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Beyond the beasts: engagement in the environmental domain Graham Kerley Two faces of the environment Supporting Society Threatening Society Environmental Engagement will be key to supporting societal well-being Grysbok Environmental

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Beyond the beasts: engagement in the environmental domain

Graham Kerley

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Two faces of the environment

Grysbok Environmental Education Trail
Capacity Building for elephant decision makers
Scientific Assessment on Livestock predation in South Africa

Supporting Society Threatening Society Environmental Engagement will be key to supporting societal well-being

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Grysbok Environmental Education Trail

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Capacity Building for elephant decision makers

Two courses in 2017

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Decision-makers

Governments
Private Sector
Civil Society
Individuals

Assessment Monitoring Research

Science

Livestock Predation and its Management in South Africa: A Scientific Assessment

Intergovernmental Panel

n Climate Change

(IPCC) Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Scientific Assessment: Elephant Management Shale Gas SEA

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Why Livestock Predation?

Livestock losses > R2 billion/year
Costs carried by individual farmer
~ 2 million communal livestock farmers
~ 35 000 commercial livestock farmers
Impacts on rural livelihoods, employment and food and fibre

security

Especially in marginal farming areas
contributes to social tensions
Management approaches are contentious
Animal welfare
Effectiveness

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Hosted by: Funded by: In collaboration with:

Livestock Predation and its Management in South Africa: A Scientific Assessment

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History

2012: Project conceived (G. Kerley, A. Aucamp, A. Boshoff)
2012 to 2016: funding raised;
2016: Team assembled (G. Kerley, D. Balfour & S. Wilson);
2016: Ministerial endorsement (Environment & Agric.);
2016: Project launched at NWGA Congress.
Website developed http://predsa.nmu.ac.za/
2018: Assessment completed

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Process and Governance

Process Custodian Group

6 + chair from Govt., Industry, NGOs & research

Management team

Leader: Graham Kerley Manager: Dave Balfour Assistant: Sharon Wilson

Issue Team 1

Lead author Author Contributing authors

Issue Team 2

Lead author Author Contributing authors

Reviewers

Experts

Reviewers

Stakeholders

Ministry of Environment

and other funders

Issue Team …

Lead author Author Contributing authors

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The drafting and review process

Zero Draft First Draft Second Draft Final Draft Published Documented comment responses Documented comment responses Expert review Expert and Stakeholder review

Governing body acceptance

f summary, conformity
f body text,

copy editing

Review by other Assessment Participants Internal

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Compiled as a book
42 authors
22 institutions across

SA

Technical review
24 expert reviewers
Stakeholder review

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Outcomes?

Comprehensive assessment, global first
Economic impacts may be relatively small in terms of GDP, but high at the

individual farmer scale, with impacts on the rural economy, employment and food security

Commercial and communal livestock farmers face similar predation challenges
Predation management rather than predator control
No simple solution to managing livestock predation
Legislation and regulations need overhaul
Adaptive management approach needed to better use existing information
Collaborative relationship between livestock managers, researchers and

policymakers

Policy needs to take into account the “shifting baselines” around the issue.

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Engagement leading to scholarly outputs

Fully peer- reviewed DHET Subsidy

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