Reconciling human and non-human use of urban regions to support biological conservation
represents a major challenge for the 21st century. The concept of reconciliation ecology, by …

The international, interdisciplinary biodiversity research project BIOTA AFRICA initiated a
standardized biodiversity monitoring network along climatic gradients across the African …

Urban ecosystems have long been neglected in ecological theory and urban politics, with
their respec-tive tendencies towards anti-urbanism and exclusive humanism. As Hinchliffe et …

One strategy for ecological monitoring of protected areas involves data collection by local
resource users instead of external scientists. Growing support for such programs comes from …

Background Research and management of biological invasions traditionally focuses on
state-operated, large-scale control initiatives, with little emphasis on volunteers …

Citizen science has been gaining momentum in the United States and Europe, where
citizens are literate and often interested in science. However, in developing countries, which …

Abstract South Africa's Succulent Karoo is home to unmatched numbers of dryland plant
species. Unfortunately, decades of overstocking these rangelands with small livestock and …

Peasant farmer–raptor conflicts around Chembe Bird Sanctuary, Zambia, Central Africa:
poultry predation, ethno–biology, land use practices and conservation.—Raptors provide …

The contribution of citizen scientists to worldwide environmental monitoring has increased
rapidly, particularly over the last two decades, as initiatives have become increasingly wide …

Developments in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have revolutionized
learning; likewise, they have given a renewed impetus to Citizen Science in recent years …