Julia van Velden

Identifying transformative seeds of success in invasive species management: South Africa as a case study - Biological Invasions Invasive species (IS) pose a global threat to biodiversity and human wellbeing. Managing this complex problem at the large scales required—across biomes, jurisdictions and land tenures—is challenging,...

Its great to see good news storeys in relation to invasion biology. Where there is a will there is a way...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#bioinvasions

Excited to share our new review paper on Indigenous futures thinking, how Indigenous leadership & perspectives are shaping innovative solutions to current and future social-ecological challenges. We highlight futures methods, bring together diverse terminology, & ID strengths. rdcu.be/d6a4U

The SPM figure drawn from Ch4 of the Transformative Change Assessment - it is a wheel, with the central views/structures/practices that need to be changed at the center, a ring of underlying causes of biodiversity loss and nature's decline around the center, another ring of five challenges to transformative change, and outside the 20 barriers that emerge from these challenges.

Figure/Finding Explainer: I love the figure from our chapter that made it into the Summary for Policymakers of the IPBES #transformativechange assessment. It was a group effort that captures our entire chapter in a single image. Let me talk you through it: 🧵

SPM: ipbes.canto.de/pdfviewer/vi...

Uncounted: how survey implementation methods miss 3 million annual cases of intimate partner violence worldwide. Guest post by Katherine Theiss

Survey timing matters. Conducting interviews when men are likely home can mask true rates of domestic violence.

To uncover hidden realities, we must adapt methods to reach survivors more safely and accurately. 📊 #DataBias #DomesticViolence"

blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...

McKinsey’s $122mn bribery settlement in South Africa sparks outrage Politicians and campaigners say penalty is insufficient as country struggles with corruption

"It will take 20 years to repair the damage done by McKinsey to South Africa, and these consultancy firms shouldn’t be allowed to buy their way out of criminal sanction with money” SA MP Glynnis Breytenbach
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A brilliant new paper on conservation patriarchy - must be widely read: ‘We conclude that patriarchal norms and structures within conservation must be questioned and dismantled to make conservation more effective and just’ www.nature.com/articles/s44...