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Research: Ten Years of the Program on Ecosystem Change and Society

Social-ecological change: insights from the Southern African Program on Ecosystem Change and Society

Reinette Biggsa Centre for Sustainability Transitions, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa;b Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Hayley S. Clementsa Centre for Sustainability Transitions, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7015-6532View further author information
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Graeme S. Cummingc FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa;d ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3678-1326View further author information
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Georgina Cundille Climate Resilient Food Systems Division, International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9024-8143View further author information
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Alta de Vosf Department of Environmental Science, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9085-4012View further author information
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Maike Hamanna Centre for Sustainability Transitions, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2906-4043View further author information
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Linda Luvunoa Centre for Sustainability Transitions, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8096-4138View further author information
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Dirk J. Rouxg Scientific Services, South African National Parks, George, South Africa;h Sustainability Research Unit, Nelson Mandela University, George, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7809-0446View further author information
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Odirilwe Selomanea Centre for Sustainability Transitions, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6892-4221View further author information
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Ryan Blancharda Centre for Sustainability Transitions, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa;i Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Research Group, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Stellenbosch, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3560-4133View further author information
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Jessica Cockburnf Department of Environmental Science, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3954-7340View further author information
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Luthando Dzibaj Conservation Services, South African National Parks, Pretoria, South Africa;k Centre for African Conservation Ecology, Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6974-5578View further author information
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Karen J. Eslerl Department of Conservation Ecology & Entomology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6510-727XView further author information
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Christo Fabriciush Sustainability Research Unit, Nelson Mandela University, George, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2223-5671View further author information
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Rebecka Henrikssonm Centre for Water Resources Research, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9949-8851View further author information
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Karen Kotschyn Association for Water and Rural Development (AWARD), Hoedspruit, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1536-3309View further author information
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Regina Lindborgo Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, Stockholm, SwedenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7134-7974View further author information
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Vanessa A. Mastersonb Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden;p Department of Anthropology, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5379-9309View further author information
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Jeanne L. Nelh Sustainability Research Unit, Nelson Mandela University, George, South Africa;q Environmental Sciences Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The NetherlandsORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6220-770XView further author information
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Patrick O’Farrellc FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa;r African Climate and Development Initiative, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9538-8831View further author information
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Carolyn G. Palmers Institute for Water Research, ARUA Water CoE, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7349-1304View further author information
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Laura Pereiraa Centre for Sustainability Transitions, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa;b Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden;t Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands;u Global Change Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4996-7234View further author information
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Sharon Pollardn Association for Water and Rural Development (AWARD), Hoedspruit, South AfricaView further author information
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Rika Preisera Centre for Sustainability Transitions, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4159-0708View further author information
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Robert J. Scholesu Global Change Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5537-6935View further author information
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Charlie Shackletonf Department of Environmental Science, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8489-6136View further author information
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Sheona Shackletonr African Climate and Development Initiative, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6133-9070View further author information
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Nadia Sitasa Centre for Sustainability Transitions, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa;l Department of Conservation Ecology & Entomology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0888-8617View further author information
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Jasper A. Slingsbyv Department of Biological Sciences and Centre for Statistics in Ecology, Environment and Conservation, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa;w Fynbos Node, South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON), Claremont, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-1181View further author information
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Marja Spierenburgx Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa;y Department of Anthropology and Development Sociology, Leiden University, Leiden, The NetherlandsORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0128-1900View further author information
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Pages 447-468 | Received 06 Aug 2021, Accepted 30 Jun 2022, Published online: 14 Aug 2022

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