South African Ocean Accounts
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The Team
The NRF Community of Practice on Ocean Accounts Framework is made up of 8 Work Programmes that have embarked on different tasks to accomplish an integrated approach to better, more evolved, more sustainable marine management practices.
Meet the people driving Ocean Accounts work in the Western Indian Ocean Region.
WP1 legal environment and regulatory research team members:
Prof. Patrick Vrancken, OAF CoP Principal Investigator
Thobisa Simelane
WP2 oceanographic research team members:
Dr. Tommy Bornman
Nicole Du Plessis
Dr. Juliet Hermes
Erika Brown
WP3: Ocean Account Framework structure in ocean governance team members:
Prof. Ken Findlay
Dr. Taina Loureiro
WP4: Women’s economic empowerment research team members:
Prof. Joleen Steyn Kotze
Narnia Bohler-Muller
WP5 socio-ecological research team members:
Dr. Rose Boswell
WP6 blue carbon habitats team members:
Professor Janine Adams, Nelson Mandela University, DSI/NRF Research Chair
in Shallow Water Ecosystems, Deputy Director of the Institute for Coastal and Marine Research
Professor Susan Taljaard, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Coastal Systems – Principal Researcher Nelson Mandela University: Institute for Coastal & Marine Research – Adjunct Professor
Professor Anusha Rajkaran, University of the Western Cape, Associate Professor
Professor Lara van Niekerk, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Estuary condition assessment, natural capital reporting & policy integrator
Dr Jackie Raw, Nelson Mandela University, Researcher
WP7 Risks and Vulnrabilities in the oceans research team members:
Prof. Mike Meyers
Sarah Taylor
Collaborators and Contributors
Some of our valued stakeholders.
Please contact us if you would like to learn more and engage in the Western Indian Ocean region Ocean Accounts development.