Dr Kaera Coetzer

Principal Investigator (PI)

Dr Kaera Coetzer is a social-ecological systems scientist with expertise drawing from the natural and social sciences. She is interested in understanding ecosystem behaviour as it is shaped through the actions of landscape actors and institutions at various scales, with a particular focus on environmental governance at the landscape scale.

She has a specific interest in UNESCO Biosphere Reserves operating as sustainability organisations, in how they curate sustainability pathways and support more equitable and participatory decision-making around the environment, more sustainable resource-use behaviour, and thus, more sustainable local livelihoods long-term. She is the Principal Investigator of this research.

Email: kaera.coetzer@up.ac.za