Gretchen Walters
Professeure associée

Université de Lausanne
Institut de géographie et durabilité
Mouline - Géopolis 3612
CH-1015 Lausanne
 
 
 
Tél. +41 21 692 3072
gretchen.walters@unil.ch
83 Publications:

The Zoo Sphere of Influence Model
Spooner, Sarah L.; Walker, Susan L.; Dowell, Simon; Marques, Mara Cristina; Somenzari, Marina; Rocha, Fabiana Lopes; Cordero-Schmidt, Eugenia; Hughes, Charlotte; Lee, Christine; Smith, Charlotte; Kelly, Jennifer; Salim, Linda; Khoo, Doreen; Omar, Junaidi; Franks, Jennifer; Walters, Gretchen; Sithole, Samantha S.; Hymas, Olivier; Luna, Jessie K.; Grajal, Alejandro; Röper, Kathrin M.; Bamford, Paul; Waterman, James; Howson, Lyndon M.; Costa, Kirsty; Lawrence-Thompson, Frankie; Sanderson, Stephanie; Tomisawa, Kanako; Beltramo,...
In January 2023 we proposed the Zoo Sphere of Influence, a new model to represent the value of zoos/aquariums for species and society. This model...
2025-11
10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111429
Local-global linkages in biodiversity governance: The regime complex of the convention on biological diversity agenda for nature pledges
Nguyen, Van Thi Hai; Le-Huynh, Truc-Ly; Gadola, Simon; Nguyen, Quynh; Walters, Gretchen; Owuor, Margaret Awuor
The trajectory of global biodiversity governance, culminating in the 2022 Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF), reflects a pivot toward transformative change through a “whole-of-society” (WoS)...
2025-11
10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104246
Youth and Conservation in the Greater Kruger National Park Landscape
Sithole, Samantha S.; Walters, Gretchen M.; Matose, Frank; Simango, Lambert
2025-10-23
10.2307/jj.26193010.8
Recognition of Commons and ICCAs—Territories of Life in Europe: Assessing Twelve Years of Initiatives in Spain
Couto, Sergio; Walters, Gretchen; Martín Civantos, José María
Lack of recognition lays at the root of many of the current challenges for commons and ICCAs—Territories of Life despite the wide range of ongoing,...
2025-08-09
10.3390/land14081623
Changing the decision context to enable social learning for climate adaptation
Colloff, Matthew J.; Gorddard, Russell; Munera-Roldán, Claudia; Locatelli, Bruno; Lavorel, Sandra; Allain, Sandrine; Bruley, Enora; Butler, James R. A.; Dubo, Titouan; Enokenwa Baa, Ojongetakah; González-García, Alberto; Lécuyer, Lou; Lo, Michaela; Loos, Jacqueline; Palomo, Ignacio; Topp, Emeline; Vallet, Améline; Walters, Gretchen
2025-05-03
10.1002/pan3.70043
Territories of Commons: A Review of Common Land Organizations and Institutions in the European Alps
Pagot, Giacomo; Šmid Hribar, Mateja; Rail, Lisa Francesca; Walters, Gretchen; Hymas, Olivier; Liechti, Karina; Haller, Tobias; Urbanc, Mimi; Dalla Torre, Cristina; Joye, Jean-Francois; Lorenzini, Sara; Bogataj, Nevenka; Penker, Marianne; Bender, Oliver; Manzoni, Antonio
Common land organizations and institutions (hereinafter: CLOIs) have been extensively studied worldwide. However, the extent of the European ones is relatively unknown, despite studies and...
2025-04-29
10.1088/1748-9326/add1f4
La gouvernance de l'eau et des forets par les communs fonciers : L'exemple des sections de commune à Chanaleilles - Haute-Loire
Baquedano, Clara; Meuris, Alise; Kaczmarek, Ilanne; Walters, Gretchen; Hymas, Olivier; Crétier, Alys; Châteauneuf, Alain; Vacheron, Raymond; Pignol, Yvonne; Torrent, Jules; Torrent, Marie-Louise; Pontier, Monique; Julien, David; Lemonnier, S.; Crouzet, D.
Partout en Europe, des communautés ancestrales gèrent des ressources naturelles et des biens matériels. Elles en ont collectivement l'usage et s'organisent au moyen d'une gouvernance...
