Governance in UNESCO Biosphere Reserves

Innovative implementation of the UNESCO MAB Programme in South Africa towards the advancement of sustainable landscapes.

Pool-Stanvliet, R. & Coetzer, K. (2020) Innovative implementation of the UNESCO MAB Programme in South Africa towards the advancement of sustainable landscapes. Country chapter in: Reed, M.R. & Price, M.F. (eds.) UNESCO Biosphere Reserves: Supporting Biocultural Diversity, Sustainability and Society. Routledge: Earthscan, pp. 176 – 189. 

Participatory governance for people and nature in multifunctional landscapes—insights from Biosphere Reserves.

Sinare, H., Coetzer, K., & Schultz, L. 2025. Participatory governance for people and nature in multifunctional landscapes—insights from Biosphere Reserves. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 77, 101585. Doi: 10.1016/j.cosust.2025.101585

Exploring collaborative conservation across a multifunctional landscape in the Boland Mountain Complex, South Africa.

Klaver, M., Currie, B., Sekonya, J. G., & Coetzer, K.2025. Exploring collaborative conservation across a multifunctional landscape in the Boland Mountain Complex, South Africa. Conservation Science and Practice, e70213. Doi: 10.1111/csp2.70213

Accelerating the Global Biodiversity Framework by Strengthening Biosphere Reserves.

Barraclough, A.M.D. , Mertens, K., Cusens, J.. Heckler, S., Delaroche, M., Måren, I.E.  , Sinare, H., Thomsen, J.K., Coetzer, K., Freitas, H., Reed, M.G., Moreira-Muñoz, A., Alves, J.  (2025). Accelerating the Global Biodiversity Framework by Strengthening Biosphere Reserves, 46 pp. UNESCO. ISBN:978-82-694312-0-9. 

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Exploring the Implementation of UNESCO’s MAB Program in South Africa: A Case Study of the Cape Winelands Biosphere Reserve.

Klaver, M., Currie, B., Sekonya, J. G., & Coetzer, K. 2024. Exploring the Implementation of UNESCO’s MAB Program in South Africa: A Case Study of the Cape Winelands Biosphere Reserve. Environmental Management, 1-16. Doi:10.1007/s00267-024-02048-3

Learning through Place-Based Implementation of the UNESCO MAB Program in South Africa’s Oldest Biosphere Reserve: A Case Study of the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve.

Klaver, M., Currie, B., Sekonya, J. G., & Coetzer, K. 2024. Learning through Place-Based Implementation of the UNESCO MAB Program in South Africa’s Oldest Biosphere Reserve: A Case Study of the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve. Land, 13(4), 455. doi:10.3390/land13040455

Global knowledge–action networks at the frontlines of sustainability: Insights from five decades of science for action in UNESCO’s World Network of biosphere reserves.

Barraclough, A.D., Reed, M.G., Coetzer, K., Price, M.F., Schultz, L., Moreira-Muñoz, A., & Måren, I. 2023. Global knowledge–action networks at the frontlines of sustainability: Insights from five decades of science for action in UNESCO’s World Network of biosphere reserves. People and Nature, 00, 1– 15. doi:10.1002/pan3.10515

The scientific value of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves.

Pool-Stanvliet, R. & Coetzer, K.2020. The scientific value of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves. South African Journal of Science, 116(1/2), Art. #7432. doi:10.17159/sajs.2020/7432

Thresholds of change in a multi-use conservation landscape of South Africa: Historical land-cover, future transformation and environmental decision-making. 

Coetzer-Hanack, K.L, Witkowski, E.T.F., Erasmus, B.F.N. (2016). Thresholds of change in a multi-use conservation landscape of South Africa: Historical land-cover, future transformation and environmental decision-making. Environmental Conservation, 43(03): 253-262 Doi:10.1017/S0376892916000084

Biosphere Reserves: Bureaucratic label or sustainable landscapes?

Coetzer, K.L., Witkowski, E.T.F., Erasmus, B.F.N. (2014). Biosphere Reserves: Bureaucratic label or sustainable landscapes? Biological Reviews, 89:82-104. Doi: 10.1111/brv.12044 

The Race for Space: Tracking land-cover transformation in a socio-ecological landscape.

Coetzer, K.L., Erasmus, B.F.N., Witkowski, E.T.F., Reyers, B. (2013). The Race for Space: Tracking land-cover transformation in a socio-ecological landscape. Environmental Management, 52(3):595-611. D0i: 10.1007/s00267-013-0094-9 

A history of the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme in South Africa.

Pool-Stanvliet, R. 2013. A history of the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme in South Africa. South African Journal of Science, 109(9), pp 1-6. doi:10.1590/sajs.2013/a0035

Land-cover change in the Kruger to Canyons Biosphere Reserve (1993–2006): A first step towards creating a conservation plan for the subregion. 

Coetzer, K.L., Erasmus, B.F.N., Witkowski, E.T.F., Bachoo, A. (2010). Land-cover change in the Kruger to Canyons Biosphere Reserve (1993–2006): A first step towards creating a conservation plan for the subregion. South African Journal of Science, 106: 26-35 Doi:10.4102/sajs.v106i7/8.221