FULL CURRICULUM VITAE - SHEONA E. SHACKLETON
May 2014
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Sheona Elizabeth Shackleton (nee Taylor)
611121 0077 086
21/11/61 – Greenock, Scotland
Married, two grown-up children
South African citizenship
English
Code 08 – May 1981
c/o Department of Environmental Science, Rhodes University,
Grahamstown, 6140.
082 889 4075 (cell), +27 (0)46 603 7009 (w), +27 (0)46 622
7644(h)
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Secondary:
Tertiary:
BSc, BSc Hons, MSc:
PhD:
‘O’ Level (1977) (5 distinctions) and SA Matric (1978) certificates
obtained.
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Rhodes University, Grahamstown
Undergraduate degree:
Subjects:
BSc (1979-1982)
Botany I – III, Zoology I – III, Mathematics I Special (combined Maths
& Stats course), Chemistry I, Biochemistry I and Philosophy of
Science.
Awards:
Merit certificates for distinctions in Botany II, Botany III and Zoology III.
Rebecca Lurie Brown Award.
Julius Robinson Scholarship.
CSIR & Wits Senior Bursary for Honours year.
Postgraduate degrees:
a) BSc Hons – Botany (specialising in Ecology) (1983). First class
pass.
Titles of dissertations:
 The effects of shading on the growth and establishment of
Acacia tortilis seedlings.
 Population dynamics, autecology and distribution of Cereus
peruvianus, an exotic invasive cactus, in the vicinity
of
Zandspruit, Transvaal.
Both of these projects resulted in scientific publications.
Awards:
Merit certificate for a distinction in Botany Honours.
South African Breweries’ gold medal for outstanding performance in
the Honours year of study in the Biological Sciences (awarded to the
top student).
b) MSc (by dissertation) – Ecology
1989). Title of thesis:
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(part-time) (July 1986-March
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Autecology of Cymbopogon validus in Mkambati Game
Reserve, Transkei.
Four scientific publications resulted from this work.
c) PhD – Environmental Science (2003-2005; awarded September
2005, conferred April 2006).
Title of thesis:
 The significance of the local trade in natural resource products for
livelihoods and poverty alleviation in South Africa.
Awards:
BP Research Scholarship in Rural Development for 2003 (one
awarded annually at national level)
National Research Foundation (NRF) Prestigious Scholarship for
PhD studies (3 years of funding).
SANPAD bursary (after submitting a successful project proposal).
Postdoctoral award:
NRF freestanding Postdoctoral Fellowship for Overseas studies.
2006/2007. (See details under employment history.)
Other qualifications:
Certificate in Community Development – University of Namibia (1990). First
class pass. This one year course was completed through distance learning and
is equivalent to the second year of the BA Degree in Social Work offered by
the University of Namibia. It included theoretical and practical aspects.
Other relevant training:
 Three day course on “How Water Ecosystems Work” including water and the law. October 2001.
Rhodes University. I was a co-manager of this project.
 Five day CBNRM course. July 2001. Rhodes University. I was also one of the trainers for this
course.
 Two-week workshop on woodland market chain analysis and resource valuation. May 1999.
Hotsprings, Zimbabwe. Organised by WWF People and Plants Programme, and Universities of
Zimbabwe and Alberta.
 Project management course. May 1998. CSIR
 Two three day courses in Participatory Methodology, including one on Participatory Strategic
Planning in 1996.
 Five day workshop on Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) techniques in April 1993.
Other awards:
 I have a B3 rating from the NRF and received this on first application.
 I received various merit bonuses while I worked at CSIR and received a merit award at Rhodes
University in 2013. During the same year I was promoted from Senior Lecturer to full Professor.
 For my sabbatical in 2013, I obtained an EU SUTRAFOR/ Erasmus Mundus Scholarship to
spend 2 months at the University of Copenhagen.
AREAS OF RESEARCH SPECIALISATION
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Natural resource utilisation and valuation in communal tenure systems.
Commercialisation of wild resources/non-timber forest products and their role in poverty
alleviation.
Theoretical, policy and practical aspects of community-based natural resource management
(CBNRM) and common property resource management.
Community forestry and woodland management.
Rural livelihood systems.
Local level institutional arrangements for land and resource management.
Poverty, change and ecosystem services.
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Vulnerability and climate change adaptation
SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE
Research: I have experience in both qualitative and quantitative research, ranging from ecological work
on the distribution and population dynamics of C. validus to participatory research on the role of natural
resources in the livelihoods of rural people. I have been a member of a number of interdisciplinary, multiinstitutional research teams. This has provided me with exposure to a wide range of approaches and
ideas, broadening and diversifying my background, especially in the areas of social science research,
rural development, natural resource management, community participation and policy. Much of my
research has been action and policy orientated. I have also acted in an advisory role on a number of
research projects and implementation initiatives and have been invited to review numerous journal
articles and project proposals in my areas of expertise. Since July 2008 I have supervised 23
postgraduate students from Honours to PhD level. I am an NRF rated scientist at B3 level.
Community engagement: I have experience in most aspects of rural and community development,
including agriculture, natural resource management, education, and health. My past interaction with
local communities on an almost daily basis has provided me with good insights into many aspects of
rural life and needs. I have experience in facilitating community workshops, and in the use of
participatory moderation techniques. Most of my research has been action orientated and has included
sharing research results with relevant stakeholders with the ultimate aim of trying to affect change on
the ground. In recent projects, I have engaged in processes of social learning with community groups,
which involves knowledge co-production and shared learning over extended periods of time with the
aim of building local agency and capacity. I have also explored the use of innovative techniques for
communicating and sharing science such as through various forms of art including drama. I was short
listed for the VC Community Engagement Award in 2013, and our work was profiled in a university
publication on community-engaged research.
Teaching and training: I have experience in teaching and training. This has included formal courses
in Botany and Environmental Science at an undergraduate level, postgraduate short courses in natural
resource management, and skills training for fieldworkers and teachers. Contributions have included
lectures and training inputs on participatory rural appraisal, managing the commons, sustainable
livelihoods, CBNRM, woodland resource valuation, complex socio-ecological systems and the
presentation of practical case studies. Since July 2008 I have held a fulltime lecturing position at Rhodes
University and I coordinate and do most of the teaching for the ENV 201 “Foundations” Course as well
as provide inputs at other levels including an Honours module on climate change adaptation. I teach
complex social ecological systems theory, resilience, climate change adaptation, climate change policy,
natural resource management and governance, common property resource management, PES and
others. I also provide a module for the Conservation Biology Masters Course at the Percy Fitzpatrick
Institute at UCT.
Management and administration: All my jobs have included administration, coordination and
organisational duties. I have experience in organising large and small workshops, conferences and
meetings, chairing and minute taking, organisational policy development, proposal writing and fundraising, budgeting, managing finances and project planning. I am efficient and well-organise in this
respect. I have been HOD of the Department of Environmetnal Science since January 2014. Currently
I sit on the number of committees at Rhodes as indicated in the table below.
Participation in University committees
Committee
Year
Faculty
Ongoing
Joint Research Committee
2009
Senate
2011, 2012 - ongoing
Teaching and Learning
2010
Community Engagement
2010 - 2011
Humanities Higher Degrees
2008 - 2013
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Committee
Institutional Planning
Committee
Environmental Committee
2012 - Ongoing
2014
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
July 2008- present
Institute:
Department:
Post:
Main job functions:
Rhodes University
Environmental Science
Senior Lecturer until Dec 2012, Professor (full) from Jan 2013
Teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Research and postgraduate supervision.
Fundraising for research.
Administration and course coordination.
University service.
Community engagement.
HOD from Jan 2014.
Other: Senior Research Associate with the Center for International Forestry Research (a
prestigious position) until 2012.
June 2000 – June 2008
Research Associate (formally recognised by senate) in the Department of Environmental Science,
Rhodes University.
This position entailed raising my own salary via research grants and consultancy work. I worked as
coordinator of several projects during this time.
From August 2006 to July 2007 I undertook postdoctoral work at the Center for International Forestry
Research (CIFOR) in Bogor, Indonesia and the Centre for Non-timber Forest Products (CNTR), Royal
Roads University, Victoria, BC, Canada. My main source of funding was a postdoctoral fellowship from
the NRF.
From 2003-2005 I was a full-time PhD student.
I also accepted a Research Associate position with the Center for International Forestry Research
(CIFOR) in Bogor, Indonesia. This provides 15 days paid work per year and is regarded as a prestigious
position. From August 2006 – February 2007 I had a further contract with CIFOR as a visiting scientist
– this complemented my postdoctoral grant.
March 1998 – May 2000
Institute:
CSIR
Division:
Environmentek, Natural Resources and Rural Development Programme
Post:
Researcher with the Rural Development & Common Property Systems group
(part-time - 65% post)
Main job functions:
 Research on common property and community-based resource management issues and
woodland resource valuation.
 Contract research and consultancy work for a range of clients. Major projects included a study
on the value of livestock in the Sand River Catchment, an institutional survey for CBNRM in
Northern Province, a scoping exercise to assess development coordination in Mpumalanga, a
survey of stakeholders opinions on the afforestation of community-owned land in Transkei, a
forests rights enquiry for the restructuring/privatisation of the state forests, contributions to the
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“State of the Forests report”, a SADC study on power relations in CBNRM, and various minor
contributions to other contracts.
Proposal writing and project planning, and contributions to teaching and training.
Received five merit bonuses in recognition of my work in the two years I was at CSIR.
October 1996 – February 1998
Institute:
University of the Witwatersrand
Department:
Health Systems Development Unit (HSDU), Dept of Community Health
(HSDU is based at the rural Tintswalo Hospital in Acornhoek, Limpopo
Province lowveld)
Post:
Research Officer/Database Manager (part-time post – 80% - while director
was on sabbatical)
Main job functions:
 Management of the database for the Demographic and Health Surveillance (DHS) Project
(population of 63 000 individuals and 10 000 households updated annually).
 Supervision the 1997 census, data analysis and write-up.
 Provision of skills training.
 Consultancy work included a survey of the economic and commercial value of woodland
products in Bushbuckridge.
April 1996 – September 1996
Name of institute:
Uplands Preparatory School
Department:
Uplands Outreach and Development Programme
Post:
Programme Coordinator (part-time (70%) post)
Main job functions:
 Coordination and management of three educational development projects falling under the
Outreach Programme including: (i) teacher upgrading, (ii) pupil bridging, and (iii) whole school
improvement and development by providing support in areas such as school governance,
parent involvement and fund-raising.
 Project planning and development, fund-raising and financial management, monitoring and
evaluation, publicity and networking.
October 1995 – April 1996
Part-time consultancy work in my private capacity whilst I sought permanent employment after our
move to Nelspruit.
Consultancies included:
 Data entry and analysis for a Wits PhD student.
 Final appraisal (in partnership with another consultant) of two major DANCED projects for the
Mpumalanga lowveld region: one on community forestry in the Bushbuckridge region, and one
on environmental education in the previous Kangwane area.
 Training of fieldworkers in meeting and documentation skills for the Social Liaison component
of a major water development project in the Bushbuckridge region.
 Compilation of a list of invitees (80 people) and facilitation of the Mpumalanga consultative
workshop to discuss the draft White Paper on Sanitation. My contract was with the Mvula Trust.
October 1989 – July 1995
Name of Institute:
Department:
Post:
University of the Witwatersrand
Wits Rural Facility (WRF), based in the rural Bushbuckridge district
Lecturer (full-time) – Oct. 1989 – Dec. 1990.
Lecturer (part-time: varied between
65% and 80%) – Jan. 1991 – July 1995.
Main job functions:
I was part of the initial “start-up” team for WRF. Thereafter, I worked primarily under the Natural
Resources Management Programme. My main job functions were:
 Research - a survey of the utilisation of indigenous food plants by local people; research into
the marketing of handicraft products; an analysis of the woodworking industry in Bushbuckridge;
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an energy survey; a study on wood sales from a local bushclearing project; a study on adaptive
strategies for sustainable livelihoods for the International Institute for Sustainable Development
(IISD), Canada.
Teaching and training
Community outreach and development - workshops for local woodworkers including providing
support for the formation of an association of woodworkers, marketing of local craft products,
facilitating training workshops, helping with fund-raising for community groups, serving on local
committees, attending policy conferences and workshops, and reporting back on research.
Administration - organising monthly public seminars, organising academic seminars, organising
the WRF Open Day (over 1000 guests), organising workshops and conferences, participating
in designing management systems and in the general management of the Facility, writing
funding documents, minute-taking, chairing meetings, selecting and interviewing potential job
applicants,.
Jan 1985 – June 1989
Name of Institute:
University of Transkei
Department:
Botany
Post:
Junior Lecturer
Main job functions:
 To teach at all undergraduate levels. Courses taught included: cell biology and genetics, soil
science, and applied ecology and conservation.
 A research project entitled “The Autecology of Cymbopogon validus in Mkambati Game
Reserve, Transkei” was completed. This formed the basis for an M.Sc. at the University of the
Witwatersrand.
Jan 1984 – Dec 1984
Name of Institute:
University of the Witwatersrand
Department:
Centre for Resource Ecology
Post:
Research Assistant for Prof B. Walker
Main job functions:
To conduct and assist with research - projects undertaken included:
 A reconnaissance survey of the vegetation and soils of Savuti Game Reserve, northern
Botswana.
 Studies on the effects of high and low phosphate concentration on the growth and
photosynthesis of several savanna grasses grown under controlled conditions.
1981 – 1983 Vacation & temporary work
 Field research assistant for researchers in the savanna ecosystem project, receptionist
(weekends and vacs.) – Veterinary Clinic, Office assistant – Industrial Furnace Fuels.
PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS
(Listed in chronological order from past to recent)
SUMMARY
Papers in refereed journals (51), book contributions (40),
published conference proceedings (13), published info and policy
briefs (11)
Popular articles
Unpublished consultancy/research reports
Conference presentations and posters
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BOOK SUBMISSIONS:
1.
Shackleton, S.E. (1996). The Woodcraft Industry in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga, South Africa. Box 6.5 (page
163) in Campbell, B.M. (Ed.). The Miombo in Transition: Woodlands and Welfare in Africa. CIFOR, Bogor,
Indonesia. ISBN: 979-8764-07-2.
2.
