Senior lecturer, Environmental Science, Rhodes University.
Joined March 2011
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Alta De Vos retweeted
5 Apr 2024
Why giving value to wildlife through sustainably using it is a good thing for people and nature - our thoughts on South Africa’s revised National Biodiversity Economy Strategy @ForceCT and @MattyFairfax
@WildlifeEconomy @CST_SU @HELICS_Lab @OppGenRC @AFD_France @KoneenSaatio
5 Apr 2024
Our thoughts exactly on the issue of South Africa's new National Biodiversity Economy Strategy. For those who want to dive deeper into the scientific literature supporting this position, the links in this article are a great place to start.
theconversation.com/south-af…
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Great piece by @HayleySClements @ForceCT & Matthew Child (can't find his X handle) on why the new #biodiversity strategy in South Africa is a positive step forwards for #wildlife and people theconversation.com/south-af…
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Alta De Vos retweeted
27 Oct 2022
Understanding how wildlife ranches coped with the pandemic can provide lessons for building resilient conservation systems in a changing world. Our new paper in @naturesustainab @ForceCT @MattyFairfax @KyraLunderstedt @lehman_lindeque nature.com/articles/s41893-0… 1/11
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Alta De Vos retweeted
20 Oct 2022
1/3... Our new paper led by Marty Anderies doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.202… in #BiologicalConservation presents a minimal modelling framework for social-ecological systems #socecosys #SESs in #conservation contexts. @ChawlaSivee @StevenLade @HayleySClements @RSeppelt @birgit
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Alta De Vos retweeted
17 Oct 2022
Are you working with Social-Ecological Systems research methods? Check out the launch of the new website of SES methods this Thursday and hear more from @OonsieBiggs, @resilienceSci, @ForceCT, Dr Miriam Huitric, @aequinlan, & others. Find more infos 👇(JH)
17 Oct 2022
Join us this Thurs at 3:30pm for the launch of the new website on Social-Ecological Systems research methods. Featuring videos by leading researchers, this website aims to make learning about SES research methods accessible for all.
More here: bit.ly/3SNifYk #sesmethods
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Alta De Vos retweeted
22 Sep 2022
Today is #WorldRhinoDay! 🦏🎉In this article, Clements et al share information about private #rhino #conservation in #SouthAfrica while looking at the diverse strategies adopted in response to the poaching crisis. You can find it at doi.org/10.1111/conl.12741
#science #tbt
ALT Photo from the International Rhino Foundation
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Alta De Vos retweeted
13 Sep 2022
Probably one of the best places to really build a solid research and teaching profile persuing your interest in a natural resource management field of your choice. Nice campus and great area to live in.
12 Sep 2022
Three exciting academic positions availeble on our campus. vacancies.mandela.ac.za/nmun…
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Alta De Vos retweeted
23 Jun 2022
What does it mean to decolonize maps? How can visualizations reveal patterns of injustice & orient collective action? Apply for a fully-funded 4 year PhD position @FuturesStudioUU @UUCopernicus w/ me, @bricker, @maartenhajer & @karinrebel. Deadline Aug 25! uu.nl/en/organisation/workin…
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Alta De Vos retweeted
10 Jun 2022
A thread about the newly launched #DynamicWorld landcover dataset by #Google. I had early access and explored this dataset in detail. You may be very excited about this dataset, but likely for the wrong reasons. Sharing some insights, potential use cases, and pitfalls. 1/n
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Alta De Vos retweeted
10 Jun 2022
A probabilistic landcover dataset with scene-to-scene correspondence with Sentinel 2 that challenges our conventional imagination and approach to landcover mapping, and opens completely new possibilities.
9 Jun 2022
Announcing Dynamic World 🌏. Created in partnership with @WorldResources, it enables researchers to build custom maps based on AI-powered near real-time land cover data at 10m resolution. Supported by a @ScientificData paper-published today. Learn more → blog.google/products/earth/d…
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Alta De Vos retweeted
28 May 2022
📢Come work with me on the very exciting #transdisciplinary @EcoACEproject
We have 3, diverse masters' projects available for 2023. Closing date for applications is 10 June. DM or email me if you have any questions.
#marinesciences #marsocsci #climatechange #adaptivecapacity
28 May 2022
📢We have 3 exciting #master's positions available for 2023! The projects are diverse & suited to a range of disciplines incl #oceanography #marinesciences #geography #anthropology #environmentalsciences Come join us in #CapeTown. Details 👇
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Alta De Vos retweeted
27 May 2022
Please take 5 mins to answer this survey, to inform a game farm certification that will contribute to biodiversity conservation and socio-economic development while also supporting a viable, thriving game meat industry in South Africa. forms.gle/Zxpyy1TaJgCDKGz99
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Alta De Vos retweeted
11 May 2022
So stoked to get this month's editors choice award from @JEcology 😁😁 thanks to the editing team for their hard work.
10 May 2022
🔎This month’s Editor’s Choice explores how simulated drought & herbivory impact the growth & survival of Vachellia karroo, one of the most prominent woody encroachers in southern African savanna @SarahRaubs
jecologyblog.com/2022/05/10/…
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Alta De Vos retweeted
4 May 2022
Very clear and useful work by @KatjaMalmborg and team! Using ecosystems service bundles to convey complexity and navigating a truly transdisciplinary participatory resilience assessment.
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Applications are open for the new NRF-MINDS Doctoral Scholarship 2023. Please follow this link to our website for details, all the info needed to apply is available here: bit.ly/3sc1JpU. @MINDSAfrica @dsigovza #AfricaMonth
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Alta De Vos retweeted
5 May 2022
The Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer Research Grant for 2022 is now open. The grant of $150 000.00 is available to African researchers, and one can enter by sending an application to @OppGenRC .
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Alta De Vos retweeted
2 May 2022
This is no ordinary whodunit. With the same imagination and attentiveness she brings to her scholarship as an interdisciplinary ecologist, @HariniNagendra masterfully recreates period, place and relations from a 1920s Bangalore around Kaveri, her delightful crime-buster.
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Alta De Vos retweeted
17 Mar 2022
Come join us at @jcu!
Data science ongoing academic position! Tropical North Queensland! Women-only position! Ya love to see it. Women of maths/stats/data, this could be a cool role for you at James Cook Uni (US: equiv to Asst Prof)
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Alta De Vos retweeted
15 Mar 2022
A great opportunity! Come join us!
14 Mar 2022
PLEASE SHARE! Ph.D.s with expertise in #Sustainability -- we are #hiring! Join #Arizona State University's #SchoolofSustainability as a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow. Apply at apply.interfolio.com/103927
ALT Photo credit: Charlie Leight
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Alta De Vos retweeted
9 Mar 2022
Two MSc's up for grabs for South African students
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