2025-04-01
Revealing the social histories of ancient savannas and intact forests using a historical ecology approach in Central Africa
Walters, Gretchen; Hymas, Olivier; Touladjan, Stevens; Ndong, Kevin
Lave, Rebecca; Lane, Stuart
2025-02-25
10.11647/obp.0418.13
Intertwined people–nature relations are central to nature-based adaptation to climate change
Locatelli, Bruno; Lavorel, Sandra; Colloff, Matthew J.; Crouzat, Emilie; Bruley, Enora; Fedele, Giacomo; Grêt-Regamey, Adrienne; Plieninger, Tobias; Andersson, Erik; Abbott, Mick; Butler, James; Devisscher, Tahia; Djoudi, Houria; Dubo, Titouan; González-García, Alberto; Karim, Paulina G.; Múnera-Roldán, Claudia; Neyret, Margot; Quétier, Fabien; Salliou, Nicolas; Walters, Gretchen
Adaptation to climate change is a social–ecological process: it is not solely a result of natural processes or human decisions but emerges from multiple relations...
2025-01-09
10.1098/rstb.2023.0213
Reconciling global and local benefits of forest restoration: A shared interdisciplinary perspective
Mansourian, Stephanie; Adams, William M.; Bouazza, Karma; Ferreira, Joice Nunes; Ganz, David J.; Hurd, Jack; Pagiola, Stefano; Parrotta, John; Ramamonjisoa, Bruno; Ratsifandrihamanana, Nanie; Villalobos, Roger; Walters, Gretchen; Kull, Christian A.
Restoring ecosystems, and forests in particular, has become a global priority. At larger scales, forest restoration must necessarily reconcile the needs and priorities of multiple...
2025-01
10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103381
A gap analysis of governance and rights in ROAM guidance using the IUCN CEESP Natural Resource Governance Framework
Nuesiri, Emmanuel; Campese, Jessica; Walters, Gretchen; Mansourian, Stephanie; Brown, Benjamin; Kuzee, Mirjam; Nakangu, Barbara; de Moor, Rosemary
2025
Le consentement libre, informé, préalable et la création d'une aire protégée au Gabon
Walters, Gretchen; Hymas, Olivier; Bifane Ekomi, Emeline
Le Gabon s'est engagé à accroitre la protection de la nature de 30 % d'ici 2030, conformément au Cadre mondial de la biodiversité. Une nouvelle...
2024-12-30
Analysing perceptions of nature and nature's contributions to people for a Swiss ecological infrastructure
Cracco, Marina; Walters, Gretchen; Loup, Romain
Understanding how a population perceives nature and nature's contributions to people is key to designing a society's ecological infrastructure. Narrative-based research can capture how people...
2024-11-28
10.1002/pan3.10751
Youth engagement in global conservation governance
Sithole, Samantha S.; Walters, Gretchen; Mbatha, Philile; Matose, Frank
Youth are increasingly recognized for their important role in shaping environmental decisions surrounding conservation. Regrettably, youth who are crucial decision-makers are often excluded from environmental...
2024-11-25
10.1111/cobi.14387
Where is the wolf? A multi‐method comparison of social values and perceptions in a Swiss park
Cracco, Marina; Michel, Annina H.; Komossa, Franziska; Kong, Inhye; Backhaus, Norman; Thaler, Lucia; Oliveri, Timo; Walters, Gretchen
This article presents our recent experience studying public perceptions, discourses, and social values in Park Beverin, a Regional Nature Park in Switzerland. We applied four...
2024-07-22
10.1002/wlb3.01267
Youth engagement with conservation: From global platforms to local landscapes
Sithole, Samantha Sinikiwe
From the bustling conference halls of the World Conservation Congress to the narrow roads of Kruger National Park, this thesis examines the role of youth...
2024-05-27
Global China and the ‘commons': rosewood governance in rural Ghana
Baidoo, Anthony; Walters, Gretchen; Ongolo, Symphorien
The rise of Global China or the rapid expansion of Chinese influence abroad has had a commensurate impact on transnational trade and related commercial pressure...
2024-03
10.1016/j.wds.2024.100126
Defining the Anthropocene tropical forest: Moving beyond ‘disturbance' and ‘landscape domestication' with concepts from African worldviews
Fraser, James Angus; Cosiaux, Ariane; Walters, Gretchen; Asiyanbi, Adeniyi; Osei-Wusu Adjei, Prince; Addo-Fordjour, Patrick; Fairhead, James; Kialo, Paulin; Laurier Engone Obiang, Nestor; Oslisly, Richard
How natural and cultural forces shaping tropical forested landscapes are conceptualised is of vital importance to Anthropocene debates. We examine two concepts: disturbance and landscape...
