Jane Turpie
Doctor
Behavioural Ecology
University of Cape Town
South Africa
Biography
Jane Turpie is the center director of EPRU. She has a PhD in Behavioural Ecology (1994) and has worked and taught in the applied fields of Conservation Biology and Resource Economics for the past 16 years. Her interests and experience are broad, but tend to have in common her interest in getting to grips with the bigger picture, solving wide-scale and multidisciplinary, integrative problems.
Research Interest
Her current research interests include valuation and mapping of ecosystem services, the socio-economic impacts of marine protected areas, integrating economics into conservation planning, and climate change. She has published 42 scientific papers and 7 book chapters and has written more than 130 technical reports.
Publications
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2016-01-12 SOUTH AFRICA TANZANIA Climate change and South Africa’s commercial farms: an assessment of impacts on specialised horticulture, crop, livestock and mixed farming systems
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2017-01-10 SOUTH AFRICA Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of ecosystem-based adaptation: Kamiesberg wetlands case study
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2017-10-25 SOUTH AFRICA Mapping and valuation of South Africa's ecosystem services: A local perspective