Shackleton, S.E., Shackleton, C.M., and Dzerefos, C.M. (1996). Income generation from woodcraft, fruits,
herbs and woodroses from Mpumalanga, South Africa. Box 6.1 (page 142) in Campbell, B.M. (Ed.) The
Miombo in Transition: Woodlands and Welfare in Africa. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia. ISBN: 979-8764-07-2.
3.
Shackleton, S.E., Shackleton, C.M., Netshiluvhi, T.R. and Geach, B. (2002). Direct use values of woodland
resources from three villages in South Africa. Box 1.2 (Pages 5-7) in Campbell, B. and Luckert, M (eds).
Uncovering the Hidden Harvest. Valuation Methods for Woodland and Forests Resources. EarthScan. IBSN:
1853838098.
4.
Shackleton, C.M., Shackleton, S.E. and Netshiluvhi, T.R. (2002). Direct use values of goods and services
from livestock in the Sand River Catchment, South Africa. Box 2.3 (pages 26-28) in Campbell, B. and Luckert,
M. (eds). Uncovering the Hidden Harvest. Valuation Methods for Woodland and Forests Resources.
EarthScan. IBSN: 1853838098.
5.
Collinson, M.A., Mokoena, O., Mgiba, N., Kahan, K., Tollman, S.M., Garenne, M., Hebst, K., Malomane, E.,
and Shackleton, S. E. (2001). Agincourt demographic sutveillance system, University of the Witwatersrand
and Northern Province Department of Health (Agincourt DSS). DSS Sites in Africa.
6.
Shackleton C.M., Hassan R., de Wit M., Shackleton S.E., and Beukman R. (2002). Chapter 3. Natural
woodlands and forests: Contribution to national income and economic welfare. In: Hassan, R (ed). Accounting
for stocks and flows of woody land resources: methods and results from South Africa. Pg 53-71. Centre for
Environmental Economics and Policy in Africa, University of Pretoria, Pretoria. IBSN: 0-9584508-9-7.
7.
Campbell, B.M., Shackleton, S. and Wollenberg, E. (2003). Overview: institutional arrangements for
managing woodlands. In: Kowero, G., Campbell, B.M., Sumaila, U.R. Policies and governance structures in
woodlands of Southern Africa. Pg 28-44. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia. IBSN: 979-3361-22-0. ISBN:
8.
Shackleton, S.E. and Steenkamp, C. (2004).The woodcraft industry in the Northern Province- Mpumalanga
lowveld. In: Lawes, M., Eeley, H., Shackleton, C.M. and Geach, B. (eds). Indigenous forests and woodlands
in South Africa: policy, people and practice. Pg 399 – 438. University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, Pietermarizburg.
IBSN: 1-86914-050-8.
9.
Shackleton, C.M. and Shackleton, S.E. (2004). Use of wild resources for direct household provisioning. . In:
Lawes, M., Eeley, H., Shackleton, C.M. and Geach,B. (eds). Indigenous forests and woodlands in South
Africa: policy, people and practice. Pg 195 – 226. University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, Pietermarizburg. IBSN:
1-86914-050-8.
10. Von Maltitz, G. and Shackleton, S.E. (2004). Management of forests and woodlands in South Africa:
Stakeholders, institutions and processes from past to present. In: Lawes, M., Eeley, H., Shackleton, C.M. and
Geach,B. (eds). Indigenous forests and woodlands in South Africa: policy, people and practice. Pg 109 – 138.
University of Natal Press, Pietermarizburg. IBSN: 1-86914-050-8.
11. Shackleton, S. E. and Shackleton, C. M. (2004). Everyday resources: Not valuable enough for CBNRM
support? In: Fabricius, C., Koch, E., Magome, H., and Turner, S. (eds). Rights, Resources & Rural
Development: Community-based Natural Resource Management in southern Africa. Pp 135 – 146. Earthscan.
IBSN 1-84407-009-3.
12. Shackleton, S. E and Shackleton, C.M. (2004). Kiaat carvings from South Africa. In CIFOR. Riches from the
forest: Food, crafts, spices and medicines. Pg 57-60. Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR),
Bogor. IBSN: 979-3361-36-0.
13. Shackleton, S.E. and Shackleton, C.M. (2004).The Pterocarpus angolensis DC. Based woodcraft industry in
the Bushbuckridge District, South Africa. In: Sunderland, T. and Ndoye, O. Forest products, livelihoods and
conservation: Case studies of non-timber forest product systems. Volume 2 – Africa. Pg 203-228. Center for
International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor. IBSN: 979-3361-23-9.
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14. Shackleton, S. E. (2005). Spoons, bowls and other useful items: The kiaat woodcrafters of Bushbuckridge,
South Africa. In: Cunningham, A., Campbell, B. and Belcher, B. (eds). Carving out a future: forests, livelihoods
and the international woodcarving trade. Pg 81-102. Earthscan. London. IBSN: 1-84407-045-X.
15. Shackleton, S. E. (2005). Box 16.1. External support for the woodcraft industry in Bushbuckridge, South Africa.
In: Chapter 16, Carving out a future: Planning for woodcarving in the 21 st century. In: Cunningham, A.,
Campbell, B. and Belcher, B. (eds). Carving out a future: forests, livelihoods and the international woodcarving
trade. Pg 251-252. Earthscan. London. IBSN: 1-84407-045-X.
16. Shackleton, S. E. (2005). Box 14.4. Ecological characteristics of Pterocarpus angolensis and impacts of
harvesting in Bushbuckridge, South Africa. In: Chapter 14, Ecological footprints, carving, sustainability and
scarcity. In: Cunningham, A., Campbell, B. and Belcher, B. (eds). Carving out a future: forests, livelihoods and
the international woodcarving trade. Pg 210-211. Earthscan. London. IBSN: 1-84407-045-X.
17. Roda, J-M, Mutamba, M., Campbell, B., Kowero, G., Clarke, M., Gonzales, L.A., Mapedendembe, A., Oka, H.,
Shackleton, S., Vantomme, P. and Yiping, L. (2005). Chapter 5. Forest-based livelihoods and poverty
reduction: Paths from local to global development. In: Mery, G., Alfaro, R., Kanninen, M. and Lobovikov, M.
(eds). Forests in the global balance – changing paradigms. Pg 75-96. IUFRO World Series Vol. 17.
International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), Vienna. IBSN: 3-901347-55-0.
18. Shackleton, S. (2005). Box 5.4. Improving devolution policies. In: Mery, G., Alfaro, R., Kanninen, M. and
Lobovikov, M. (eds). Forests in the global balance – changing paradigms. IUFRO World Series Vol. 17.
International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), Vienna. IBSN: 3-901347-55-0.
19. Sizer, N., Bass, S. , Mayers, J. with Arnold, M., Auckland, L., Belcher, B., Bird, N., Campbell, B., Carle, J.,
Cleary, D., Counsell, S., Enters, T., Fernando, K., Gullison, T., Hudson, J., Kellison, B., Klingberg, T., Carlton,
N.O., Sampson, N., Vermeulen, S., Wollenberg, E., Shackleton, S. and Edmunds, D. (2005). Wood, fuelwood
and non-wood forest products. United Nations Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Responses Working Group.
Chapter 8. UN Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. Ecosystems and Human Well-being. Volume 3. Policy
Responses. Island Press, Washington. IBSN: 1-55963-270-4.
20. Shackleton, S.E. (2008). Box 6. Impact of timber certification on resource access in South Africa. In: Shanley,
P., Pierce, A., Laird, S. and Robinson, D. Beyond timber: Certification of non-timber forest products. Pp 39 40. USAID, Brazil (Portuguese) and CIFOR/Forest Trends (English), Bogor, Indonesia. 144p. ISBN: 978-9791412-44-5.
21. Shackleton, S.E., Shanley, P. and Ndoye, O. (2008). Viable but invisible: Recognising local markets for nontimber forest products. Pp 28-61. In: Hussain, A. Managing non-timber forest products: A global overview.
ICFAII University Press. This contribution involves the reprinting of a paper published in International Forestry
Review. ISBN: 978-81-314-1528.
22. Shackleton, S.E.. (2009). Case study: Marula beer of the Bushbuckridge community. In: Kagiso Senior
Secondary Life Sciences GR11 LB. Maskew, Miller, Longman, Cape Town. ISBN: 9780636047723.
23. Shackleton, S.E., Shackleton, C.M., Wynberg, R., Sullivan, C., Leakey, R., Mander, M., McHardy, T., den
Adel,S., Botelle, A., du Plessis, P., Lombard, C., Laird, S., Cunningham, T. & O’Regan, D. (2009) .
Livelihood trade-offs in the commercialisation of multiple use NTFPs: lessons from marula (Sclerocarya
birrea subsp. caffra) in southern Africa. Pp 139 – 173. In: Rai, N. & Uma Shaanker, R. (eds). Non-timber
forest products and conservation in Asia. ATREE, Bangalore. ISBN 81-902338-1-5.
24. Shackleton, C.M. & Shackleton, S.E. ( 2010). Poverty mitigation and local economic development though
use of natural resources: examples from South Africa. In: Solomon, B.O. (ed.). Sustainable Utilisation of
Energy and Biodiversity Resources for Wealth Creation and Development. NAM S&T Centre & Scitech
publications, Chennai. pp. 25-43. ISBN: 978-81-8371-312-2.
25. Shackleton S.E. and Gumbo, D. (2010). Chapter 4: Contribution of non- wood forest products to livelihoods
and poverty alleviation. Pp 63-91. In: Chidamayo, E, and Gumbo, D. (eds). The dry forests and woodlands
of Africa: Managing for products and services. Earthscan, London. ISBN 978-1-84971-131-9.
26. Shackleton, S.E., Cocks, M., Dold, A., Kaschula, S., Kokwe, G., Mbata, K. and von Maltiz, G. (2010). Chapter
5: Non-wood forest products: Description, use and management. Pp 92 - 129. In: Chidamayo, E, and Gumbo,
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D. (eds). The dry forests and woodlands of Africa: Managing for products and services. Earthscan, London.
ISBN: 978-1-84971-131-9.
27. Shackleton, S.E. (2010). Over-regulation and complex bureaucratic procedure: A disincentive for
compliance? The case of kiaat, a valuable carving wood, in Bushbuckridge, South Africa. Case study D. Pp
199 – 204. In: Laird, S.A., McClean, R. & Wynberg, R.P. (eds). Wild product governance: finding policies that
work for non-timber forest products. Earthscan, London. ISBN 978-1-84971-131-9.
28. Shackleton, C.M., Shackleton, S.E., Gambiza, J., Nel, E., Rowntree, K., Urquhart, P., Fabricius, C. and Anilsie,
A. (2010). Linking ecosystem services and poverty alleviation in the arid and semi-arid lands of southern
Africa. Nova Publishers, New York. ISBN: 978-1-60876-940-7. 267pp.
29. Shackleton, S.E. & Shackleton, C.M. (2010). Exploring the role of wild natural resources in poverty alleviation
with an emphasis on South Africa. In: Hebinck, P. & Shackleton, C.M. (eds). Reforming land and resource use
in South Africa: impact on livelihoods. Pp 209-234. Routledge, New York. ISBN: 978-0-415-58855. 336 pp.
30. Wollenberg, E., Campbell, B., Shackleton, S., Edmunds, D. and Shanley, P. (2010). Collective action and
collaborative management of forests. Pp 99 – 103. Resources, Rights and Cooperation: A source book on
property rights and collective action for sustainable development. CAPRI, Washington DC. 314 pp.
http://www.capri.cgiar.org/sourcebook.asp
31. Lund, J. F.,Shackleton, S.E. and Luckert,, M. (2011). Chapter 11. Getting quality data. In: In: Angelsen, A.,
Carsten Smith, O., Overgaard Larsen, H., Lund, J. F. and Wunder, S. Measuring livelihoods and environmental
dependence: Methods for research and field work. Pp 71-88. Earthscan, London. ISBN 978-1-84971-132-6
(hb); 978-1-84971-133-3 (pb). 263 pp.
32. Cundill, G., Shackleton, S.E., Overgaard Larsen, H. (2011). Chapter 5. Collecting contextual information. In:
In: Angelsen, A., Carsten Smith, O., Overgaard Larsen, H., Lund, J.F. & Wunder, S. (eds). Measuring
livelihoods and environmental dependence: Methods for research and field work. Pp 71- 88. Earthscan,
London. ISBN 978-1-84971-132-6 (hb); 978-1-84971-133-3 (pb). 263 pp.
33. Shackleton, S.E., Shackleton, CM. and Shanley, P. (eds). (2011). Non-timber forest products in the global
context. Springer, Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-642-1798-2; e-ISBN 978-3-642-17983-9. 280 pp.
34. Shackleton, S.E., De Lang and Angelsen, A. (2011). From subsistence, to safety nets and cash income:
exploring the diverse values of non-timber forest products for livelihoods and poverty alleviation. Chapter 3 –
Pp 55-82. In: Shackleton, S.E., Shackleton, CM. and Shanley, P. Non-timber forest products in the global
context. Springer, Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-642-1798-2; e-ISBN 978-3-642-17983-9. 280 pp.
35. Shackleton, C.M., Delang, C., Shackleton, S.E. and Shanley, P. (2011). Non-timber forest products: concept
and definition. Chapter 1 – Pp 3-22. In: Shackleton, S.E., Shackleton, CM. and Shanley, P. (eds). Non-timber
forest products in the global context. Springer, Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-642-1798-2; e-ISBN 978-3-642-179839. 280 pp.
36. Shackleton, C.M., Shackleton, S.E. and Shanley, P. (2011). Gaps and new directions in NTFP research and
development. Chapter 12 – Pp 255-280. Shackleton, S.E., Shackleton, CM. and Shanley, P. (eds). Non-timber
forest products in the global context. Springer, Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-642-1798-2; e-ISBN 978-3-642-179839. 280 pp.
37. Luckert, M.K., Nemarundwe, N., Hauer, G., Shackleton, S., & Grundy, I. (2014). Contribution of baobab
production activities to household livelihoods. In: Cunningham, A.B., Campbell, B. M. and Luckert, M.K. (eds).
Bark use, management and commerce in Africa. Advances in Economic Botany. New York Botanical Garden
Press. 304 pp.