2024-02-01
10.1177/20530196231226307
Zoos and Aquariums are changing how they engage with Indigenous people and local communities
Sithole, Samantha; Walters, Gretchen; Hymas, Olivier
2024-02
Foncier en communs: vers une propriété partagée des lieux essentiels
Seillier, Rémy; Shulz, Sébastien; Annereau, Claire; Hymas, Olivier; Joye, Jean-François; Walters, Gretchen
2024-01-28
How are Switzerland's Protected Areas Doing? Assessing the Effect of Protected Areas on People's Livelihoods, Social Values and Perceptions of Nature and its Benefits
Cracco, Marina
2024
Zoos and Aquariums are Changing their Exhibits to Represent Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities' Perspectives
Sithole, Samantha; Walters, Gretchen; Hymas, Olivier
2023-12-22
Territories of life as key to global environmental sustainability
Zanjani, Leila V; Govan, Hugh; Jonas, Holly C; Karfakis, Theodore; Mwamidi, Daniel M; Stewart, Jessica; Walters, Gretchen; Dominguez, Pablo
Territories and areas that Indigenous peoples and local communities govern, manage and conserve (hereafter territories of life) are increasingly recognized by scientists, international agencies, nongovernmental...
2023-08
10.1016/j.cosust.2023.101298
Book review: Géographie et impérialisme: de la Suisse au Congo entre exploration géographique et conquête coloniale
Walters, Gretchen
2023-07-17
10.5194/gh-78-337-2023
In danger of co-option: Examining how austerity and central control shape community woodlands in Scotland
Sharma, Kavita; Hollingdale, Jon; Walters, Gretchen; Metzger, Marc J.; Ghazoul, Jaboury
Community ownership and management of land has gained prominence in environmental policy discussions, especially within land restoration debates. Within Scotland, community land ownership is promoted...
2023-06
10.1016/j.geoforum.2023.103771
Glocal woodlands – The rescaling of forest governance in Scotland
Sharma, Kavita; Walters, Gretchen; Metzger, Marc J.; Ghazoul, Jaboury
As a response to global crises of climate change and biodiversity loss, the UN has called for restoring a billion hectares of land. In recognition,...
2023-03
10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.106524
Navigating power in conservation
Shackleton, Ross T.; Walters, Gretchen; Bluwstein, Jevgeniy; Djoudi, Houria; Fritz, Livia; Lafaye de Micheaux, Flore; Loloum, Tristan; Nguyen, Van Thi Hai; Rann Andriamahefazafy, Mialy; Sithole, Samantha S.; Kull, Christian A.
Conservation research and practice are increasingly engaging with people and drawing on social sciences to improve environmental governance. In doing so, conservation engages with power...
2023-01-29
10.1111/csp2.12877
The rise and fall of protected areas in Central Africa: a historical perspective
Walters, Gretchen; Wardell, David Andrew
Ongolo, Symphorien; Krott, Max
In view of their new commitments to the Convention on Biological Diversity, many countries are deciding how to increase the number of PAs (30% by...
2023
10.4324/9781003363101-4
Forest of Our Past, Forest of Our Future: Managing the Woods of an Ancient French Common
Walters, Gretchen; Levet, Alain
This article explores the governance of the forest of Cheylard l'Eveque in central France and discusses challenges and opportunities for supporting these commons, which are...
2023
Les parcs nationaux du Gabon et leurs incidences sur les communautés locales : cas du secteur nord du Parc National de Loango
Bifane Ekomi, Emeline Narcéla; Edou Ebolo, Clet Mesmin; Walters, Gretchen Marie
Les aires protégées restent des espaces très controversés en raison de nombreux conflits qui y prévalent et ce malgré l'intérêt accordé à la préservation de...
2022-12-01
Covid-19, Pueblos Indígenas, comunidades locales y gobernanza de los recursos naturales: resultados finales
Laouadi, Samir; Hymas, Olivier; Nkollo Kema-Kema, Christy; Van Vliet, Nathalie; Walters, Gretchen
Esta publicación tiene como objetivo informar sobre cómo la pandemia de Covid-19 está afectando a los Pueblos Indígenas y a las comunidades locales (PICL), en...
2022-07-28
Covid-19, Indigenous Peoples, Local communities and natural resource governance: Final Results
Laouadi, Samir; Hymas, Olivier; Nkollo Kema-Kema, Christy; Van Vliet, Nathalie; Walters, Gretchen
This publication reports on how the Covid-19 pandemic affected Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) in 2020-1, particularly those who govern, manage and conserve their...
