the processes behind such changes as "vulnerability transfers" and suggest the need for their identification so that actors may make agreements to address them explicitly. A thorough analysis of each step involved in a feedback control loop enables the identification of potential interdependencies, leading to seven basic types of vulnerability transfer. The analysis of example cases of observed transfers of vulnerability in three coastal case studies then demonstrate the suitability of feedback control loop networks to assess, ex-ante, potential vulnerability transfers. The example cases feature all types of theoretically possible vulnerability transfers. Initial empirical investigation showcases the relative importance of shared infrastructures in generating transfers of vulnerability. It also helps to reveal forgotten links to avoid decreasing efficiency of adaptation processes beyond each autonomous agent's jurisdiction. Our representation contributes to a more comprehensive ex-ante identification of transfers and hence the possibility to discuss and manage them.

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“…This Special Issue contains five papers. Three of them are examples of analysis of coastal SES using the Robustness Framework (Guerbois et al 2019;Naylor et al 2019;Therville et al 2018). The fourth is an example of using the Robustness Framework to design a tool for framing interactions in stakeholder workshops (Bonté et al 2019).…”

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“…They connect the Robustness Framework with the Network of Adjacent Action Situations approach (McGinnis 2011) to demonstrate the intensification of cascading effects and cross-scale feedbacks with increasing tensions among land planning and coastal management policies due to various global change impacts in the region. Guerbois et al (2019) provide the third case study example in the Garden Route in South Africa with a question regarding the difficulties of ecosystem-based adaptation. Joining the Robustness Framework with common-pool resources ontologies such as Ostrom's Design Principles, they show that ecological infrastructures interact negatively with hard infrastructures due to weak institutions.…”

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Governance principles for robust and resilient coastal systems in the face of global change

Anderies

Barreteau

2019

Reg Environ Change

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Coastal areas face special challenges resulting from global change. These challenges are related to three distinct features of coastal areas: concentration of environmental impacts, multiple thresholds, and high sensitivity to climate change. River networks and hydrological processes integrate the consequences of land use and human activities that take place over large areas and, as a result, concentrate their impacts in coastal areas. Coastal areas are characterized by numerous sensitive boundaries and thresholds, i.e., the land-water interface, the intersection of saline and freshwater environments, and constrained space for particular land use patterns. Hence, they are especially sensitive to climate change impacts: a small change in sea level has the potential to push the system beyond a critical threshold and induce radical change in the social-ecological system. Further, the stakes for decisionmaking are high: a relatively large proportion of the population lives in coastal areas, real estate is very valuable, they are often biodiversity hot spots, and are home to very productive agro-ecosystems. This creates a high potential for conflict across multiple user groups. Many policymakers are aware of this situation and generate adaptation plans at their jurisdictional levels. However, policymakers acting in their own jurisdiction may generate spillovers that modify evolution pathways of related social-ecological systems or constrain adaptive capacity of other policymakers operating in other jurisdictions. As a consequence, there are several warning signs of John M. Anderies

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Nurturing ecosystem-based adaptations in South Africa’s Garden Route: a common pool resource governance perspective

Cited by 11 publications

References 40 publications

Comparing local ecological knowledge with camera trap data to study mammal occurrence in anthropogenic landscapes of the Garden Route Biosphere Reserve

Comparing local ecological knowledge with camera trap data to study mammal occurrence in anthropogenic landscapes of the Garden Route Biosphere Reserve

Transfers of vulnerability through adaptation plan implementation: an analysis based on networks of feedback control loops

Governance principles for robust and resilient coastal systems in the face of global change

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