38. Shackleton, S.E. (2014). Forest collection activities and climate change: Impacts of climate change on nontimber forest products. Chapter 117. In: Freedman, B. (ed.). Handbook on global environmental change.
Springer Science and Business Media, Heidelberg. DOI 10,1007/978-94-007-5784-4_117.
39. Cundill, G., Shackleton, S.E., Sisitka, L., Ntshudu, M., Lotz-Sisitka, H., Kulundu, I. and Hamer, N. (2014). A
social learning approach to building capacity to adapt to an uncertain future: a descriptive guide for practitioners
and action researchers. Department of Environmental Science, Rhodes University. ISBN: 9780868104805.
Rhodes University/IDRC/Ruliv, Grahamstown.
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40. Shackleton, S. E. and Shackleton, C. M. (In press). Moving beyond land to ecosystem services and
landscapes, Chapter in, Cousins, B and Walker, C. Land divided: land in South African society in 2014 and
beyond.
41. IPPC, AR5 – contributing author to Africa chapter.
PEER REVIEW JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS:
1. Taylor, S.E. and Walker, B. H. (1984). Autecology of an invading population of the cactus Cereus peruvianus
(Queen of the night) in central Transvaal. South African Journal of Botany 3: 387-396.
2. Smith, T. M. and Shackleton, S. E. (1988). The effects of shading on the establishment and growth of Acacia
tortilis seedlings. South African Journal of Botany 54: 375-379.
3. Shackleton, S. E. (1990). Socio-economic importance of Cymbopogon validus in Mkambati Game Reserve,
Transkei. South African Journal of Botany 56: 675-682.
4. Shackleton, S. E. and Mentis, M. T. (1991). Response of Cymbopogon validus tillers to three clipping
frequencies. Journal of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa 8: 35-36.
5. Shackleton, S. E. (1991). Autecological studies on grass species in southern Africa – A literature survey.
Journal of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa 9: 114-120.
6. Griffin, N.J., Banks, D.I., Mavrandonis, J., Shackleton, C.M. and Shackleton S.E. (1993). Fuel use in six rural
settlements in Gazankulu. Journal of Energy in Southern Africa 4: 68-73.
7. Shackleton, S. E. and Shackleton, C.M. (1994). Habitat factors influencing the distribution of Cymbopogon
validus in Mkambati Game Reserve, Transkei. African Journal of Range and Forage Science 11: 1-6.
8. Shackleton, C.M., Griffin, N., Banks, D.I., Mavrandonis, J. and Shackleton, S.E. (1994). Community structure
and species composition along a disturbance gradient in a communally managed South African savanna.
Vegetatio 115: 157-167.
9. Banks, D.I., Griffin, N.J., Shackleton, C.M., Shackleton, S.E. and Mavrandonis, J.M. (1996). Wood supply and
demand around two rural settlements in a semi-arid savanna, South Africa. Biomass and Bioenergy 11: 319331.
10. Shackleton, S.E., Dzerefos, C.M., Shackleton, C.M. and Mathebela, F.R. (I998). The use of edible wild herbs
by a rural community in a semi-arid savanna region, South Africa. Economic Botany 52: 251-259.
11. Shackleton, C.M. and Shackleton, S.E. (2000). Direct use values of savanna resources harvested from
communal savannas in the Bushbuckridge lowveld, South Africa. Journal of Tropical Forest Products 6: 2140.
12. Shackleton, C.M., Dzerefos, C.M., Shackleton, S.E. and Mathabela, F.R. (2000). The use of indigenous fruits
in the semi-arid lowveld, South Africa. Ecology of Food and Nutrition 39: 225-245.
13. Balance, A., Shackleton, C.M., Shackleton, S.E., Geach, B., Crookes, D., de Wit, M., Evans, J., von Maltitz,
G., Willis , C., Kelatwang, S. and Havemann, J. (2001). Valuing South Africa’s Savannas: Methodological
Issues. Southern African Forestry Journal 191: 43 – 51.
14. Shackleton, C.M., Shackleton, S.E. and Cousins, B. (2001). The role of land-based strategies in rural
livelihoods: the contribution of arable production, animal husbandry and natural resource harvesting in
communal areas in South Africa. Development Southern Africa 18: 581- 604.
15. Campbell, B. and Shackleton, S E. (2001). Organisational framework in community-based natural resources
management
in
southern
Africa.
http://web.africa.ufl.edu/asq/v5/v5i3a6.htm
African
Studies
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Quarterly
5
(3):
[online]
URL:
16. Shackleton, S.E., Shackleton, C.M., Netshiluvhi, T.R., Geach, B.S. and Balance A. (2002). Use patterns and
values of savanna resources in three rural villages in South Africa. Economic Botany 56: 130 –146.
17. Shackleton, C. M., Shackleton, S.E., Ntshudu, M. and Ntzebeza, J. (2002). The role and value of savanna
non-timber forest products to rural households in the Kat River Valley, South Africa. Journal of Tropical Forest
Products 8(1): 45-65.
18. Shackleton, S.E., Shackleton, C. M. Cunningham, A.B. Lombard, C. and Sullivan, C (2002). An overview of
current knowledge on Sclerocarya birrea (A. Rich) Holst, with particular reference to its importance as a nontimber forest product in Southern Africa: A summary. Part 1. Taxonomy, ecology and role in rural livelihoods.
Southern African Forestry Journal 194: 27-41.
19. Wynberg, R., Cribbins, J., Mander, M., Laird, S., Lombard, C., Leaky, R., Shackleton, S.E., Sullivan, C. A.
and Netshiluvhi, T.R. (2002). An overview of current knowledge on Sclerocarya birrea (A. Rich) Holst, with
particular reference to its importance as a non-timber forest product in Southern Africa: A summary. Part 2.
Commercial use, tenure and policy, domestication, intellectual property rights and benefit-sharing. Southern
African Forestry Journal 196: 67-77.
20. Campbell, B. and Shackleton, S. (2002). Organizing for community based natural resources management.
The Zimbabwe Science News 36 (1 + 2): 5-12.
21. Wynberg, R., Laird, S., Shackleton, S., Mander, M., Shackleton, C., du Plessis, P., den Adel, S., Leakey,
R.R.B., Botelle, A., Lombard, C., Sullivan, C.,Cunningham, T. and O’ Regan, D. (2003). Marula
commercialisation for sustainable and equitable livelihoods. Forests, Trees and Livelihoods 13 (3): 203 –215.
22. Ruiz-Perez, M., Belcher, B., Achdiawan, R., Alexiades, M., Aubertin, C., Caballero, J., Campbell, B., Clement,
C., Cunnigham, A., Fantini, A., de Foresta, H., Fernandez, C G., Guatam, K., Hersch Martinez, P., de Jong,
W., Kusters, K., Kutty, MG., Lopez, C., Fu, M., Nair, TKR., Ndoye, O., Ocampo, R., Rai, N., Ricker, M.,
Schreckemberg, K., Shackleton, S., Shanley, P., Sunderland, T., Youn, Y. (2004). Markets drive the
specialisation strategies of forest peoples. Ecology and Society
9 (2): 4. [online] URL:
http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/Journal/vol9/iss2/art4.
23. Shackleton, S.E. (2004). Livelihood benefits from the local level commercialisation of savanna resources: A
case study of the new and expanding trade in marula (Sclerocarya birrea) beer in Bushbuckridge, South Africa.
South African Journal of Science, Rhodes Centenary Issue 100: 651-657.
24. Shackleton, C.M. and Shackleton, S.E. (2004). The importance of non-timber forest products in rural livelihood
security and as safety nets: A review of evidence from South Africa. South African Journal of Science, Rhodes
Centenary Issue 100: 658-664.
25. Leakey, R., Shackleton, S. and du Plessis, P. (2005). Domestication potential of marula (Sclerocarya birrea
subspecies caffra) in South Africa and Namibia: 1. Phenotypic variation in fruit traits. Agroforestry Systems 64
(1): 25-35.
26. Shackleton, S.E. and Shackleton,C.M. (2005). The contribution of marula (Sclerocarya birrea) fruit and fruit
products to rural livelihoods in the Bushbuckridge district, South Africa: Balancing domestic needs and
commercialisation. Forests, Trees and Livelihoods 15 (1): 3-24.
27. Leakey, R.R.B., Tchoundjeu, Z., Schreckenberg, K., Shackleton, S.E. and Shackleton, C.M. (2005).
Agroforestry tree products (AFTPs): Targeting poverty reduction and enhanced livelihoods. International
Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 3: 1-23.
28. Shackleton, C.M., Shackleton, S.E., Netshiluvhi, T.R. and Mathabela, F.R. (2005). The contribution and directuse value of livestock to rural livelihoods in the Sand River catchment, South Africa. African Journal of Range
& Forage Science 22 (2): 127-140.
29. Shackleton, C.M. and Shackleton, S.E. (2006). Household wealth status and natural resource use in the Kat
River Valley, South Africa. Ecological Economics 57: 306-317.
30. Pereira, T., Shackleton, C.M. and Shackleton, S.E. (2006). Opportunities and constraints to trade in reedbased craft products in rural villages in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Development southern Africa 23: 477-
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496.
31. Shackleton, C.M., McGarry, D., Fourie, S., Gambiza, J., Shackleton, S.E. and Fabricius, C. (2007). Assessing
the effects of invasive species on rural livelihoods: Case examples and framework from South Africa. Human
Ecology 35 (1): 113-127.
32. Shackleton, C.M., Shackleton, S.E., Buiten, E. and Bird, N. (2007). The importance of dry woodlands and
forests in rural livelihoods and poverty alleviation in South Africa. Forest Policy and Economics 9: 558-577.
33. Shackleton, S.E. and Campbell, B. (2007).The traditional broom trade in Bushbuckridge, South Africa: helping
poor women cope with adversity. Economic Botany 61 (3): 256-268.
34. Shackleton, S.E., Shanley, P. and Ndoye, O. (2007). Viable but invisible: Recognising local markets for nontimber forest products. International Forestry Review 9 (3): 697-712.
35. Shackleton, S.E., Campbell, B., Lotz-Sisitka, H., and Shackleton, C.M. (2008). Links between the local trade
in natural products, livelihoods and poverty alleviation in a semi-arid region of South Africa. World Development
36 (3): 505-526.
36. Shackleton, S.E., Kirby, D., and Gambiza, J. (2011). Invasive plants - friends or foes: contribution of prickly
pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) to livelihoods in Makana Municipality, South Africa. Development Southern Africa,
28 (2): 177-193.
37. Thondhlana, G., Shackleton, S.E. and Muchapondwa, E. (2011). Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and its land
claimants: A pre- and post-land claim conservation and development history. Environmental Research
Letters 6 024009 (online journal). doi:10.1088/1748-9326/6/2/024009
38. Shackleton, S.E., Paumgarten, F., Kassa, H., Husselman, M., Parmguaten, F. and Zida, M. (2011).
Opportunities for enhancing poor women’s socio-economic empowerment in the value chains of three African
dry forest non-timber forest products (NTFPs). International Forestry Review 13 (2): 136-151.
39. Shackleton, C.M., Scholes, B.J., Vogel, C., Wynberg, R., Abrahamse, T., Shackleton, S.E., Ellery, F. and
Gambiza, J. (2011). The next decade of environmental science in South Africa: A horizon scan. South African
Geographical Journal 93 (1): 1 – 14.
40. Shackleton, S.E. and Shackleton, C.M. (2012). Linking poverty, HIV/AIDS and climate change to human
and ecosystem vulnerability in southern Africa: consequences or livelihoods and sustainable ecosystem
management. International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology 19:275 -286.
41. Clarke, C., Shackleton, S. and Powell, M. (2012). Climate change perceptions, drought responses and views
on carbon farming amongst commercial livestock and game farmers in the semi-arid Great Fish River Valley,
Eastern Cape province, South Africa. African Journal of Range & Forage Science 29(1): 13-23.
42. Thondhalana, G., Vedeld, P, Shackleton, S.E. (2012). Natural resource use, income and dependence
amongst San and Meir communities bordering the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, southern Kalahari, South
Africa. International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology 19 (5): 460-470.
43. Shackleton, S. E. (2012). Book Review; Prickly Pear: the Social History of a Plant in the Eastern Cape. By
William Beinhart and Luvuyo Wotshela. African Journal of Range and Forage Science 29 (3): 157-158.
44. Thondhlana, G and Shackleton, S.E. (2013). Cultural values of natural resources among San people
neighbouring
Kgalagadi
Transfrontier
DOI:10.1080/13549839.2013.818950.
Park,
South
Africa.
Local
Environment.
45. Cundill, G., Thondhlana, G., Sisitka, L., Shackleton, S. and Blore, M. (2013). Land claims and the pursuit of
co-management in four protected areas in South Africa. Land Use Policy 35: 171-178.
46. Shackleton, R., Shackleton, C., Shackleton, S. and Gambiza, J. (2013). Deagrarianisation and forest
succession in abandoned fields in a biodiversity hotspot on the Wild Coast, South Africa. PLoS ONE 8(10):
e76939. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0076939.
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47. Muller, C. and Shackleton, S. (2014). Perceptions of climate change and barriers to adaptation amongst
commonage and commercial livestock farmers in the semi-arid Eastern Cape Karoo. African Journal of
Range & Forage Science, 31 (1): 1-12.
48. Shackleton, C.M., Hebinck, P., Kaoma, H., Chishaleshale, M., Chinyimba, A., Shackleton, S. E., Gambiza,
J., and Gumbo, D. (2014). Low cost housing developments in South Africa miss the opportunities for
household level urban greening. Land Use Policy, 36: 500-509.
49. Spires, M., Shackleton, S. and Cundill, G. (2014). Barriers to planned community-based adaptation in
developing countries: A systematic literature review. Climate and development, 6 (3): 277-287. DOI:
10.1080/17565529.2014.886995.
50. Shackleton, S., Cobban, L. and Cundill, G. (In Press - online). A gendered perspective of vulnerability to
multiple stressors, including climate change, in the rural Eastern Cape, South Africa. AGENDA DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10130950.2014.932560
51. Shackleton, S. et al. (In revision). Barriers to climate change adaptation in Africa: What do we know and
what does this mean for adaptation? WIRES Climate Change.
52. Thondhlana, G.,Shackleton, S. and Blignaut, J. (In revision). Institutions, actors and natural resource
management: A case of Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and surrounds, South Africa. Land Use Policy.