2022-07-28
Covid-19, peuples autochtones, communautés locales et gouvernance des ressources naturelles : résultats finaux
Laouadi, Samir; Hymas, Olivier; Nkollo Kema-Kema, Christy; Van Vliet, Nathalie; Walters, Gretchen
Cette publication rend compte de la manière dont la pandémie de la Covid-19 affecte les peuples autochtones et les communautés locales (PACLs), en particulier ceux...
2022-07-28
Flore et feux dans une mosaïque de forêts et de savanes anciennes d'Afrique centrale : Check‐list du Parc National des Plateaux Batéké (Gabon)
Walters, Gretchen; Nguema, Diosdado; Niangadouma, Raoul
RESUME Contexte et buts – Les savanes anciennes d'Afrique sont influencées par les feux, possèdent des suffrutices géoxyliques et endémiques et elles sont encore peu...
2022-05-24
Flora and fire in an old-growth Central African forest-savanna mosaic: a checklist of the Parc National des Plateaux Batéké (Gabon)
Walters, Gretchen M.; Nguema, Diosdado; Niangadouma, Raoul
Background and aims – Old-growth savannas in Africa are impacted by fire, have endemic and geoxylic suffrutices, and are understudied. This paper explores the Parc...
2022-05-05
10.5091/plecevo.85954
The forest is clothing for the ancestors: A rapid cultural assessment tool for forest landscape restoration policy processes
Wild, Robert; Walters, Gretchen
Restoration of degraded lands and ecosystems is one of the largest challenges of our times. Many countries are making pledges to restore their lands and...
2022-01
10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119825
Ancistrocladaceae
Gereau, Roy E.; Walters, Gretchen M.
2022
Enhancing the integration of governance in landscape restoration opportunities assessments
Campese, Jessica; Mansourian, Stephanie; Walters, Gretchen; Nuesiri, Emmanuel; Hamzah, Amran; Brown, Benjamin; Kuzee, Miriam; Nakangu, Barbara
Governance is a crucial factor in the equity, effectiveness and sustainability of forest landscape restoration (FLR). The Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM) provides a framework...
2022
Landscape ecology reaching out
Kienast, Felix; Walters, Gretchen; Bürgi, Matthias
2021-07
10.1007/s10980-021-01301-y
The power of choice: How institutional selection influences restoration success in Africa
Walters, G.; Baruah, M.; Karambiri, M.; Osei-Wusu Adjei, P.; Samb, C.; Barrow, E.
Restoration of degraded ecosystem functions and services is an important component of conservation and sustainable development because it allows people to improve human livelihoods by...
2021-05
10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.104090
Integrating landscape ecology into landscape practice in Central African Rainforests
Walters, G.; Sayer, J.; Boedhihartono, A. K.; Endamana, D.; Angu Angu, K.
Context: We describe how large landscape-scale conservation initiatives involving local communities, NGOs and resource managers have engaged with landscape scientists with the goal of achieving...
2021-04-03
10.1007/s10980-021-01237-3
There's nothing new under the sun – lessons conservationists could learn from previous pandemics
Hymas, Olivier; Rocha, Bruna; Guerrero, Natalia; Torres, Mauricio; Ndong, Kevin; Walters, Gretchen
In many industrialised societies, the COVID-19 pandemic has been painted as an unprecedented moment caused by human abuse of nature. Responses to it have, in...
2021-03-11
10.2305/iucn.ch.2021.parks-27-sioh.en
COVID-19, Indigenous peoples, local communities and natural resource governance
Walters, Gretchen; Pathak Broome, Neema; Cracco, Marina; Dash, Tushar; Dudley, Nigel; Elías, Silvel; Hymas, Olivier; Mangubhai, Sangeeta; Mohan, Vik; Niederberger, Thomas; Achtone Achtone Nkollo Kema Kema, Christy; Oussou Lio, Appolinaire; Raveloson, Njaka; Rubis, June; Mathieu Toviehou, S.A.R.; Van Vliet, Nathalie
We report on how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting Indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs), especially those who govern, manage and conserve their lands and...
2021-03-11
10.2305/iucn.ch.2021.parks-27-sigw.en
Stuck in the Colonial Past? Perpetuating Racist, Environmental Myths of Kenya in a Swiss Zoo
Sithole, Samantha; Fernandes, Marianna; Hymas, Olivier; Sharma, Kavita; Walters, Gretchen
This contribution challenges representations of landscapes and communities within zoos in Europe that may amplify colonial narratives of local people through a racialised and often...
