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Prof Dirk Roux

Prof Dirk Roux

Specialist Scientist: Social-Ecological Systems, Garden Route & Frontier Research Unit

Location: Nelson Mandela University (George Campus)

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +27 (0)44 343 1302

Education

  • BSc, 1986, University of the Free State
  • BSc Honours (Limnology), 1987, University of the Free State
  • MSc (Zoology), 1993, University of Johannesburg
  • PhD (Zoology), 1999, University of Johannesburg

Research Focus and Interest

  • Conservation of freshwater ecosystems
  • Role of protected areas in providing ecosystem services
  • Adaptive management of natural resources
  • A transdisciplinary approach to research

Publications

Journal Articles

Selected journal articles (also see Google Scholar)

Job, N., Roux, D.J., Bezuidenhout, H. and Cole, N.S. (2020). A multi-scale, participatory approach to developing a wetland inventory of Mountain Zebra National Park, South Africa. Frontiers in Environmental Science 8:49. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2020.00049

Roux, D.J., Smith, M.K.S., Smit, I.P.J., Freitag, S., Slabbert, L., Mokhatla, M.M., Hayes, J. and Mpapane, N.P. (2020). Cultural ecosystem services as complex outcomes of people–nature interactions in protected areas. Ecosystem Services 43 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2020.101111

Roux, D.J., Kingsford, R.T., Cook, C.N., Carruthers, J., Dickson, K. and Hockings, M. (2019). The case for embedding researchers in conservation agencies. Conservation Biology 33(6): 1266-1274. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13324

Roux, D.J., Nel, J.L., Cundill, G., O’Farrell, P. and Fabricius, C. (2017). Transdisciplinary research for systemic change: who to learn with, what to learn about and how to learn. Sustainability Science 12(5): 711–726. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-017-0446-0

Nel, J.L., Roux, D.J., Driver, A., Hill, L., Maherry, A., Snaddon, K., Petersen, C., Smith-Adao, L.B., Van Deventer, H. and Reyers, B. (2016). Knowledge co-production and boundary work to promote implementation of conservation plans. Conservation Biology 30(1): 176–188.

Roux, D.J., Nel, J.L., Fisher, R. and Barendse, J. (2016). Top-down conservation targets and bottom-up management action: creating complementary feedbacks for freshwater conservation. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 26: 364-380.

Novellie, P., Biggs, H. and Roux, D. (2016). National laws and policies can enable or confound adaptive governance: Examples from South African national parks. Environmental Science & Policy 66: 40-46.

Cundill, G., Roux, D.J. and Parker, J.N. (2015). Nurturing communities of practice for transdisciplinary research. Ecology and Society 20 (2): 22. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol20/iss2/art22/

Roux, D.J., Kingsford, R.T., McCool, S.F., McGeoch, M.A. and Foxcroft, L.C. (2015). The role and value of conservation agency research. Environmental Management 55(6): 1232-1245. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-015-0473-5

Roux, D.J., Breen, C.M. and Carruthers, J. (2014). Reflections on the history of aquatic science in South Africa with particular reference to the period after 1994. Water SA 40(2): 255-262.

Roux, D.J. and Nel, J.L. (2013). Freshwater conservation planning in South Africa: Milestones to date and catalysts for implementation. Water SA 39(1): 151-163.

Roux, D.J. and Foxcroft, L.C. (2011). The development and application of strategic adaptive management within South African National Parks. Koedoe 53(2), Art. #1049. http://www.koedoe.co.za/index.php/koedoe/article/view/1049/1216

Roux, D.J., Stirzaker, R.J., Breen, C.M., Lefroy, E.C. and Cresswell, H.P. (2010). Framework for participative reflection on the accomplishment of transdisciplinary research programs. Environmental Science and Policy 13(8): 733-741.

Roux, D.J., Nel, J.L., Ashton, P.J., Deacon, A.R., de Moor, F.C., Hardwick, D., Hill, L., Kleynhans, C.J., Maree, G.A., Moolman, J. and Scholes, R.J. (2008). Designing protected areas to conserve riverine biodiversity: Lessons from a hypothetical redesign of the Kruger National Park. Biological Conservation 141: 100-117.

Roux, D.J., Rogers, K.H., Biggs, H.C., Ashton, P.J. and Sergeant, A. (2006). Bridging the science-management divide: Moving from unidirectional knowledge transfer to knowledge interfacing and sharing. Ecology and Society 11(1). http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol11/iss1/art4/