Excessive red tape is strangling biodiversity research in South Africa

Graham J. Alexander; Krystal A. Tolley; Bryan Maritz; Andrew McKechnie; Paul Manger; Robert L. Thomson; Carsten Schradin; Andrea Fuller; Leith Meyer; Robyn S. Hetem; Michael Cherry; Werner Conradie; Aaron M. Bauer; David Maphisa; Justin O'Riain; Daniel M. Parker; Musa C. Mlambo; Gary Bronner; Kim Madikiza; Adriaan Engelbrecht; Alan T.K. Lee; Bettine Jansen van Vuuren; Tshifhiwa G. Mandiwana-Neudani; Darren Pietersen; Jan A. Venter; Michael J. Somers; Rob Slotow; W. Maartin Strauss; Marc S. Humphries; Peter G. Ryan; Graham I.H. Kerley

doi:10.17159/SAJS.2021/10787

Excessive red tape is strangling biodiversity research in South Africa

Graham J. Alexander, Krystal A. Tolley, Bryan Maritz, Andrew McKechnie, Paul Manger, Robert L. Thomson, Carsten Schradin, Andrea Fuller, Leith Meyer, Robyn S. Hetem, Michael Cherry, Werner Conradie, Aaron M. Bauer, David Maphisa, Justin O'Riain, Daniel M. Parker, Musa C. Mlambo, Gary Bronner, Kim Madikiza, Adriaan EngelbrechtAlan T.K. Lee, Bettine Jansen van Vuuren, Tshifhiwa G. Mandiwana-Neudani, Darren Pietersen, Jan A. Venter, Michael J. Somers, Rob Slotow, W. Maartin Strauss, Marc S. Humphries, Peter G. Ryan, Graham I.H. Kerley

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Original language	English
Article number	10787
Journal	South African Journal of Science
Volume	117
Issue number	9-10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.17159/SAJS.2021/10787
Publication status	Published - 2021

Keywords

Bureaucracy
Human capital development
Nagoya protocol
Research productivity

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General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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Alexander, G. J., Tolley, K. A., Maritz, B., McKechnie, A., Manger, P., Thomson, R. L., Schradin, C., Fuller, A., Meyer, L., Hetem, R. S., Cherry, M., Conradie, W., Bauer, A. M., Maphisa, D., O'Riain, J., Parker, D. M., Mlambo, M. C., Bronner, G., Madikiza, K., ... Kerley, G. I. H. (2021). Excessive red tape is strangling biodiversity research in South Africa. South African Journal of Science, 117(9-10), Article 10787. https://doi.org/10.17159/SAJS.2021/10787

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