53. Shackleton, S.E, Hebinck, P., Shackleton C.M., Chinyimba, A. and Kaoma, H. (In revision). Multiple benefits
and values of trees in urban landscapes in two towns in northern South Africa. Landscape and Urban Planning.
54. Kota, Z. and Shackleton. S.E. (In Press - online). Harnessing local ecological knowledge to identify priority
plant species for the restoration of Albany Thicket in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Forests, Trees and
Livelihoods. DOI: 10.1080/14728028.2014.943305
PUBLISHED CONFERENCE PAPERS AND ABSTRACTS:
1.
Griffin, N. J., Banks, D. I., Mavrandonis, J., Shackleton, C. M. and Shackleton, S. E. (1992). Links between
household structure, income, energy use and environmental impact in five settlements in rural Gazankulu.
Proceedings of the International EPPIC Conference on Environment and Poverty: A new challenge for the new
South Africa, 28-29 September, Midrand.
2.
Shackleton, S.E., Shackleton, C.M., Netshiluvhi, T.R., Geach, B.S. and Balance A. (1999). How valuable are
our woodlands for sustainable rural livelihoods: Local level valuation from three villages in South Africa.
Proceedings of the Forests and Woodlands Symposium, Breton-on-Sea, September 1999.
3.
Shackleton, S.E., Shackleton, C.M. and Cousins B. (2000). The economic value of land and natural resources
to rural livelihoods. Case studies from South Africa. In Cousins (ed). At the crossroads: Land and agrarian
reform into the 21st century. Papers from a conference held at the Alpha Training Centre, Broederstroom,
Pretoria on 26th – 28th July 1999.
4.
Shackleton, C.M. and Shackleton, S.E. (2003). Value of non-timber forest products and rural safety nets in
South Africa. CIFOR/GTZ International Conference on Forests, Livelihoods and Biodiversity. 19 – 23 May
2003. Bonn Germany.
5.
Shackleton, S.E., Shackleton,C.M., Mander, M., Wynberg, R., Sullivan, C. and Leakey, R. (2003). Diversifying
communal rangeland use and benefits: The case of marula (Sclerocarya birrea) in Bushbuckridge, South
Africa. (Poster). Rangelands in the new millennium. VIII International Rangeland Congress. 28 July – 1 August
2003. Durban, South Africa. Proceedings published on CD
6.
Shackleton, C.M. and Shackleton, S.E. (2003). Communal rangelands in savannas in South Africa: What do
they contribute to rural livelihoods. (Poster). Rangelands in the new millennium. VIII International Rangeland
Congress. 28 July – 1 August 2003. Durban, South Africa. Proceedings published on CD.
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7. Shackleton, C.M. and Shackleton, S.E. (2003). Communal rangelands in savannas of South Africa: what do
they contribute to rural livelihoods. (Published abstract). African Journal of Range & Forage Science 20: 208.
8.
Shackleton, S.E., Shackleton, C.M., Mander, M., Cribbins, J., Wynberg, R., Sullivan, C. and Leakey, R. (2003).
Diversifying communal rangeland use and benefit: the case of marula (Sclerocarya birrea) in Bushbuckridge,
South Africa. (Published abstract). African Journal of Range & Forage Science 20: 208.
9. Shackleton, S.E. and Campbell, B. (2005). What difference can the local level trade in NTFPs make to rural
livelihoods and poverty in South Africa? Evidence from four case studies. Published Abstract. International
Forestry Review 7 (5): 138.
10. Leakey, R., Tchoundjeu, Z., Schreckenberg, K., Simons, T., Shackleton, S., Mander, M., Wynberg, R.,
Shackleton, C. and Sullivan, C. (2005). Trees and markets for agroforestry tree products: Targeting poverty,
hunger and environmental degradation. World Agroforestry and the Future. Proceedings of the 25th
Anniversary Conference – Nairobi, Kenya, 1-5 November 2003. ICRAF, Bogor.
11. Shackleton, S.E. and Campbell, B. (2007). How important is the trade in woodland products for livelihoods
and poverty alleviation in South Africa? Evidence from four case studies. In: Bester, J.J., Seydack, A.H.W.,
Voster, T., van der Merwe, I.J. and Dzivhani, S. (eds). Multiple use management of natural forests and
woodlands: Policy refinement and scientific progress. Proceedings of the “Natural forests and savanna
woodlands symposium IV”, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 15-18 May 2006. Department of Water Affairs and
Forestry, Pretoria, South Africa.
12. D.J. Weyer and S.E. Shackleton. (2011). Informing forest restoration: An appraisal of local ecological
knowledge from a community on the Wild Coast of South Africa. In: Geldenhuys C.J, Ham C, & Ham H (eds.),
2011. Sustainable Forest Management in Africa: Some Solutions to Natural Forest Management Problems in
Africa. Proceedings of the Sustainable Forest Management in Africa Symposium. Stellenbosch, 3 – 7
November 2008. ISBN: 978-0-7972-1345-6. Department of Forest and Wood Science, Stellenbosch University.
Pp 417- 427.
13. Shackleton, S., Marty Luckert, Georgina Cundill, Leigh Cobban, Caryn Clarke, Ross Shackleton and Patrick
Ndlovu. (2014). Transformation and barriers in the context of multiple stressors: Understandings from two rural
sites in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Proceedings of Transformation in a Changing climate 19-21 June
2013, Oslo, Norway. University of Olso, Trykket. ISBN: 978-82-570-2000-2.
INVITED PUBLISHED INFO AND POLICY BRIEFS:
1.
Shackleton, S.E., von Maltitz G. and Evans J.M. (1998). Factors, conditions and criteria for the successful
management of natural resources held under a common property regime: A South African perspective.
Research Paper No 8, Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies, School of Governance, University of the
Western Cape.
2.
Shackleton, S.E., Shackleton, C.M. and Cousins, B. (2000). Re-valuing the communal lands of southern
Africa: New understandings of rural livelihoods. ODI Natural Resource Perspectives (NRP) series, No 63.
3.
Shackleton, S.E., Campbell, B., Edmund, D. and Wollenberg, E. (2002). Devolution and CBRNM: Creating
space for local people to participate and benefit? ODI Natural resource Perspective Series. No 76. March 2002.
4.
Belcher, B., Braedt, O., Campbell, B., Cunningham, A., Choge, S., de Jong, W., Hoft, R., Ndoye, O., Omeja,
P., Permadi, P., Purata, S., Rohadi, D., Schmitt, S., Shackleton, S., Shanley, P. and Standa-Gunda, W.
(2002). Planning for woodcarving in the 21st century. CIFOR Infobrief Number 1.
5.
Wollenberg, E., Campbell, B., Shackleton, S., and Edmunds, D. (2003). Central control of local resource
management: The impacts of devolution. European Tropical Forest Research Network (ETFRN) News: Special
Issue 39-40: 98 –100.
6.
Wollenberg,E., Campbell, B., Shackleton, S., Edmunds, D. and Shanley, P. (2004). Collaborative
management of forests. In: Meinzen-Dick, R and Do Gregario, M. (eds). Collective action and property rights
for sustainable development. Brief 8. Pg 15 –16. 2020 Focus 11. International Food Policy Research Institute,
Washington
DC and CAPRi.
35 pp. Posted on the IFPRI and CAPRi websites:
http://www.ifpri.org/2020/focus/focus11.htm and http://www.capri.cgiar.org/pubs.asp#briefs.
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7.
Shackleton, S.E. (2004). Using local markets in South Africa to secure livelihoods in the face of HIV/AIDS and
increasing unemployment. Box in: AMIFOB, Campbell, B., Frost, P., Kokue, G., le Breton, G., Shackleton, S.
and Tiveau, D. Making forests work for the poor in Africa – building on success. Forest Livelihoods Briefs,
Number 3, June 2004. Centre for International Forestry Research, Bogor.
8.
Andersen, J., Bryceson, D., Campbell, B., Chitundu, D., Clarke, J., Drinkwater, M., Fakir, S., Frost, P.,
Gambiza, J., Grundy, I., Hagmann, J., Jones, B., Wynn-Jones, G., Kowero, G., Luckert, M., Mortimore, M.,
Phiri, A., Potgieter, P., Shackleton, S., Williams, T. (2004). Chance, change and choice in Africa’s drylands.
A new perspective on policy priorities. CIFOR Policy Brief, Bogor, Indonesia.
9.
Shackleton, S. (2006). Forests as safety nets for mitigating the impacts of HIV/AIDS in southern Africa. Forest
Livelihood Briefs, No. 4, October 2006. CIFOR, Bogor.
10. Petheram, L., Campbell, B., Marunda, C., Tiveau, D. and Shackleton, S. (2006). The Wealth of the dry forests.
Can sound forest management contribute to the Millennium Development Goals in Sub-Saharan Africa? Forest
Livelihood Briefs, No. 5, October 2006. CIFOR, Bogor.
11. Shackleton, S., Paumgarten, F., Kassa, H., Husselman, H., Zida, M., Purnomo, H., Irawati, R., Fauzan, A.,
Melati. (2012). Forests, gender and value chains. Info Brief No. 49, CIFOR, Bogor.
PUBLISHED REPORTS:
1.
Griffin, N.J., Banks, D.I., Mavrandonis, J. Shackleton, C.M. and Shackleton, S.E. (1992). Household energy
and wood use in a peripheral area of the eastern Transvaal Lowveld (217 pp). Energy Branch, Department of
Mineral and Energy Affairs, Pretoria.
2.
Shackleton, S.E. and Campbell, B. (eds). ( 2000). Empowering communities to manage natural resources:
Case studies from southern Africa. SADC NRM project in collaboration with CSIR. CSIR Published Report No.
Env-P-C-2000-025.
CSIR,
Pretoria.
200
pp.
http://www.cifor.cgiar.org/publications/pfd_files/Books/Empowering.pdf.
UNPUBLISHED RESEARCH, CONSULTANCY REPORTS AND THESES:
1.
Taylor, S. E. (1982). The vegetation of three islands in Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe. Botany III project. Dept. of
Botany, University of the Witwatersrand.
2.
Taylor, S.E. (1983). The effects of shading on the establishment and growth of Acacia tortilis seedlings.
Honours dissertation. Dept. of Botany, University of the Witwatersrand.
3.
Taylor, S.E. (1983). Population dynamics, autecology and distribution of Cereus peruvianus, an exotic invasive
cactus, in the vicinity of Zandspruit, Transvaal. Honours dissertation. Dept. of Botany, University of the
Witwatersrand.
4.
Shackleton, S. E. (1989). Autecology of Cymbopogon validus (Stapf) Stapf ex Burtt Davy in Mkambati Game
Reserve, Transkei (235 pp). M.Sc. Thesis. Dept. of Botany, University of the Witwatersrand.
5.
.Shackleton,
6.
Shackleton, S.E. and Adelfang, I. (1993). An appraisal of attitudes of craft retailers in the eastern Transvaal:
Suggestions for handicraft producers in Mhala (Gazankulu) (30 pp). Wits Rural Facility, University of the
Witwatersrand.
7.
Shackleton, S.E. (1993). A situation analysis of the woodcraft industry in the Bushbuckridge region of the
eastern Transvaal, with particular reference to wood resources (82 pp). Wits Rural Facility, University of the
Witwatersrand.
8.
Shackleton, S. E. (1994). Eastern Transvaal Participatory Rural Appraisal workshop – Sharing our experience
(76 pp). Wits Rural Facility, University of the Witwatersrand.
S. E. (1991). Tasks and duties of the Ithusheng Resource Centre Co-ordinator (19 pp). Wits
Rural Facility, University of the Witwatersrand.
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9.
Shackleton, S.E. (1994). Working summary and management recommendations from the ODA report
“Technical support in environmental management to the Independent Development Trust: Thornybush Game
Reserve community employment in scrub thinning” (34 pp). Prepared for the Project Management Committee.
Wits Rural Facility, University of the Witwatersrand.
10. Dzerefos, C.M., Shackleton, C.M., Shackleton, S.E. and Mathabela, F.R. (1995). Use of edible herbs and
fruits in the Bushbuckridge region of the Eastern Transvaal lowveld (67 pp). Wits Rural Facility, University of
the Witwatersrand.
11. .Shackleton, S.E., Stadler J., Jeenes, K., Pollard, S., Gear, J.S.S., Reynolds, J. and Mathebela, F.R. (1995).
Adaptive strategies of the poor in arid and semi-arid lands: In search of sustainable livelihoods. A case study
of the Bushbuckridge District, Eastern Transvaal, South Africa (170 pp). Prepared for the International Institute
of Sustainable Development (IISD), Winnipeg, Canada. Wits Rural Facility, University of the Witwatersrand.
12. Shackleton, S.E., Shackleton, C.M., Mathabela, F.R., Dzerefos C.M., Shabangu, A. and Mdaka, S.B. (1995).
Local names and uses of common trees in the Bushbuckridge region of the Eastern Transvaal lowveld. (Small
handbook). Wits Rural Facility, University of the Witwatersrand.
13. Shackleton, S.E. and Madams, R. (1995). Project appraisal report. The Grow for Life Environmental Education
and Awareness in Mpumalanga Province Project. Prepared for DANCED, Denmark.
14. Madams, R. and Shackleton, S.E. (1995). Project appraisal report. Community Forestry Project in the
Bushbuckridge Area in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. Prepared for DANCED, Denmark.
15. Shackleton, S.E. (1997). The Approach and Methods used in the Agincourt Demographic and Health
Information study: Practical Guidelines and Lessons (114 pp). Health Systems Development Unit, University
of the Witwatersrand.
16. Shackleton, C.M. and Shackleton, S.E. (1997). Commercialisation potential of veld products in Bushbuckridge
(122 pp). Prepared for the DANCED/DARUDEC Bushbuckridge Community Forestry Project. Nelspruit.
17. Shackleton, S. E. and Tapson, A. (eds) (1998). Proceedings of the mini-symposium on common property
resource management in South Africa. CSIR & GTZ, Pretoria.
18. Shackleton, C.M., Shackleton, S.E., Mathabela, F.R., Dzerefos, C.M., Shabangu, A., Mdaka, S.B. and Pollard,
S.R. (1998). A dictionary of wild plants used by local communities in the Bushbuckridge lowveld: local names
and use categories. Unpubl. Rep. Wits Rural Facility, Klaserie. 33 pp.
