Conservation planning in Maputaland

Outputs

The project entitled "Transnational conservation planning in the Maputaland centre of endemism, southern Africa" was based at the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology and was funded by the Darwin Initiative for the Survival of Species. It produced a number of outputs which are listed below.

Reports and other documents

Smith, RJ & Leader-Williams, N (2006). The Maputaland Conservation Planning System and Conservation Assessment.

Brookes, PA & Smith, RJ (2005). Protocol for collecting data on bark-stripping and tree-cutting in the Maputaland centre of endemism.

Smith, RJ (2005). Protocol for collecting data to groundtruth the Maputaland landcover map.

Smith, RJ (2005). The Maputaland landcover classification scheme.

Publications

Smith, RJ, Goodman, PS and Matthews, WS (2006). Systematic conservation planning: a review of perceived limitations and an illustration of the benefits using a case study from Maputaland, South Africa. Oryx 40, 400-410.

Knight, AT, Smith, RJ, Cowling, RM, Desmet, PG, Faith, DP, Ferrier, S, Gelderblom, CM, Grantham, H, Lombard, AT, Maze, K, Nel, JL, Parrish, JD, Pence, GQK, Possingham, HP, Reyers, B, Rouget, M, Roux, D, and Wilson, KA (2007). Improving the Key Biodiversity Areas approach for effective conservation planning. BioScience, 57, 256-261.

MSc dissertations

Brookes, PA (2004). Modelling tree resource harvesting on communal land in the Maputaland centre of endemism. MSc thesis, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.

Chao, N (2004). Local community perceptions of the establishment of a community conservation area in Usuthu Gorge, South Africa. MSc thesis, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.

Easton, J (2004). Hunting for conservation targets: designing a community-conservation area network for Maputaland, South Africa. MSc thesis, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.

McRae, L (2005). Modelling spatial distribution of tree resource harvesting in Maputaland, South Africa. MSc thesis, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.

Ngwenya, P (2005). Developing resource-use buffer zones along the Northern boundary of Mkhuze Game Reserve: a feasibility study. MSc thesis, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.

Nhancale, BA (2005). Modelling future human-elephant conflict in Maputaland, Mozambique. MSc thesis, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.

Ransom, CM (2005). An investigation into poaching in Mkhuze Game Reserve, South Africa. MSc thesis, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.

Training workshops for Maputaland partners

Dec 04: Conservation planning workshop at the University of Swaziland.

Feb 05: Conservation planning workshops at Universidade Eduardo Mondlane in Maputo, Mozambique

Mar 05: Conservation planning workshops at Queen Elizabeth Park, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

May 05: Conservation planning workshops at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

May 05: Conservation planning workshops at Groenvlei, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Feb 06: Conservation planning workshops at the Hotel Tivoli, Maputo

Training workshops for other groups

Feb 04: Conservation planning workshops for DICE MSc students

Feb 05: Conservation planning workshops for DICE MSc students

Mar 05: Conservation planning workshop at the Student Conference for Conservation Science in Cambridge, UK

July 05: Conservation planning short course for students attending the SCB annual meeting in Brasilia.

Jan 06: Conservation planning workshops for DICE MSc students

Feb 06: Conservation planning workshops at the South African Biodiversity Implementation Forum in Blydepoort.

Mar 06: Conservation planning workshop at the Student Conference for Conservation Science in Cambridge, UK.

Software

Conservation Land-Use Zoning software

Create MARXAN boundary file - an ArcView extension

GIS data

Maputaland conservation planning system

Conservation assessment priority areas

Ecological zone map of Maputaland

Landcover map of Maputaland

Game ranching profit map of Maputaland

Transformation risk map of Maputaland

Websites

Conservation planning in Maputaland project website

Conservation Land-Use Zoning software website

Conservation assessments using CLUZ and MARXAN: a step by step guide

Teaching materials

Designing conservation landscapes: an introduction to systematic conservation planning

Posters

Preliminary conservation plan for Maputaland, South Africa (A4 poster)

Maputaland satellite image poster (A4 version)

Producing a preliminary conservation plan for Maputaland, South Africa

Press releases and newsletters

Maputaland newsletter No 1 - English version

Maputaland newsletter No 1 - Portuguese version

Maputaland newsletter No 2 - English version

Maputaland newsletter No 2 - Portuguese version

Maputaland newsletter No 3 - English version

Maputaland newsletter No 3 - Portuguese version

Press release 1: Conservation map helps protect important habitats in South Africa

Press release 2: Conservation planning in Swaziland

Presentations

Jul 04: Oral presentation at the 18th Society for Conservation Biology annual meeting in New York City.

Feb 05: Conservation planning presentation at the Centre for Environment, Fisheries, & Aquaculture Science (CEFAS) in Lowestoft, UK.

Apr 05: Conservation planning presentation to participants at the European Crop Wild Relative Diversity Assessment and Conservation Forum workshop in Korsør, Denmark.

July 05: Oral presentation at the 19th Society for Conservation Biology annual meeting in Brasilia.

Jun 06: Poster presentation at the 20th Society for Conservation Biology annual meeting in San Jose.