Our Projects
By integrating our expert understanding of biodiversity, ecosystems, socio-ecological systems and economics, we address the status, use and strategic management of biodiversity and natural capital, to the benefit of society as a whole.
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Development of two offshore Marine Protected Area Management Plans, South Africa
Anchor were appointed to revise and develop updated management plans for two offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), the Southeast Atlantic Seamounts MPA and the Southwest Indian Seamounts MPA, in…
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Marine resource use assessment within the Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area (TMNP MPA)
Anchor were appointed by The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to assist in collecting data on the current status of economically and ecologically important marine invertebrates within the Table Mountain…
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“State of the Bay” 2024 monitoring programme for Saldanha Bay & Langebaan Lagoon
Monitoring of important ecosystem indicators was initiated by the Saldanha Bay Water Quality Forum Trust in 1999 and cumulated in the “State of the Bay” (SOB) report series, that began in 2006, and…
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Uganda's physical and monetary Ecosystem Accounts
Anchor compiled Uganda's Physical and Monetary Ecosystem Services and Asset Accounts 1990-2015 on behalf of Uganda Bureau of Statistics. These summarise the physical and monetary value flows of…
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Debmarine Namibia Benthic Environmental Monitoring Programme
Debmarine Namibia conduct the world’s largest offshore diamond mining operation. Understanding the impacts of mining-related disturbance to the seabed is key in meeting the company's environmental…
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Valuing the transboundary wildlife landscapes of East Africa
Anchor was appointed to identify, delineate and value the wildlife and ecosystem services of four large-scale transboundary wildlife areas straddling six countries in East Africa. We delineated four…
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Towards a system of Payments-for-Ecosystem Services in Namibia’s Communal Conservancies
In this study, we used a combination of behavioural, experimental and environmental economics research methods, namely framed field experiments and contingent valuation, as well as social survey…
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Promoting green urban development in Africa
Anchor carried out research on ways to enhance the relationship between urbanization, environmental assets and ecosystem services in three African cities. In Dar-es-Salaam, we modelled the impact of…
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Elephant Marshes: biodiversity & ecosystem services
As part of a study on promoting climate resilient livelihoods and sustainable natural resource management in the Elephant Marsh, Malawi, Anchor undertook a comprehensive field study of the…
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Lake St Lucia estuary rehabilitation
Anchor was appointed to undertake a comprehensive research project to select and implement the most feasible option for improving the ecological functioning of the St Lucia estuarine system, which is…
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Developing a management strategy for Endangered, Threatened or Protected species in a tuna pole and line fishery
The albacore (a.k.a. longfin) tuna (Thunnus alalunga) pole and line (TPL) fishery in South Africa is a socio-economically important fishery, contributing to the local economy and providing employment…
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Saudi Arabia
NEOM is a centerpiece of Saudi Arabia's 2030 Vision to grow and diversify the Saudi Arabian economy and position the country to play a leading role in global development. It aims to introduce a new…