19. Shackleton, S. E., von Maltitz, G. and Evans, J.M. (1998). Factors, conditions and criteria for the successful
management of natural resources held under a common property regime: A South African perspective. In,
Shackleton, S. E. & Tapson, A. (eds) Proceedings of the mini-symposium on common property resource
management in South Africa, 4-5 August 1998. CSIR & GTZ, Pretoria.
20. Von Maltitz, G., Evans J., and Shackleton, S.E. (1998). Institutional arrangements for sustainable woodland
management in communal areas. In, Shackleton, C.M. (Ed). Proceedings of the Natural Forests and
Woodlands Symposium “Sustainable management in a new policy context”, 10-13 August. CSIR, Pretoria.
21. Evans J. M. and Shackleton S. E. (1998). Objectives and perspectives of stakeholders on the afforestation of
community owned land. Prepared for the Consultative Meeting on Forestry Development on Community
Owned Land. Mpekweni Sun, Port Alfred, 7 – 8 April 1998.
22. Shackleton, S.E., von Maltitz G., Dube, B., Moeketsi, P. and Penning, S. (1998). Scoping study for the
establishment of a development coordination, monitoring and management system for Mpumalanga Province.
CSIR, Pretoria. 129 pp.
23. Evans, J.M., Shackleton, S.E. and von Maltitz, G. (1998). Enquiry into the rights of community access to
plantations in the Northern Province. Unpubl. Report to DWAF, November 1998. 18 pp.
24. Balance, A., Shackleton, C., Crookes, D., Evans, J., Geach B., Havemann, J., Kelatwang, S., von Maltitz, G.,
van der Merwe, M., Shackleton, S., Willis, C. and de Wit, M. (1998). Valuing woodlands in South Africa: Issues
and recommendations. CSIR, Pretoria.
25. Shackleton, C.M., Netshiluvhi, T.R., Shackleton, S.E., Geach B.S., Balance A, and Fairbanks D.F.K. (1999).
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Direct use values of woodland resources from three rural villages. Unpublished CSIR Report No. ENV-P-I
98120, CSIR, Pretoria. 228 pp.
26. Shackleton, C.M., Shackleton, S.E., Netshiluvhi, T.R., Mathabela, F.R. and Phiri, C. (1999). The direct use
value of goods and services attributed to cattle and goats in the Sand River Catchment, Bushbuckridge.
Unpubl. Rep. No. ENV-P-C 99003, CSIR, Pretoria. 117 pp.
27. Shackleton, S.E. and Tapson, A. (1999). References in common property natural resource management for
southern Africa. Unpublished CSIR Report No. ENV-P-I 99001, CSIR, Pretoria.102 pp.
28. Shackleton, S.E. (2000). How “community” is community-based natural resource management. Theory,
rhetoric and reality. Conference paper. Unpublished CSIR Report No. ENV-P-I-2000-002, CSIR, Pretoria.
34pp.
29. Shackleton, S.E. (2000). Criteria and indicators for the monitoring and evaluation of community-based natural
resource management systems. Unpubl. CSIR Report No. ENV-P-I-2000-042. CSIR, Pretoria. 38 pp. (This
was subsequently used by colleagues to develop the CBNRM guidelines for South Africa, Department of
Environmental Affairs and Tourism).
30. Shackleton, S.E. (2000). Local level institutions for land and resource management. Case studies from
Manganeng and Rakgoadi in Sekhukuneland, Northern Province. Prepared for the EDA Northern Province
Community-based land management project. Unpublished CSIR Report No. ENV-P-C 2000-011, CSIR,
Pretoria. 129 pp.
31. Shackleton, S.E. and Willis, C. (2000). Community involvement in forestry management. Whose stake in forest
management? The case of South Africa. Background paper for a regional review of “Community Involvement
in Forestry Management” coordinated by IUCN East African Regional Office and funded by DFID. Unpublished
CSIR Report No. Env-P-I-2000-001, CSIR, Pretoria. 55 pp.
32. Shackleton, S. E. and Shackleton, C. M. (2000). NTFP case study comparison. The woodcraft industry in the
Bushbuckridge lowveld, South Africa. Preliminary case study paper for CIFOR’s international NTFP case study
comparative analysis.
33. Shackleton, C.M., Shackleton, S.E., Ntshudu, M. and Ntzebeza, J.N. (2001). Direct use values of non-timber
forest products from three rural villages in the Kat River valley, Eastern Province. Rhodes University,
Grahamstown. 59 pp.
34. Shackleton, S.E. and Fabricius, C. (2001). Access to wild resources in South Africa. In, Boyd, C. Wild
Resource Theme Paper. SLSA Working Paper 5. Sustainable Livelihoods in Southern Africa: Institutions,
governance and policy processes. http://www.ids.ac.uk/ids/env/igpp.html.
35. Shackleton, S.E., Campbell, B. et al. (2001). Devolution in natural resources management: Institutional
arrangements and power shifts. Working Paper, WWF Zimbabwe and CIFOR. 79 pp.
http://www.cifor.cgiar.org/publicationszip-file/Devolution-text.exe.
36. Shackleton, S.E., Sullivan,C., Cunningham, T., Laird, S., Leaky, R., Mander, M., Netshiluvhi, T., Shackleton,
C. and Wynberg R. (2001). An overview of current knowledge on Sclerocarya birrea (A. Rich) Holst, with
particular reference to its importance as a non-timber forest product in Southern Africa. CEH, Wallington, UK.
40 pp. http://www.ceh-wallingford.ac.uk/research/winners/
37. Luckert, M.K., Nemarundwe, N., Gibbs, L., Grundy, I., Hauer, G., Maruzane, D., Shackleton, S. and Sithole,
J. (2001). Contribution of baobab production activities to household livelihoods. Pp 1-18. In: Household
livelihoods, marketing and resource impacts: A case study of bark products in Eastern Zimbabwe. Hot Springs
Working Group. IES Working Paper 18. Institute of Environmental Studies, University of Zimbabwe, Harare.
38. Shackleton, S.E. and Timmermans, I. (2002). An evaluation of the Institute of Water Resources course on
“How water ecosystems work: A course for development facilitators”. Summary Report. Institute for Water
Research, Rhodes University. Grahamstown. 10 pp.
39. Shackleton, C.M. and Shackleton, S.E. (2002). Household wealth status and natural resource use in the Kat
River Valley, Eastern Cape. Unpublished report submitted to Dept. Water Affairs and Forestry. Environmental
Science Programme, Rhodes University, Grahamstown. 15 pp.
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40. Shackleton, S.E. and Shackleton, C.M. (2002). Use of marula products for domestic and commercial purposes
in the Bushbuckridge District, Limpopo Province, South Africa. Unpublished report, Department of
Environmental Science, Rhodes University, Grahamstown and Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford,
UK. 61 pp. http://www.ceh-wallingford.ac.uk/research/winners/
41. Shackleton, S.E., den Adel, S., McHardy, T and Shackleton, C.M. (2002). Use of marula products for domestic
and commercial purposes: Synthesis of key findings from three sites in southern Africa. Unpublished report,
Department of Environmental Science, Rhodes University, Grahamstown and Centre for Ecology and
Hydrology, Wallingford, UK. 56 pp. http://www.ceh-wallingford.ac.uk/research/winners/
42. Shackleton, S.E. (2002). The informal marula beer traders of Bushbuckridge, Limpopo Province, South Africa.
Unpublished report, Department of Environmental Science, Rhodes University, Grahamstown and Centre for
Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, UK. 25 pp. http://www.ceh-wallingford.ac.uk/research/winners/
43. Leakey, R., Shackleton, S.E., du Plessis, P., Pate, K., Lombard, C. (2002). Characterisation of phenotypic
variation in marula (Sclerocarya birrea) fruits, nuts and kernels in South Africa and Namibia. Unpublished
report, Agroforestry and Novel Crops Unit, School of Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Cairns and
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, UK. http://www.ceh-wallingford.ac.uk/research/winners/
44. Mander, M., Cribbins, J., Shackleton, S. and Lewis, F. (2002). The commercial marula industry in South Africa:
A sub-sector analysis. Institute of Natural Resources, Investigational Report No 236. INR, Pietermartizburg and
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, UK. 79 pp. http://www.ceh-wallingford.ac.uk/research/winners/
45. Shackleton, S.E., Wynberg, R., Sullivan, C., Shackleton, C., Leakey, R., Mander, M., McHardy, T., den Adel,
S., Botelle, A., du Plessis, P., O’Reagan, D. and Laird, S. (2003). Marula commercialisation for sustainable and
equitable livelihoods: Synthesis of a southern African case study. Unpublished report, Centre for Ecology and
Hydrology, Wallingford, UK. 51 pp. http://www.ceh-wallingford.ac.uk/research/winners/
46. Wynberg, R., Laird, S., Shackleton, S., Mander, M., Shackleton, C., du Plessis, P., den Adel, S., Leakey,
R.R.B., Botelle, A., Lombard, C., Sullivan, C.,Cunningham, T. and O’ Regan, D. (2003). Marula
commercialisation for sustainable and equitable livelihoods. Policy brief. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology,
Wallingford, UK.
47. 9pp. http://www.ceh-wallingford.ac.uk/research/winners/
48. Shackleton, S.E. (2005). The significance of the local trade in natural resource products for livelihoods and
poverty alleviation in South Africa. PhD thesis. Department of Environmental Science, Rhodes University,
South Africa.
49. McGarry, D., Shackleton, C.M., Fourie, S., Gambiza, J., Shackleton, S.E. and Fabricius, C. F. (2005). A rapid
assessment of the effects of invasive species on human livelihoods, especially of the rural poor. Department
of Environmental Science, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. Contract report prepared for the
Global Species Programme through the South African National Institute for Biodiversity. Rhodes University,
Grahamstown.
50. Shackleton, S.E. (2006). A concept note towards a research strategy on forest products and small-scale
enterprises. Forests and Livelihoods Programme. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia.
51. Shackleton, S.E. (2006). Background paper on small-scale, forest-based enterprise development. Forests and
Livelihoods Programme. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia.
52. Andrew, M., Bosman L., Cocks, M., Dold, T., Kingwill, R., Shackleton, C. and Shackleton, S. (members of
Rhodes Consurtium) (2006). Baviaanskloof mega-reserve project study area. Consultancy report prepared
for Baviaanskloof Mega-Reserve Project Management Unit (PMU). Rhodes Consortium, Coastal and
Environmental Services (CES), Grahamstown.
53. Shackleton, C.M., Shackleton, S.E., Gambiza, J., Nel, E., Rowntree, K., and Urquhart, P. (2008). Links
between ecosystem services and poverty alleviation: Situation analysis for arid and semi-arid lands in southern
Africa. Consortium on Ecosystems and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa (CEPSA). Completed for the “Ecosystem
Services and Poverty Reduction Research Programme: DFID, Natural Environmental Research Council and
Economic and Social Science Research Council of the UK.
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POPULAR ARTICLES:
1.
Shackleton, S.E. (1987). Endemics in Transkei. I. What are endemic species? Transkei Wildlife Society
Newsletter 2.
2.
Banks, D.I., Griffin, N., Mavrandonis, J., Shackleton, C.M. and Shackleton, S.E. (1993). Planting trees: who
does, who doesn’t and why. New Ground 13: 18-19.
3.
Shackleton, C.M. and Shackleton, S.E. (1993). The natural resources management project at Wits Rural
Facility. South African Institute of Ecologists Bulletin 12: 12-14.
4.
Shackleton, S.E. (1994). Research update: report on the woodcraft industry in the Bushbuckridge District of
the Eastern Transvaal. Indigenous Plant Use Newsletter 1: 5.
5.
Dzerefos, C.M., Shackleton C.M., Shackleton, S.E. and Mathebela, F.M. (1995). Local News: Use of edible
herbs and fruits in the Bushbuckridge region of the Eastern Transvaal lowveld. Indigenous Plant Use Newsletter
3: 1.
6.
Shackleton, S.E. (1997). Population Fact Sheets for 20 villages in the Agincourt Sub-district, Bushbuckridge,
South Africa. Health Systems Development Unit, Wits University.
7.
Shackleton. C.M., Shackleton, S.E. , Mathabela, F.R., Dzerefos, C.M., Shabangu, A., Mdaka, S.B. & Pollard,
S.R. (1998). A dictionary of wild plants used by local communities in the Bushbuckridge lowveld: local names
and use categories (2nd edition). Unpubl. rep., Wits Rural Facility, Klaserie. 33 pp.
8.
Shackleton, S.E. (2001). Marula commercialisation for sustainable livelihoods. Indigenous Plant Use Forum
Newsletter. September 2001.
9.
Shackleton, S.E. (2001). Marula commercialisation for sustainable livelihoods. Publicity Leaflet. July 2001.
10. Shackleton, S.E. (2004). Making the difference to the lives of rural women in Limpopo. Kruger 2 Canyon
News. Friday 2nd April 2004.
11. Shackleton, S. (2006). Ameliorating poverty in South Africa through natural resource commercialisation.
Policy Brief – Making the Invisible Visible. Prepared for a policy briefing session in Pretoria in Feb 2006. (see
http://www.ru.ac.za/academic/departments to download this series of briefs). Department of Environmental
Science, Rhodes University.
12. Shackleton, S. (2006). Ameliorating poverty in South Africa through natural resource commercialisation. How
can government make a difference? Policy Brief – Making the Invisible Visible. Prepared for a policy briefing
session in Pretoria in Feb 2006. Department of Environmental Science, Rhodes University.
13. Shackleton, S. (2006). Ameliorating poverty in South Africa through natural resource commercialisation. How
can the private sector make a difference? Policy Brief – Making the Invisible Visible. Prepared for a policy
briefing session in Pretoria in Feb 2006. Department of Environmental Science, Rhodes University.
14. Shackleton, S. (2006). Ameliorating poverty in South Africa through natural resource commercialisation. How
can non-government organisations make a difference? Policy Brief – Making the Invisible Visible. Prepared for
a policy briefing session in Pretoria in Feb 2006. Department of Environmental Science, Rhodes University.
15. Ndlovu, P., Luckert, M and Shackleton, S. 2014. How can social grants be made to work better for households
in rural Eastern Cape? Policy Brief No. 9, 2014. Department of Environmental Science, Rhodes University.
