SAPECS

SAPECS is an international, transdisciplinary research program that aims to advance stewardship of social-ecological systems and ecosystem services in southern Africa... SAPECS focuses on the dynamics of interconnected social-ecological systems, which we understand to be complex adaptive systems subject to nonlinear behavior... SAPECS consists of a network of researchers, both from within the region and abroad, actively engaged in researching social-ecological systems in a range of case studies at various scales in the southern African region. This research is conducted within a shared conceptual framework and focuses on a common set of core themes.