2021
10.3167/ajec.2021.300207
Dwelling in the relational commons: exploring the contemporary role and significance of a section de commune in the Jura Mountains
Smith, George; Walters, Gretchen; Hymas, Olivier
2021
Gatekeeping Access: Shea Land Formalization and the Distribution of Market-Based Conservation Benefits in Ghana's CREMA
Gilli, Mengina; Côte, Muriel; Walters, Gretchen
2020-09-29
10.3390/land9100359
Analysing and Applying Stakeholder Perceptions to Improve Protected Area Governance in Ugandan Conservation Landscapes
Omoding, James; Walters, Gretchen; Andama, Edward; Carvalho, Salete; Colomer, Julien; Cracco, Marina; Eilu, Gerald; Kiyingi, Gaster; Kumar, Chetan; Langoya, Council Dickson; Nakangu Bugembe, Barbara; Reinhard, Florian; Schelle, Celina
2020-06-25
10.3390/land9060207
Implementing a landscape approach in the Agoro-Agu region of Uganda
Omoding, James; Walters, Gretchen; Carvalho, Salete; Cracco, Marina; Langoya, C.D.; Kiyingi, Gaster; Kumar, Chetan; Reinhard, Florian; Ssenyonjo, Edward; Twinomuhangi, Leo
2020-05-25
Deciphering African tropical forest dynamics in the Anthropocene: How social and historical sciences can elucidate forest cover change and inform forest management
Walters, G.; Fraser, J. Angus; Picard, N.; Hymas, O.; Fairhead, J.
Forests bear the historical legacies of human activities over thousands of years, including agriculture, trade, disease and resource extraction. Many of these activities may represent...
2019-09
10.1016/j.ancene.2019.100214
A landscape for everyone: integrating rights-based and landscape governance approaches
Walters, Gretchen
Blomley, Tom
Within a landscape of overlapping ecological, social and economic priorities, plans and programmes aim to balance land use dynamics to combine natural resource management with...
2019-08-21
10.2305/iucn.ch.2019.08.en
Core principles for successfully implementing and upscaling Nature-based Solutions
Cohen-Shacham, Emmanuelle; Andrade, Angela; Dalton, James; Dudley, Nigel; Jones, Mike; Kumar, Chetan; Maginnis, Stewart; Maynard, Simone; Nelson, Cara R.; Renaud, Fabrice G.; Welling, Rebecca; Walters, Gretchen
Despite substantial increases in the scope and magnitude of biodiversity conservation and ecological restoration, there remains ongoing degradation of natural resources that adversely affects both...
2019-08
10.1016/j.envsci.2019.04.014
Identifying governance problems and solutions for forest landscape restoration in protected area landscapes
Mansourian, Stephanie; Walters, Gretchen; Gonzales, Emily
Governance challenges – including ownership, decision-making, accountability, and sharing of costs and benefits – can impede forest landscape restoration in protected area landscapes. Understanding and...
2019-05-30
10.2305/IUCN.CH.2019.PARKS-25-1SM.en
Identifying governance problems and solutons for forest landscape restoration in protected area landscapes
Mansourian, Stephanie; Walters, Gretchen; Gonzales, Emily
Bonn Challenge; forest quality; Forest Restoration in Landscapes; Beyond Planting Trees; landscape governance; stakeholder; Governance challenges – including ownership, decision-making, accountability, and sharing of costs...
2019-05-03
10.2305/iucn.ch.2019.parks-25-1sm.en
Measuring progress in status of land under forest landscape restoration using abiotic and biotic indicators : Measuring progress in forest landscape restoration
Dudley, Nigel; Bhagwat, Shonil A.; Harris, Jim; Maginnis, Stewart; Moreno, Jaime Garcia; Mueller, Gregory M.; Oldfield, Sara; Walters, Gretchen
The paper suggests a minimum set of abiotic and biotic threshold indicators and progress indicators for forest landscape restoration (FLR), then also briefly discusses progress...
2018-01
10.1111/rec.12632
Getting ready for REDD+: Recognition and donor-country project development dynamics in Central Africa
Walters, Gretchen; Ece, Melis
REDD+ (Reducing Emissions, Deforestation and forest Degradation+) is a United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC) process through which governments reduce the impacts of...