16. Hamer, N. and Shackleton, S. (2014). Interaction of multiple stressors in the Eastern Cape. Department of
Environmental Science Policy Brief Series, No 10, 2014.
OTHER OUTPUTS (DVDs):
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1.
L.Yanta, N. Donyeli, S.Yafele, P. Seti, S. Mlumkisi, S. Mtwa, N. Holoholo, A. Sutherland, P. Nqelenga, N.
Hamer, M. Ntshudu, G. Cundill, S. Shackleton, C. Shackleton, M. Luckert 2013. Vukani drama (Awaken),
available as production, Xhosa/English script and DVD, August 2013, Grahamstown.
2.
M. Wilby, L.Yanta, N. Donyeli, S.Yafele, P. Seti, S. Mlumkisi, S. Mtwa, N. Holoholo, A. Sutherland, P. Nqelenga,
N. Hamer, M. Ntshudu, G. Cundill, S. Shackleton, M. Luckert 2013. JPS project documentary DVD, November
2013, Grahamstown.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:
1.
Taylor, S.E. (1984). Effects of shading on the growth of Acacia tortilis seedlings. (Paper). Savanna Biome
Annual Symposium. Nylsvley Research Centre.
2.
Shackleton, C.M., Shackleton, S.E., Granger, J.E., Dye, A.H. and Lasiak, T.A. (1986). Ecological research at
Mkambati Game Reserve. (Poster). 12th Annual Congress of the South African Association of Botanists,
Umtata.
3.
Shackleton, S.E. and Granger, J.E.(1987). A preliminary assessment of the socio-economic importance of
Cymbopogon validus in Mkambati Game Reserve, Transkei. (Paper). 13 th Annual Congress of the South
African Association of Botanists, Durban.
4.
Shackleton, C.M. and Shackleton, S.E. (1988). Grazing and nutrient dynamics of Cymbopogon validus
patches in a coastal grassland. (Poster). Annual Congress of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa, East
London.
5.
Shackleton, C. M., Shackleton S. E. and Granger, J.E. (1988). Grassland community and species selection
by large herbivores at Mkambati Game Reserve, Transkei. (Paper). 14 th Annual Congress of the South African
Association of Botanists, Cape Town.
6.
Shackleton, S.E. (1988). Socio-economic aspects of Cymbopogon validus in Mkambati Game Reserve,
Transkei. (Paper – invited). Forestry Research ‘88 Symposium, CSIR, Pretoria.
7.
Griffin, N.J., Banks, D.I., Mavrandonis, J., Shackleton, C.M., and Shackleton, S.E. (1992). Extent of fuelwood
use in a peripheral rural area of the eastern Transvaal lowveld. (Paper). Energy for Development Project
Leaders Workshop, Pretoria.
8.
Griffin, N. J., Banks, D. I., Mavrandonis, J., Shackleton, C. M. and Shackleton, S. E. (1992). Links between
household structure, income, energy use and environmental impact in five settlements in rural Gazankulu.
International EPPIC Conference on Environment and Poverty: A new challenge for the new South Africa,
Midrand.
9.
Shackleton, S.E. (1993). A survey of aspects of the woodcarving and furniture making trade in the
Mhala-Mapulaneng region, with particular reference to wood resources. (Paper). 19 th Annual Congress of the
South African Association of Botanists, Cape Town.
10. Griffin, N.J., Banks, D.I., Mavrandonis, J., Shackleton, C.M., and Shackleton, S.E. (1993). Fuel use and
environmental impact around four Gazankulu settlements. (Paper). 19 th Annual Congress of the South African
Association of Botanists, Cape Town.
11. Shackleton, S.E., Shackleton, C.M., Mathabela, F.R. and Dzerefos, C.M. (1994). The use of edible indigenous
herbs and fruits by rural populations in the eastern Transvaal Lowveld. (Poster). 20 th Annual Congress of the
South African Association of Botanists, Johannesburg.
12. Shackleton, S.E. (1995). Woodworkers in Bushbuckridge: Carving their own future? Exploring the interface
between research and development. WRF Research and Development Conference. (Received prize for best
paper jointly with another presenter).
13. Evans J. M. and Shackleton S. E. (1998). Objectives and perspectives of stakeholders on the afforestation of
community owned land. Consultative Meeting on Forestry Development on Community Owned Land.
Mpekweni Sun, Port Alfred, 7 – 8 April 1998.
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14. Shackleton, C.M. and Shackleton, S.E. (1998). Valuation of woodland resources: a case study of the
Bushbuckridge lowveld. Poster. Natural Forests and Woodlands Symposium: Sustainable Management in a
New Policy Context. Louis Trichardt, South Africa, 10 –13 August 1998.
15. Von Maltitz, G., Shackleton, S. E. and Evans J. M. (1998). Institutional arrangements for sustainable woodland
managements in communal areas. Natural Forests and Woodlands Symposium: “Sustainable Management in
a New Policy Context”. Louis Trichardt, South Africa, 10 –13 August 1998.
16. Shackleton, S.E. (1998). Conditions for successful common property resource management. Paper for the
Mini-symposium on Common Property Resource Management in South Africa. Nylsvley, Northern Province, 4
–5 August 1998.
17. Shackleton, S.E., Shackleton, C.M. and Cousins B. (1999). The economic value of land and natural resources
to rural livelihoods. Case studies from South Africa. (Paper). National Land and Agrarian reform Conference,
Broederstroom, 26 – 28 July 1999.
18. Shackleton, S.E., Shackleton, C.M., Netshiluvhi, T.R., Geach, B.S. and Balance A. (1999). How valuable are
our woodlands for sustainable rural livelihoods: Local level valuation from three villages in South Africa.
(Paper). Natural Forests and Woodlands Symposium, Breton-on-Sea, 5 - 9 September 1999.
19. Willis, C., Shackleton, S.E., Foy, T, Frost, R. and Mjwara, M.J. (1999). Poster. Co-management: International
trends and lessons for South Africa. Natural Forests and Woodlands Symposium, Breton-on-Sea, 5 - 9
September 1999.
20. Evans, J.M., Shackleton, S.E. and von Maltitz, G. (1999). Poster. Managing woodlands under communal
tenure: Institutional issues. Natural Forests and Woodlands Symposium, Breton-on-Sea, 5 - 9 September
1999.
21. Shackleton, S.E. (1999). How “community” is community-based natural resource management: Theory,
rhetoric and reality. Symposium on Governance, property rights and rules for woodland and wildlife
management in Southern Africa, November 23 -24 1999. Harare, Zimbabwe.
22. Shackleton, S. E. and Shackleton, C. M. (2000).The woodcraft industry in the Bushbuckridge lowveld, South
Africa. Preliminary case study paper for CIFOR’s international NTFP case study comparative analysis.
Presented at the Africa Inception Workshop, May 2000, Yaounde, Cameroon.
23. Shackleton, S. E. and Shackleton, C. M. (2000).The woodcraft industry in the Bushbuckridge lowveld, South
Africa. Updated case study paper for CIFOR’s international NTFP case study comparative analysis. Presented
at the woodcarving workshop, CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia.
24. Shackleton, S.E., Shackleton,C.M., Mander, M., Wynberg, R., Sullivan, C. and Leakey, R. (2003). Diversifying
communal rangeland use and benefits: The case of marula (Sclerocarya birrea) in Bushbuckridge, South Africa.
(Poster). VIII International Rangeland Congress. 28 July – 1 August 2003. Durban, South Africa. Proceedings
published on CD.
25. Shackleton, C.M. and Shackleton, S.E. (2003). Communal rangelands in savannas in South Africa: What do
they contribute to rural livelihoods? (Poster). VIII International Rangeland Congress. 28 July – 1 August 2003.
Durban, South Africa. Proceedings published on CD.
26. Shackleton, S.E. (2003) (Convenor). Rangelands and livelihoods: Trends. (Paper). A summary of the poster
contributions to the “Rangelands as systems for multiple use and livelihood support” session of the VIII
International Rangeland Congress. 28 July – 1 August 2003. Durban, South Africa.
27. Shackleton, C.M. and Shackleton, S.E. (2003). Value of non-timber forest products and rural safety nets in
South Africa. CIFOR/GTZ International Conference on Forests, Livelihoods and Biodiversity. 19 – 23 May 2003.
Bonn Germany.
28. Shackleton, S.E. (2004). Athrixia phlycoides: A multiple-use species. Its use in the traditional broom industry
in the Limpopo Province lowveld. (Paper). Indigenous Plant Use Forum Annual Conference. 5- 8 July 2004.
Clanwilliam.
29. Organised and chaired a session on “Livelihoods, poverty and indigenous plant resources” for the Indigenous
Plant Use Forum Annual Conference held in Grahamstown from 27-30 June 2005. This provided Environmental
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Science postgraduates with the opportunity to share their research with the wider South African research
community.
30. Sithole, H.J.N., White, R.M., Plumstead, E.E. and Shackleton, S. (2005). The informal trade in woodcarvings
in the Ports St Johns area. (Paper). Indigenous Plant Use Forum Annual Conference, 27-30 June 2005,
Grahamstown.
31. Shackleton, S.E. and Campbell, B. (2005). What difference can the local level trade in non-timber forest
products make to rural livelihoods and poverty in South Africa: Evidence from four case studies? Paper
presented at the XXII IUFRO World Congress in Brisbane, Australia from 8-12 August 2005.
32. Shackleton, S.E. (Convenor) and Campbell, B. (2005). What difference can the local level trade in non-timber
forest products make to rural livelihoods and poverty in South Africa: Evidence from four case studies? Paper
presented at the South African-Netherlands Programme for Alternatives in Development (SANPAD) miniconference on “Natural resources, livelihoods and poverty alleviation”, Rhodes University, Grahamstown,
February 2006.
33. Shackleton, S.E. and Campbell, B. (2006). The importance of the local level trade in woodland products for
livelihoods and poverty alleviation in South Africa: Evidence from four case studies. Paper presented at the
Fourth Forest and Woodlands Symposium, Summerstrand Inn, Port Elizabeth, 15-18 May 2006.
34. Shackleton, S.E. and Shackleton, C.M. (2007). Exploring the role of wild natural resources in poverty
alleviation with an emphasis on South Africa. Commissioned paper prepared for the SANPAD Conference
“The Poverty Challenge 2007: Poverty and Poverty Reduction in South Africa, India and Brazil”, Durban, 2629 June 2007.
35. Shackleton, S.E., Kass, H., Husselman, M. and Zida, M. (2008). Forest-based enterprises in Africa’s dry
forests: Where do women stand? Sustainable forest management in Africa. 3-7 November. Stellenbosch.
36. Weyer, D and Shackleton, S.E. (2008). Informing forest restoration through local knowledge: A study from
the wild coast, South Africa. Sustainable forest management in Africa. 3-7 November. Stellenbosch.
Submitted for publication in special issue of the journal Southern Forests.
37. Shackleton, S.E. (2010). Linking livelihood vulnerability and ecosystem vulnerability in southern Africa:
Consequences for ecosystem management and development. Presented at the conference on “Bridging
Conservation and Development in Latin America and Africa: Changing Contexts, Changing Strategies”,
University of Florida, Gainsville, Florida, Jan 2010. Invited speaker.
38. Shackleton, S.E. and Shackleton, C.M. (2010). Linking livelihood vulnerability and ecosystem vulnerability
in southern Africa: Consequences for ecosystem management and development. Featured Event: Bridging
Conservation and Development in Latin America and Africa: Changing Contexts, Changing Strategies. 2010
Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Toronto, Canada, October 6-9 2010. Invited speaker.
Paper produced for online conference proceedings.
39. Shackleton, S.E. (2010). A conceptual framework for integrating climate change adaptation into higher
education learning and research that strengthens capacity to respond to climate change at multiple levels.
ICID 2nd International Conference: Climate, sustainability and development in semi-arid lands in Fortaleza,
Brazil, 16 -20 August 2010. Invited panelist: Social learning and human capacity development innovations for
climate change adaptation. Panel host.
40. Hosted a two session thematic panel fully funded by the organisers of the ICID 2nd International
Conference: Climate, sustainability and development in semi-arid lands in Fortaleza, Brazil, 16 -20 August
2010. Panel title: Social Learning and Human Capacity Development Innovations for Climate Change
Adaptation. Theme leaders: Heila Lotz-Sisitka and Sheona Shackleton. Seven panelists from across Africa
and UK. I was also the final discussant for both panels.
41. Shackleton, S.E. and Kelly, K. (2010). Linkages between human vulnerability and the environment:
HIV/AIDS, climate change and natural resources. Conference on the Political Economy of HIV and AIDS,
held from 7-9 March 2010, East London. Eastern Cape Socio Economic Consultative Council. Invited paper
through ECSECC, Eastern Cape.
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42. Curran, P. & Shackleton, S. (2010). Investing in carbon, who will and why: An analysis of manufacturing
businesses in the Eastern Cape. 41st Annual Geography Students’ Conference. 28th – 30th August 2010.
Rhodes University, Grahamstown.
43. Shackleton, S.E. (2011). Livelihood and ecosystem vulnerability in Southern Africa: Consequences for
conservation. 37th Annual Conference of the South African Association of Botanists (SAAB)/ “Plants in a
Changing World”. Rhodes University, 17 – 19 January 2011, Gahamstown.
44. Shackleton Sheona, Fiona Paumgarten, Habtemariam Kassa, Madeleen Husselman & Mathurin Zida
(2011). Opportunities and constraints to enhancing women’s economic empowerment in the value chains
of 3 African dry forest NTFPs. Fifth Natural Forests and Woodlands Symposium: "Towards sustainable
natural resource management in a changing environment", Richards Bay, 10-14 April, 2011.
45. Shackleton, S.E. (2011). Linking human vulnerability, NTFP use and dependency and ecosystem
vulnerability with a focus on southern Africa. Symposium: Non-timber Forest Products and impacts of
harvest in a changing world. Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) and Society for
Conservation Biology (Africa Section). Joint Meeting, June 12 – 16, 2011. Arusha, Tanzania. Key note
speaker.
46. Shackleton, S.E. (2011). Building resilience amongst vulnerable natural resource dependent
communities in an increasing risky and uncertain world: Understandings from South and southern Africa.
