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 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

Zoology

University of the Witwatersrand
South African National Biodiversity Institute
University of the Western Cape
University of Pretoria
University of Cape Town
Université de Strasbourg
Stellenbosch University
Bayworld
Nelson Mandela University
Villanova University
University of Mpumalanga
Rhodes University
Albany Museum
University of KwaZulu-Natal
University of Limpopo
University of South Africa

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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

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 15 Life on Land

Keywords

Bureaucracy
Human capital development
Nagoya protocol
Research productivity

ASJC Scopus subject areas

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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