Wayne twine
Associate Professor
School of Animal, Plant and Enviromental Sciences
University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa
Biography
Wayne Twine is an associate professor of School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences at Wits University, Johannesburg, South Africa. His research interest is in socio-ecological systems, especially within the context of natural resource use and sustainable rural livelihoods in African savannas. He manages the SUNRAE research programme for the School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand where the aim of this programme is to generate knowledge, human resources and community support for sustainable use of natural resources in poor rural communities, to the benefit of the environment and the people.
Research Interest
His research areas are Ethnoecology, Savanna Ecology and Community Based Natural Resource Management
Publications
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Pereira LM, Cuneo CN, Twine WC (2014) Food and cash: Understanding the role of the retail sector in rural food security in South Africa, Food Security 6:339-357.
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Moyo H, Scholes MC, Twine W (2015) The effects of repeated cutting on coppice response of Terminalia sericea. Trees 29: 161-169.
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Moyo H, Scholes MC, Twine W (2015) Effects of water and nutrient additions on the timing and duration of phenological stages of resprouting Terminalia sericea. South African Journal of Botany 96: 85-90.