International Symposium - Building Social-Ecological Resilience in a Changing World. Kyoto, Japan. June
18 – June 21, 2011. Invited plenary speaker.
47. Shackleton, S.E. (2011). Improving our understanding of dry forests, climate change, vulnerability and
adaptation in Africa. Dry Forests Symposium. Defining a research agenda for Africa’s dry forests.
December 1, Durban, South Africa. Invited plenary speaker for sub-plenary on Climate Change
Adaptation.
48. Shackleton, S.E. (2011). Why don't people always respond to perceived climate change?
Thinking about the limits and barriers to climate change adaptation in coastal areas and small island
states. 1st International Symposium on Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in Small
Island Developing States: Implications for Poverty Reduction. December 12-14 2011, Stone Town,
Zanzibar, Tanzania. Invited key note speaker.
49. Shackleton , S.E. (2011). Social learning for climate change adaptation. Sharing experiences from the
Jonga phambili Sinethemba (moving forward with hope) project “Vulnerability, coping and adaptation
within the context of climate change and HIV/AIDS in South Africa. Side Event on “Gender, justice and
social learning: Exploring theory and practice in adaptation” at UNFCCC COP 17 in Durban, South Africa.
30 November 2011. Organised by Pennsylvania State University, Environmental Monitoring Group and
Rhodes University.
50. Shackleton, S.E. (2011). Linking human and ecosystem vulnerability in Africa’s dry forests. Focal point:
Theme 5: Landscape approaches, change and adaptation in African drylands: reversing deforestation
while contributing to food security. Forest Day 5, UNFCCC COP 17, Durban, December 3 2011. Invited
presenter by Centre for International Forestry Research.
51. Stadler, L., Shackleton, S.E. and Cundill, G. (2011). Conceptualising and understanding the links between
women’s livelihoods, climate change, HIV/AIDS and ecosystem services: impacts and responses from two rural
communities in South Africa (Paper). International conference on Gender and Climate Change: Women,
Research and Action. 16 Sept, Prato, Italy.
52. Thondhlana, G., Shackleton, S.E and Blignaut, J. (2011). Institutions, actors and natural resource governance:
the case of Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and the neighbouring San and Mier communities. (Paper) International
Conference on Sustainable Development of Natural Resources in Africa, Accra, Ghana, 5 – 7 December 2011.
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53. Petra Tschakert, Bettina Koelle, Margaret Alston, Susannah Sallu, Gina Ziervogel, Sheona Shackleton
(2012). Limits to adaptation. Climate Adaptation Futures: Second Internation Climate Change Adaptation
Conference. May 29 – May 31. University of Arizona, Tuscon, Arizona, USA. (Paper)
54. Cundill, G., Thondhlana, G., Sisitka, L., Blore, M. and Shackleton, S. (2012). Land claims and the
unquestioned pursuit of co-management on protected areas in South Africa. Old land – New Practice? The
changing face of land and conservation in postcolonial Africa. 11 – 14th September, Rhodes University,
Grahamstown, South Africa. (Paper).
55. Shackleton, C.M. and Shackleton, S.E. (2012). Natural resource richness mitigates against income poverty
and livelihood vulnerability. Strategies to Overcome Poverty & Inequality. “Towards Carnegie III”. University of
Cape Town, 3 – 7 September 2012. Cape Town, South Africa. (Paper) (Full paper included in conference CD).
56. Cundill, G., Shackleton, S.E., Lotz-Sisitka, H. (2012). Community led social learning innovation model for
adaptation to climate change. 4th International Ecosummit. Ecological Sustainability: Restoring the Planet’s
Ecosystem Services. 30 September – 5 October. Columbus, Ohio, USA. (Poster).
57. Munro, Samantha and Shackleton, Sheona (2012). Local ecological knowledge of Portulacaria afra amongst
commercial farmers in the Sunday’s River Valley. Thicket Forum 2012: Reconnecting People and Thicket. 1213 September 2012. Rhodes University. (Paper).
58. Shackleton, S.E. and Cobban, L. (2012). Who is most vulnerable to climate change in the Eastern Cape and
why? First National Conference on Global Change. Birchwood Hotel, Boksburg, 26-28 November 2012.
Organised by DST, NRF and DEA, South Africa.
59. Shackleton, S. (2013). Livelihoods as reflections of changing contexts: characterisations from the Eastern
Cape, South Africa. Roundtable: The changing shape of rural livelihoods: new understandings and implications
for policy and practice. Organised by Tshintsha Amakhaya (Consortium of NGOs in land and agrarian reform)
and Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 27 February 2013, University of the Western
Cape.
60. Shackleton, C.M. and Shackleton, S.E. (2013). Land and landscapes sustaining people: the importance of
ecosystem services. Land divided: land and South African society in 2013, in comparative perspective.
University of Cape Town, Cape Town, 24- 27 March, 2013. (I proposed, chaired and hosted the
session in which these papers were presented).
61. Thondhlana, G., Cundill, G.,Sisitka, L and Shackleton, S. (2013). Land claims and collective management
toward improved livelihoods in South Africa. Land divided: land and South African society in 2013, in
comparative perspective. University of Cape Town, 24- 27 March, 2013.
62. Shackleton, S. (2013). Are rural communities in the Eastern Cape trapped and unable to respond to future
change and vulnerabilities? SAPECS Colloquium “Frontiers of social-ecological research”, 15-16 April 2013,
Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town.
63. Cundill, G. and Shackleton, S.E. (2013). Building partnerships through social learning: findings from an action
research project in rural South Africa on vulnerability and adaptation to multiple stressors. WG 12: Partnership
for rural sustainable development in the era of Anthropocene, The Nordic Social Sciences (NESS) Conference,
11-13 June 2013, Copenhagen. (Presented while I was on sabbatical in Copenhagen).
64. Shackleton, S.E., Luckert, M., Cundill, G., Cobban, L., Clarke, C., Shackleton, R. and Ndlovu, P. (2013).
Barriers, traps and transformation. International Conference of Transformation and Climate Change. University
of Norway, Olso, Norway, 17 – 21 June 2013.
65. Shackleton. S. (2013). An exploration of the factors that affect local people’s ability to respond to multiple
stressors in the rural communal areas of the Eastern Cape, South Africa. 2013. Southern African Climate
Change Adaptation Colloquium, 25-26 November, Kirstenbosch, Cape Town.
66. Ziervogel G. and Shackleton S.E. Panel organisers. (2013). Barriers and enablers of climate change
adaptation. Southern African Climate Change Adaptation Colloquium, 25-26 November, Kirstenbosch, Cape
Town.
67. Shackleton, S. E., Ziervogel, G. (2013). Barriers to climate change adaptation in Africa: A literature review.
Contribution to panel on “Barriers and enablers of climate change adaptation in South Africa”. Southern African
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Climate Change Adaptation Colloquium, 25-26 November, Kirstenbosch, Cape Town. (Panel co-convener).
68. Shackleton, S. E. (2013). Exploring the links between biodiversity and human vulnerablity in a changing
world: perspectives from southern Africa. Keynote address 12. Biodiversity Southern Africa, 2013, Cape
Twon. University of Cape Town, Cape Town, 2-6 December 2013.
69. Shackleton, S.E., Ziervogel, G., Sallu, S., Gill, T and Tschakert, P. (2014). Understanding the barriers and
constrants to climate change adaptation: insights from a review of empirical cases in Africa. Society of South
African Geographers’ 10th Conference. Fort Hare Unievrsity, East London, 22- 27 June. Session on:
Reflections on adaptation to climate change processes. Convened by Ziervogel, G. and Shackleton. SE.
70. Ziervogel, G. and Shackleton. SE. (2014). Session convernors. Reflections on adaptation to climate
change processes. Society of South African Geographers’ 10th Conference, Fort Hare University, East
London, 22- 27 June.
71. Shackleton, S.E., Shackleton R.T. and Janse Van Vuurren, A. (2014). Ecosystem services and disservices
invasive alien tree species in the Kalahari. Arid Zone – Thicket Fusion Forum, 8 -11 September 2014. Barratt
Lecture Complex, Rhodes University, Grahamstown.
72. Shackleton, S.E. Are women more vulnerable to climate change and other interacting stressors in the rural
Eastern Cape, South Africa? Technical session 05 (92). Gender, participation and climate change. 24th
IUFRO World Congress, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 6 – 11 October, 2014. (Invited speaker for panel).
73. Shackleton, S, Paumgarten, F., Kassa, H., Husselman, M. and Zida, M. (2011). Opportunities and
constraints to enhancing women’s economic empowerment in the value chains of 3 African dry forest NTFPs.
24th IUFRO World Congress, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 6 – 11 October, 2014.
TEACHING AND TRAINING COURSE CONTRIBUTIONS EXCLUDING FORMAL
TEACHING FROM JULY 2008
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During sabbatical taught on a Political Ecology PhD Course at University of Copenhagen (May 2013).
Provided several talks and sessions for the ELRC with the most recent being a ½ day session on “New
Directions in Environmental Science” (September 2012).
Taught a three week module on “Societies and Natural Resources” for UCT Conservation Biology Masters
Course. 2008 – 2010. (Stopped due to a lack of time).
Course coordinator and primary lecturer for Environmental Science 201 course on complex, integrated
environmental systems. (First semester 2008). I had a six-month contract to assist the Department while
they recruited a new staff member.
Course coordinator and primary lecturer for the Environmental Science 201 course on complex, integrated
environmental systems. (First semester 2006). I was the sabbatical replacement for Prof C. Fabricius.
Resource person and contributor to a week course on Forest-Poverty linkages for PhD students in
Brisbane, Australia. This course was jointly run by the Centre for International Forestry Research,
Indonesia and the International Foundation for Science, Sweden. (15-19 August 2005).
Two-day practical course on writing dissertations and theses for honours and masters students as part of
our SANPAD project. (November 2004).
Two-week session on participatory natural resource management for 3 rd year Environmental Science
students. (October 2004, 2005).
Two case studies on interaction between ecological and social systems. Second year Environmental
Science Course, Rhodes University, Grahamstown (April 2002).
Participatory Forest Management course. Second year Environmental Science Course, Rhodes
University, Grahamstown (September 2002, 2003).
Case study on the use of household surveys at the people and environment interface. Contribution to a
two week course on Research Methodology, Environmental Education Unit, Rhodes University. (October
2001).
Sessions on sustainable livelihoods and role of community in CBNRM. CBNRM Course, Environmental
Science Programme, Rhodes University. (July 2000, 2001 and 2002).
Day session on “Valuing woodland resources for rural livelihoods”. Five day resource economics course
for MSc students and other participants, Centre for African Ecology, Wits University (August 2000).
Two hour session on “Managing the Commons” for the international Leadership in Environment and
Development Programme (LEAD) sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation (Jan 1999).
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Lectures on “Common property resource management” and “woodland valuation” for the Community
Forestry Course at Stellenbosch University (August 1999).
Session on “The sustainable livelihood framework” for the DLA/DANCED Environmental Issues in Land
Reform Programme (July 1999).
RECENT STRATEGIC WORKSHOPS/MEETINGS ATTENDED (on invitation and paid for
by inviting institute)
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Stakeholder meeting on Climate Change and Livelihoods hosted by ECSECC 2013.
Various meetings with local government in our project sites.
DAFF Climate Change Conference. August 2011.
CIFOR Annual meeting. Oct 2011.
Scoping workshop for the Wild Coast Living Laboratory. Kob Inn Sept 13-15, 2011.
WUN meeting, Penn State. June 2011
Transforming community-based natural resource management education in Southern Africa. 19-24 July
2009. Pretoria. USAID-HED grant led by University of Florida. I am a member of the project team.
CIFOR Annual Meeting, Bogor, Indonesia. 20-31 October 2008.
Ecological Literacy Workshop, Bali, 14-18 October 2008.
Synthesis report writing workshop for CEPSA – Ecosystem services and poverty alleviation in subSaharan Africa (see jobs section). Jan 2008.
Workshop to develop the structure for a paper on a more people-centred approach to conservation
planning. Cape St Francis, 11-12 October 2007.
2006 CIFOR Annual Meeting. This was a week-long meeting involving numerous workshops. August 2006.
Forests and Livelihoods – Methods to Understand the Role of Forests in Local Livelihoods. This course
was jointly run by the Centre for International Forestry Research, Indonesia and the International
Foundation for Science, Sweden and took place in Brisbane, Australia, 15-19 August 2005.
Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) workshop on Land, rights and natural resources, Cape
Town, July 2004.
Co-organiser of an international workshop to develop a policy document on “Livelihoods in Dryland Africa”
held in Durban in August 2003.
Co-convenor of a session on “Rangelands as systems for multiple use and livelihood support” at the VII
International Rangelands Congress” held in Durban in July 2003.
Regional Indigenous Plant Commercialisation and Domestication workshop. Johannesburg. 13 – 14
August 2003.
CIFOR NTFP World Comparison Project. Analysis Workshop (selected group). CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia.
September 2002.
Woodcarving Writers Workshop (WWF, People and Plants Programme and CIFOR). Malindi, Kenya,
February 2002.
CIFOR NTFP World Comparison Project. Regional Analysis Workshop. Kariega, South Africa, February
2002.
WWF Environmental Education and Community-Based Conservation Programme’s project executants
workshop and advisory committee meeting. Stellenbosch, Nov 2001.
Writer’s workshop to complete a policy brief on devolution and CBNRM. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia.
September 2001.
Woodcarver researchers meeting - Bogor and Bali, Indonesia, October 2000.
CIFOR Non-timber forest products workshop - Yaounde, Cameroon, May 2000.
TRANSFORM (GTZ) CBNRM project evaluation workshop - Pretoria, January 2000.
Best Practices for Natural Resource Management in South Africa (CSIR) - Pretoria, February 2000.
Regional Networking and Capacity Building Programme’s (IUCN - ROSA) workshop on “CBNRM best
practice” and “CBNRM sustainability criteria development” - Harare, Zimbabwe, March 2000.
Research priorities in community forestry in the Eastern Cape - Fort Cox Agricultural College, April 2000.
Promoting sustainable livelihoods for communities through the use and management of natural resources
(IUCN SA workshop) - Pretoria, May 1999.
