IWC Africa Research Node
The IWC and Monash South Africa (MSA) created the Water Research Node for Africa to promote African-centred leadership and capacity for integrated water management.
This will be achieved through:
- Research, by promoting and facilitating novel, interdisciplinary and use-inspired research
- Education, by inspiring postgraduate students to become thought and action leaders in the water sector
- Stakeholder engagement, by co-learning and co-creating solutions with relevant public and private sector organisations, promoting adoption of relevant new knowledge, and influencing change towards more sustainable pathways in water resource management.
The Water Resource Node is located at the campus of MSA in Johannesburg (Ruimsig) and has the dual roles of being an integral part of MSA's Research Directorate and an African portal for IWC. The IWC's other member universities - The University of Queensland, Griffith University and The University of Western Australia - may also work with this research node.
Papers in peer-reviewed journals
2008
- Roux DJ, Ashton PJ, Nel JL and MacKay HM. 2008. Improving cross-sector policy integration and cooperation in support of freshwater conservation. Conservation Biology 22(6): 1382-1387.
- Roux DJ, Nel JL, Ashton PJ, Deacon AR, de Moor FC, Hardwick D, Hill L, Kleynhans CJ, Maree GA, Moolman J and Scholes RJ. 2008. Designing protected areas to conserve riverine biodiversity: Lessons from a hypothetical redesign of the Kruger National Park. Biological Conservation 141: 100-117.
- Van Wyk E, Roux DJ, Drackner M and McCool SF. 2008. The impact of scientific information on ecosystem management: making sense of the contextual gap between information providers and decision makers. Environmental Management 41: 779-791.
2009
- Funke N and Roux D. 2009. Evaluating environmental policy integration and policy coherence across service sectors: The case of South Africa’s inland water biodiversity. Africanus 39(2): 18-30.
- Nel JL, Reyers R, Roux DJ and Cowling RM. 2009. Expanding protected areas beyond their terrestrial comfort zone: identifying spatial options for river conservation. Biological Conservation 142: 1605-1616.
- Nel JL, Roux DJ, Abell R, Ashton PJ, Cowling RM, Higgins JV, Thieme M and Viers JH. 2009. Progress and challenges in freshwater conservation planning. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 19: 474–485.
- Rashleigh B, Hardwick D and Roux D. 2009. Fish assemblage patterns as a tool to aid conservation in the Olifants River catchment (East), South Africa. Water SA 35(4): 517-524.
Reports
- Roux DJ, Hill L and Strydom W. 2008. Assessing the Impact of Research Funded by the Water Research Commission in Support of the River Health Programme. Report No TT360/08. Water Research Commission, Pretoria. 58 pp.
- Roux, D.J., Murray, K., Hill, L., Biggs, H.C., Breen, C.M., Driver, A.L., Levendal, M., Rogers, K.H., Roux, H., Kistin, E. 2009. A reflective assessment process for promoting multi-agency cooperation. Towards achieving cross-sector policy objectives for conserving freshwater ecosystems. Report No. TT420-09. Water Research Commission. Pretoria. 141 pp
- Roux DJ, Murray K and Van Wyk E. 2009. Enabling Effective Learning in Catchment Management Agencies: A Philosophy and Strategy. Report No TT 421/09. Water Research Commission, Pretoria. 67 pp.
- Roux DJ, Murray K and Van Wyk E. 2009. Enabling Effective Learning in Catchment Management Agencies: Research Report. Report No 1689/1/09. Water Research Commission, Pretoria. 106 pp.
- Roux, D.J., Murray, K., Hill, L. 2010. A learning strategy framework for natural resource management organizations. Report No TT 427/09. Water Research Commission, Pretoria. 26 pp.
- Roux, D.J., Murray, K., Hill, L. 2010. Learning strategy Framework for the Inkomati Catchment Management Agency. Report No TT 426/09. Water Research Commission. Pretoria. 21 pp.
