Jane Turpie (0000-0003-1220-6295)

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Dr Turpie has a background in ecology and has also worked and taught in the applied fields of conservation biology and resource economics for the past 30 years. As well as estuarine ecology and ornithology, her work includes quantification and valuation of ecosystem services, household livelihoods and pressures on natural resources, modelling socio-ecological systems, incentive and financing systems for conservation, integrated conservation and development planning, quantitative scenario analysis for integrated water resource management, and impact and adaptation studies relating to climate change and biodiversity. Jane is director of Anchor Environmental Consultants, a part-time Senior Research Fellow of the Environmental-Economics Policy Research Unit at the School of Economics, University of Cape Town, and an Honorary Research Fellow of the South African Institute of Aquatic Biodiversity. She has supervised 41 postgraduate students, published 58 peer-reviewed papers in ecology and economics disciplines, 14 book chapters, and numerous technical reports.

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University of Cape Town: Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA

2010-01-01 to present | Senior Research Fellow (School of Economics)

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University of Cape Town: Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA

Anchor Environmental Consultants: Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA

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University of Cape Town: Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA

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South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity: Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, ZA

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An Estuary Ecosystem Classification that encompasses biogeography and a high diversity of types in support of protection and management

Ecosystem service values of sediment generation and entrapment by marginal coral reefs at Sodwana Bay, South Africa

Potential impacts of changing climate on nature-based tourism: A case study of South Africa’s national parks

The future representativeness of Madagascar's protected area network in the face of climate change

A synthesis of three decades of socio-ecological change in False Bay, South Africa: Setting the scene for multidisciplinary research and management

An environmental flow determination method for integrating multiple-scale ecohydrological and complex ecosystem processes in estuaries

Building assessment practice and lessons from the scientific assessment on livestock predation in South Africa

Assessing, quantifying and valuing the ecosystem services of coastal lagoons

Life Cycle Cost and Return on Investment as complementary decision variables for urban flood risk management in developing countries

Managing specific freshwater ecosystems

Climate change and South Africa’s commercial farms: an assessment of impacts on specialised horticulture, crop, livestock and mixed farming systems

Livestock predation in South Africa: The need for and value of a scientific assessment

Mapping and valuation of South Africa's ecosystem services: A local perspective

Population crash in Lesotho's endemic Maloti minnow Pseudobarbus quathlambae following invasion by translocated smallmouth yellowfish Labeobarbus aeneus

Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of ecosystem-based adaptation: Kamiesberg wetlands case study

The impact of climate change on net revenue and food adequacy of subsistence farming households in South Africa

Potential impacts of alternative regulatory interventions on the recreational value of angling on the Breede River estuary, South Africa

Influence of habitat structure and mouth dynamics on avifauna of intermittently-open estuaries: A study of four small South African estuaries

Inland fisheries and aquaculture

Shallow waters: social science research in South Africa's marine environment

South Africa's coastal-breeding white-breasted cormorants: population trends, breeding season and movements, and diet

A review of the ecology and management of temporarily open/closed estuaries in South Africa, with particular emphasis on river flow and mouth state as primary drivers of these systems

Are African penguins worth saving? The ecotourism value of the Boulders Beach colony

Use of a small, intermittently-open estuary by waterbirds: A case study of the East Kleinemonde Estuary, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Birds

Characteristics and value of the Thukela banks crustacean and linefish fisheries, and the potential impacts of changes in river flow

Development of the South African Water Resource Classification System (WRCS): A tool towards the sustainable, equitable and efficient use of water resources in a developing country

Is enhanced tourism a reasonable expectation for transboundary conservation? An evaluation of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

Value and management of the subsistence fishery at Knysna Estuary, South Africa

Valuing the provisioning services of wetlands: Contrasting a rural wetland in lesotho with a peri-urban wetland in south africa

A multidisciplinary study of a small, temporarily open/closed South African estuary, with particular emphasis on the influence of mouth state on the ecology of the system

The working for water programme: Evolution of a payments for ecosystem services mechanism that addresses both poverty and ecosystem service delivery in South Africa

Determining a charge for the clearing of invasive alien plant species (IAPs) to augment water supply in South Africa

The ecological and economic consequences of changing land use in the southern Drakensberg Grasslands, South Africa

Potential impact of viticulture expansion on habitat types in the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa

The role of resource economics in the control of invasive alien plants in South Africa

The value of flower tourism on the Bokkeveld Plateau - A botanical hotspot

Economic value of terrestrial and marine biodiversity in the Cape Floristic Region: Implications for defining effective and socially optimal conservation strategies

Estimating the costs of conserving a biodiversity hotspot: A case-study of the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa

Evaluating combinations of on-and off-reserve conservation strategies for the Agulhas Plain, South Africa: A financial perspective

The existence value of biodiversity in South Africa: How interest, experience, knowledge, income and perceived level of threat influence local willingness to pay

The role of estuaries in south african fisheries: Economic importance and management implications

Assessment of the conservation priority status of South African estuaries for use in management and water allocation

Distribution of South African marine benthic invertebrates applied to the selection of priority conservation areas

Socio-economic characteristics of gillnet and beach-seine fishers in the Western Cape, South Africa

Estimating potential impacts of a change in river quality on the tourism value of Kruger National Park: An application of travel cost, contingent and conjoint valuation methods

Biogeography and the selection of priority areas for conservation of South African coastal fishes

How much is a clean beach worth? The impact of litter on beach users in the Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Implications of co-management for benefits from natural resources for rural households in north-western Zimbabwe

Scaling patterns in the foraging behaviour of sympatric plovers: Effects of body size and diet