Bark products workshop - Hotsprings, Zimbabwe, May 1999. This was a two week research-based training
workshop in which participants collected data on the use and marketing of bark products in Zimbabwe
focussing on baobab (fibre) and pepper tree bark (medicinal).
Policy workshop for local governance and natural resource management - Harare, Zimbabwe, November
1999.
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PAST AND PRESENT MEMBERSHIP OF EXTERNAL COMMITTEES
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Invited as a member of advisory committee for “Gender and Value Chains” initiative, Centre for
International Forestry Research.
Member of the Advisory Board for the Journal “World Development” (Current).
Member of the Advisory Group for a project on REDD, UCT funded by START entitled “Modelling the
Potential Impacts of Afforestation on Mitigating Climate Change and Extreme Events in Southern Africa”
(Current)
Invited as contributing author to IPPC 5th report for Africa chapter.
Member of the Reference Group for a Water Research Commission (WRC) project on “Developing
climate change adaptation measures and decision-support systems for selected South African water
boards”. (2010 - 2012).
Senior Research Associate at Center for International Forestry Research (2005 - 2011).
Member of the Advisory Panel for the international journal ‘Forests, Trees and Livelihoods’ (2005- 2011).
Member of the National Forestry Advisory Council – second term (2006-2009).
Judge for the Regional Finals for the Eskom Expo for Young Scientists (2004-present).
Member of the South African National Parks Social Science Research Support Committee (2005-present).
One of 25 invited nominators for the international Darrell Posey Fellowship for Ethnoecology and
Traditional Resource Rights (2004-present).
Vice chairperson of the National Forests Advisory Council (NFAC): a statutory body convened to advise
the minister of the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry on forestry issues (2003 – 2005).
Co-convener for the session on “Rangelands as systems for multiple use and livelihood support” for the
VII International Rangelands Conference held in Durban in July 2003.
Member of the WWF-SA Environmental Education and Community-based Conservation Advisory
Committee (2001-2002).
Invited to sit in the Association for Water and Rural Development’s Board of Directors (2000). My move to
Grahamstown changed this to being a member of the reference group.
External advisory member of the Agincourt Demographic and Health Programme Team (1998).
Member of the Forest & Woodland Management Working Group, Department Water Affairs and Forestry.
This group was involved in drawing up a National Forestry Action Programme for South Africa (1996/97).
Member of the Acornhoek Community and Environmental Park Committee (1996/97).
Member of the Advisory Committee for the "Thornybush community employment - bushclearing" project
(1994).
Ex-officio member of the Mhala Woodworker's Association Committee (1997).
Member of the Mhala Steering Committee (a committee composed of the Mhala Woodworkers
Association, Kruger National Park, and WRF) (1993 -1994).
NEW PROJECTS BASED ON RECENTLY SUCCESSFUL PROPOSALS
Project and funder
1. Land degradation and rehabilitation in the Eastern Cape. GEF – first
stage. Led by Dept Environmental Science (DES). (Researcher)
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Vulnerability, coping and adaptation within the context of climate
change and HIV/AIDS in South Africa: Investigating strategies to
strengthen livelihoods and food security and build resilience. Led by
DES with University of Alberta. IDRC (PI)
Water security in the Sundays River Valley. GSSRP – NRF/DST. Led
by IWR, Rhodes. (Researcher)
Water and Climate Change. From policy to practice: enhancing
implementation of water policies for sustainable development.
SANPAD1. Led by IWR, Rhodes with Dutch partners and partners from
Wits University. (Researcher)
Trees and Livelihoods in an urban context. SANPAD. Led by DES with
Dutch partners. (Researcher)
Limits and Barriers to adaptation. WUN led by Pen State University.
1 South African Netherlands Research Programme on Alternatives in Development
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Dates
Invited to submit a full
concept note after
EOI.
2010 - 2014
Nov 2011 - 2013
2011 - 2012
2010 -2012
2011-2012
Project and funder
(Researcher)
7. Human Adaptation to biodiversity change. ESPA. Led by Kent
University. (Researcher)
8. Building Capacity to Assess and Increase the Climate Change
Mitigation and Adaptation Capacities of Vulnerable Communities in
Southern Africa. Rhodes and University of Florida. HED proposal.
USAID. Poposal development grant. (PI)
9. Situation analysis of ecosystem services and poverty semi-arid lands
of Africa. ESPA: DFID, NERC, ESRC. (Coordinator)
10. Local level commercialisation of non-timber forest products in South
Africa: Opportunities and challenges. SANPAD. (PI)
11. Equitable use of non-timber forest products. FRP, DFID. (Project
coordinator)
12. NTFP case comparison. Centre for International Forestry Research
(CIFOR). (Researcher)
13. Community based natural resource management case comparison in
Southern Africa. IUCN Rosa. (Lead)
Dates
2010 - 2012
October 2009 – Feb
2010
2006 - 2007
Feb 2003 - July 2005
June 2000 – June
2003
Jan 2000 - Dec 2004
Jan 1999 - 2001
Other grants
KIC application 2013: I made an application for NRF KIC funding which was successful and allowed us to bring Dr
Susannah Sallu from Leeds University to our IDRC policy meeting.
Reached final competition (with two other consortia) for large climate change adaptation proposal through CARIAA
and received funding to develop a full proposal. September 2013. We were not successful.
Reached final competition for large HED-USAID Higher Education Capacity Development funding proposal and
received a grant to develop a full proposal. We were not successful in obtaining the grant. March 2011.
Fullbright grant for Prof Jack Putz. June 2011.
NRF Rating application. B3 rating received. 2009
Supported various students in their applications for funding. (e.g. CEEPA proposal – PhD student. Successful.
2009; International Foundation of Science application – PhD student. Successful. 2009).
REVIEWING ROLES
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Reviewed projects proposals and progress reports for NRM programme, Centre of Invasion Biology,
University of Stellenbosch, ESPA, CSIR, National Research Foundation (NRF) (proposals and rating
applications), WWF, DANCED, Rhodes University.
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Reviewed Environmental Resource Management curriculum for Venda University. (2012).
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Invited as External examiner for Ethnobotany course at Walter Sisulu University.
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Invited to review Centre for Environmental Studies at University of Pretoria. (2013)
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Invited as a Masters and Doctoral review panel member for DAAD scholarship applications by NRF.
(2013).
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A list of the most recent theses examined at Masters and PhD level is presented below.
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Araia, M.G. 2005. Revealing the forest hidden value: the case study of Eritrea. MSc thesis, University
of Stellenbosch.
W. D. Mala. 2009. Knowledge systems and adaptive collaborative management of natural resources in
southern Cameroon: Decision analysis of agro-biodiversity for forest-agriculture innovations. PhD
thesis, University of Stellenbosch.
Rampedi, I. T. 2010. PhD thesis “Indigenous plants in the Limpopo Province: potential for their
commercial beverage production”. UNISA.
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AU Guenha. 2010. Master’s thesis. CBNRM (community-based natural resource management) and
the Combomune Community Project in Mozambique. University of Kwazulu-Natal, Faculty of Science
and Agriculture
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R.M. Guivala Matusse. 2010. Understanding the impacts of tourism revenue distribution on
communities living in Bazaruto Archipelago National Park, Mozambique. Master’s thesis, University of
Kwazulu-Natal, Faculty of Science and Agriculture
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L. Manetti. 2010. MSc. Understanding plant resource use by the ≠Khomani Bushmen of the southern
Kalahari. Stellenbosch University Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology Faculty of
Agrisciences.
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J. Larsen. MA. 2011. People, profits and planet: An exploration of green microfinance as a
sustainable development practice in South Africa. UCT, Graduate School of Humanities.
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C. Orangio. MSc. 2012. Barriers to flood risk adaptation: A case study of cross-scale collaboration in
the informal settlement of Graveyard Pond, Phillipi. Department of Environmental Science and
Geography, UCT.
9. Alexander, P. MA. 2012. Environmental sustainability through participatory approaches: A sociogeographic assessment of the Mathenjwa landscapeKwazulu-Natal. University of Pretoria.
10. Sidibe, A. PhD. 2013 Analysis of collective performance in the Malian shea sector: from fields to
markets. Wageningen University, Netherlands
11. Yuan Zheng. PhD. 2014. Rural households’ adaptation to climate change and its implications for
policy designs in Lijiang, China. University of Copenhagen, Denmark
12. Noah Pauline. PhD. 2014. Living with climate variability and change: Lessons from Tanzania.
University of the Witwatersrand
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Reviewed papers for the following 26 journals from several disciplines (others where I have been unable
to help cover a substantial number of other journals).
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Agroforestry systems
Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity
Climate Change
Conservation Biology
Development Southern Africa
Ecology and Society
Ecological Economics
Economic Botany
Environmental Science and Policy
Forest Policy and Economics
Forests, Trees and Livelihoods
Geojournal
Global Environmental Change
International Forestry Review
International Journal of Biodiversity Science
International Journal of the Commons
Journal of Arid Environments
Journal of Forest Economics
Journal of Forest Products Business Research
Journal of Hydrology
Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology
Journal of Sustainable Tourism
South African Journal of Botany
South African Review of Sociology
Water SA
World Development
Climatic Change
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POSTGRADUATE SUPERVISION
Senior Postgraduate supervision (excluding Honours students)
YEAR STARTED
1
STUDENT
NAME
Zuki Kota
MASTERS/PHD
BROAD TOPIC
MSc
Verina Ingram
PhD
Children’s
ecoliteracy
and
environmental appreciation
Commercialisation
of
nontimber forest products in West
and Central Africa
PhD
3
2009 (DEREGISTERED
2013)
2009 (Co-supervisor –
registered at Univ of
Amsterdam)
(GRADUATED)
2009 (GRADUATED)
4
2010 (GRADUATED)
Gladman
Thondlhana
Omar Makame
5
2010 (GRADUATED)
Leigh Stadler
MSc
6
7
Patrick Curran
Julia Cloete
MSc
MA
8
2010 (GRADUATED)
2010 (took on from
previous supervisor who
left Rhodes)
(DEREGISTERED 2013)
2011
Lilian Gordema
PhD
9
2011 (SUBMITTED)
Gosia Byria
PhD
10
2011 (GRADUATED)
Caryn Clarke
MSc
11
2011 (GRADUATED)
Abby Chinyimba
MSc
12
13
2012
2012
Lara Molony
Meggan Spires
MSS
PhD
15
2013
PhD
16
2014
Mashogo
Stephen Grey
Current
Masunugure
2
PhD
MSc
Livelihoods, natural resources
and conservation in the Kalahari
Climate change adaptation in
Zanzibar
Asset based vulnerability and
climate change
Carbon trading
Natural resource management
on the Wild coast
CBNRM forums as social
networks in SADC
Conservation and development
in the Ecuadorian Amazon
amongst the Waorani
Coping and adaptation to
multiple stressors
Perceptions of the value of
urban trees
Water security
Climate change adaptation and
local government
Climate change hazards and
response in Zimbabwe
Vulnerability and change and
natural resource dependence in
Zimbabwe and Northern South
Africa
Honour students supervised. Those that have been published are indicated.
Year
Name
Title
2004
Sibongile
Winne
Mavimbela
Local Level Trade in Wild Spinaches in Nelspruit Town, Mpumulanga Province of South
Africa: Opportunities and Constraints
2004
Taryn
Pereira
Opportunities and constraints to trade in reed-based craft products in the rural villages
of Mpozolo and Ntubeni, Transkei, South Africa (published)
2005
David Kirby
Invasive Alien Plants - Friends or Foe: A study investigating the contribution of the
prickly pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) trade to community livelihoods in Makana
Municipality, South Africa (published)
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2008
Dylan
Weyer
Informing forest restoration: An appraisal of local ecological knowledge from a
community on the Wild Coast of South Africa (published in conference proceedings)
2008
Zukiswa
Kota
Local Perspectives on Priority Plant Species in Subtropical Thicket: Implications for
Restoration in the Eastern Cape, South Africa (published)
2009
Debbie
Bekker
The Status and Use of Aloe ferox in the Grahamstown Commonage
2010
Emily
Mundy
Assessing perceptions, practices and barriers towards inter- and transdisciplinarity in
environmental teaching and research within Eastern Cape Universities
2010
Caryn
Clarke
Climate change perceptions, drought responses and views on carbon farming amongst
commercial livestock and game farmers in the semiarid Great Fish River Valley, Eastern
Cape province, South Africa
2012
Thina
Mgweba
The Perceptions of Climate Variability and Change and Associated Risks and
Vulnerabilities in the Rural Community of Hamburg in the Eastern Cape of South Africa
2010
Khumbelo
Makhuvha &
Tarcille
Mballa
Perceptions of climate change and associated risks and vulnerabilities amongst poor
rural communities in the Chris Hani and Amathole Districts (Eastern Cape)
2011
Sanelisiwe
S. Siwundla
Guidelines to Improve the Effectiveness of Community Gardens in Addressing Urban
Food Security
2012
Kelly Faye
Stroebel
Water use and conservation by households of different economic status in the King
William's Town area
2012
Brett
Sutherland
Water Resource Economics: Exploring a water allocation model that allocates water
efficiently, equitably and sustainably across water-use sectors in the Tsitsa catchment,
Eastern Cape
2012
Samantha
Alanna
Munro
Local Ecological Knowledge of Portulacaria afra amongst commercial farmers in the
Sundays River Valley, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
2012
Claudette
Muller
Perceptions of climate change and barriers to adaptation amongst commonage and
commercial livestock farmers in the semi-arid Eastern Cape Karoo (published)
2014
Melody
Chipfakacha
Is rural South Africa perceiving and responding to climate change?
2014
Calvin
Mottee
2014
Darika
Santhia
Le
Understanding the dynamic interactions between livestock ownership and livelihoods in
rural homesteads and communities
Is the policy landscape conducive to sustainable adaptation to climate change in the
Eastern Cape?
REFERENCES
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Dr Bruno Locatelli, Centre for International Forestry Research, Bogor, Indonesia.
Email: b.locatelli@cgiar.org
Prof Marty Luckert, University of Alberta, Canada.
Email: Marty.Luckert@ales.ualberta.ca
Prof Bruce Campbell, CIAT-CCAFS.
Email: B.CAMPBELL@CGIAR.ORG
Prof Heila Lotz-Sisitka. ELRC, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140.
Tel: +27 46 603 8390
Email: h.lotz@ru.ac.za
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