Sand River Catchment
S Pollard J Perez De Mendiguren, A Joubert, C Shackleton, P Walker, T Poulter, M White (1998). The Development of a Proposal for a Catchment Plan for the Sand River Catchment
S Pollard, P Walker (2000). Catchment management and water supply and sanitation in the Sand River Catchment, South Africa: description and issues
L Claassen (2002). Independent Environmental Review: Environmental-Legal Framework and Current status of development affecting the Sand River, Mpumalanga
S Smits, S Pollard, D du Toit, J Butterworth and P Moriarty (2004). Modelling scenarios for water resources management in the Sand River Catchment, South Africa
S Pollard, D du Toit (2005). Achieving Integrated Water Resource Management: the mismatch in boundaries between water resources management and water supply
I Kotze, B Reyers, L Schonegevel, J Nel and D Roux (2006). A Conservation Vision for the Freshwater Biodiverstiy of the Olifants Inkomati and Usutu-Mhlathuze Water Management Areas
S Pollard, H Biggs, D du Toit (2008). Towards a Socio-Ecological Systems View of the Sand River Catchment, South Africa - An Exploratory Resilience Analysis
S Pollard, H Biggs, D du Toit (2011). River management under transformation: The emergence of strategic adaptive management of river systems in the Kruger National Park
S Pollard, H Biggs, D du Toit (2011). A guide to complexity theory and systems thinking for integrated water resources research and management
Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency - Scientific Services: Aquatic & Herpetology (2012). Ecostatus of Sabie-Sand River Catchments
Linkd (2010). Strategy for Re-establishing the Ecological Reserve in the Sand River Catchment
C Palmer, N Griffin, P Scherman, D du Toit, B Mandikiana and S Pollard (2013). A Preliminary Examination of Water Quality Compliance in a Selected Lowveld River: Towards Implementation of the Reserve
T Sawunyama, S Mallory and P Odendaal (2013). Establishment of a Real Time Operating Decision Support System for the Sabie-Sand River System
The Association for Water and Rural Developer (AWARD) (2018). Blyde Restoration Custodianship Project Summary
Project: Save the Sand River (2019) Collapse of the Sand River submission to DEFF
D Knieter (2014). Decolonizing Conservation? Co-management of Natural Resources in Bushbuckridge Nature Reserve (BBR NR), South Africa
DANCED/DWAF Community Forestry Project in the Bushbuckridge Area (CFPB). Developing Approaches
T K Masindi, T Gyedu-Ababio, L Mpenyana-Monyatsi (2022). Pollution of Sand River by Wastewater Treatment Works in the Bushbuckridge Local Municipality, South Africa
P M Maluka (2017): Rural Livelihoods and Agricultural Production in Smallholder Irrigation Schemes: The Case of Hoxane Irrigation Scheme
Dr M Barnett (2023): Nature-based Solutions for transforming smallholder farming systems that are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change in South Africa
(2024): South Africa’s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC)
Research & Resources
Climate Technology
Cheikosman, Knauer, Serota. (2023). World Economic Forum: Recommendations for the Digital Voluntary and Regulated Carbon Markets
J Hoopes IV, A Lerner, M Mezzatesta (2023). World Economic Forum: Blockchain for Scaling Climate Action White Paper
G Cassar, J Castilla-Rubio, H Lewin, D Waughray (2018). World Economic Forum: Harnessing the Fourth Industrial Revolution for Life on Land
Gold Standard: Climate Security & Sustainable Development (2023). Conditions for consenting to tokenisation of Gold-Standard issued credits
Gold Standard: Climate Security & Sustainable Development (2023). Public Consultation Draft White Paper on Digitising Verification for Climate Markets
Renoster (2022). Whitepaper: Determining carbon offset quality with remote sensing: A Technical Guide to Rating Forest Carbon Projects
Microsoft, Aker Carbon Capture, Carbon Asset Solutions, ClimateCHECK, ESMC, Gold Standard, Ørsted, Patch, Puro.earth, SustainCERT, Verra and the Nation of Colombia (2023) Digital Measurement, Reporting & Verification Framework
L Almond, J Stebbing, X Lorphelin, D Swid, R Turner (2024): The The state of nature tech, Building Confidence in a Growing Market
Carbon & Biodiversity Credits
GIC, McKinsey , Vivid Economics & Singapore Economic Development Board (2021). Putting carbon markets to work on the path to net zero: How investors can help decarbonise the economy and manage risk-adjusted returns
R Arp, P Upadhyaya and L Naudé for the WWF (2018). Carbon trading in South Africa: providing flexibility or escape route?
Africa Carbon Markets Initiative (ACMI) (2022). Roadmap Report: Harnessing carbon markets for Africa
L Waterford, M Wilder, H Crowley, PFrederighi, S Denman, S Zadek, M Atouguia, (2023). Biodiversity Credit Markets The role of law, regulation and policy
A Deutza, G Healb, R Niuc, E Swansonc, T Townshendc, Z Lic, A Delmard, A Meghjid, S Sethid and J Tobin-de la Puented (2023). Financing Nature: Closing the Global Biodiversity Financing Gap
A Khatri, N Kemp, A Valentini (2022). Biodiversity Credits: Unlocking Financial Markets for Nature-Positive Outcomes
A Khatri, A Valentini (2022). High-level Governance and Integrity Principles for Emerging Voluntary Biodiversity Credit Markets
Luis Felipe Adaime (2022). MOSS Carbon Credit Token White Paper V1.0
T Bonfante, E U Cordeiro, Ph.D, R George, J Knauer, D Levy, R Lobo, H Lucena, K Ogorzalek, F Rodrigues, G Smith, Ph.D. G Stromfelt, L Valadão, V van Roosmalen, Z Zaidman (2024): Reseed Benchmarking Whitepaper V1.1
L J. Alston, K Andersson, S M. Smith (2013): Payment for Ecosystem Services Hypothesis and Evidence
Policy
South Africa Just Transition Framework. A Presidential Climate Commission Report: A Framework for a Just Transition in South Africa.
United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), Africa Environment Outlook for Business
Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (2020): National Climate Risk and Vulnerability (CRV) Assessment Framework summary document
Rural Digital Transformation
Trustlines Network. The Trustlines Network is the first project to create a universally accessible medium of exchange.
Circles UBI. Circles is an alternative currency where communities can give each other a basic income without waiting for the state.
Grassroots Economics. Through Community Inclusion Currencies people have a way to exchange goods and services and incubate projects and businesses, without relying on scarce national currency and volatile markets.
Sikoba. Sikoba is a blockchain-based IOU system overcoming the limitations of informal credit.
M-KOPA. M-KOPA is a connected financing platform that serves the financially excluded.