2018
10.4103/cs.cs_16_101
Examining the Supply and Demand of Effective Participation and Representation
Akwah Neba, George; Walters, Gretchen; Jung, Ha-young
2018
An integrative research framework for enabling transformative adaptation
Colloff, Matthew J.; Martín-López, Berta; Lavorel, Sandra; Locatelli, Bruno; Gorddard, Russell; Longaretti, Pierre-Yves; Walters, Gretchen; van Kerkhoff, Lorrae; Wyborn, Carina; Coreau, Audrey; Wise, Russell M.; Dunlop, Michael; Degeorges, Patrick; Grantham, Hedley; Overton, Ian C.; Williams, Rachel D.; Doherty, Michael D.; Capon, Tim; Sanderson, Todd; Murphy, Helen T.
Transformative adaptation will be increasingly important to effectively address the impacts of climate change and other global drivers on social-ecological systems. Enabling transformative adaptation requires...
2017-02
10.1016/j.envsci.2016.11.007
Governance of restoration and institutions: Working with Ghana's Community Resource Management Areas
Baruah, M.; Bobtoya, S.; Mbile, P.; Walters, G.
Restoration is occurring worldwide in a variety of landscapes. In Ghana, Community Resource Management Areas (CREMAs) are employed by the government and communities to address...
2016-09
10.1016/j.wdp.2016.11.008
Nature-based solutions to address global societal challenges
Cohen-Shacham, E.; Janzen, C.; Maginnis, S.; Walters, G.
This report has been prepared as part of an effort by IUCN to define its position on Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and plan for future work...
2016-08-04
10.2305/iucn.ch.2016.13.en
Peri-urban conservation in the Mondah forest of Libreville, Gabon: Red List assessments of endemic plant species, and avoiding protected area downsizing
Walters, G.; Ngagnia Ndjabounda, E.; Ikabanga, D.; Biteau, J. P.; Hymas, O.; White, L. J. T.; Ndong Obiang, A.-M.; Ndong Ondo, P.; Jeffery, K. J.; Lachenaud, O.; Stévart, T.
Urban development is an increasing threat to the integrity of formerly remote protected areas, in some cases resulting in their downgrading, downsizing or degazetting. One-quarter...
2016-07
10.1017/s0030605315000204
Responsive Forest Governance Initiative handbook II : implementing improved natural resource governance in practice
Barrow, E.; Angu Angu, K.; Bobtoya, S.; Cruz, R.; Kutegeka, S.; Nakangu, B.; Savadogo, M.; Walters, G.
This Responsive Forest Governance Initiative Handbook defines basic democratic concepts and explains how democratic governance works. It then lays out responsive forest governance principles to...
2016
Changing Fire Governance in Gabon′s Plateaux Bateke Savanna Landscape
Walters, G.
In many African savannas, anthropogenic fire regimes are changing for reasons that are poorly understood. However, these changes will likely impact landscapes. Using the case...
2015
10.4103/0972-4923.170404
Evolving hunting practices in Gabon: lessons for community-based conservation interventions
Walters, G.; Schleicher, J.; Hymas, O.; Coad, L.
Addressing today's environmental challenges is intimately linked to understanding and improving natural resource governance institutions. As a result conservation initiatives are increasingly realizing the importance...
2015
10.5751/es-08047-200431
Fire management in a changing landscape: a case study from Lopé National Park, Gabon
Jeffery, K. J.; Korte, L.; Palla, F.; Walters, G.; White, L. J.T.; Abernethy, K. A.
A key management goal in Lopé National Park, Gabon, is to protect regionally-rare savannah ecosystems within the continuous rainforest block. In order to evaluate the...
2014-03
10.2305/iucn.ch.2014.parks-20-1.kjj.en
Integrating cultural and conservation contexts of hunting: the case of the Plateau Bateke savannas of Gabon
Walters, G.; Makouka, L.; Touladjan, S.
Sustainable hunting is a target of conservation research and action in the Congo Basin. It has been argued that the cultural context must be understood...
2014
Les forêts littorales de la région de Libreville (Gabon) et leur importance pour la conservation: description d'un nouveau Psychotria (Rubiaceae) endémique
Lachenaud, O.; Stévart, T.; Ikabanga, D.; Ngagnia Ndjabouda, E.; Walters, G.
Contexte – Une nouvelle espèce de Rubiaceae, Psychotria wieringae O. Lachenaud, est décrite et illustrée. Méthodes – Les méthodes usuelles de taxonomie d'herbier ont été...
2013-03-20
10.5091/plecevo.2013.744
Customary Fire Regimes and Vegetation Structure in Gabon's Bateke Plateaux
Walters, G.
Most fires in Africa are anthropogenic yet remain understudied. Studies typically address managed fire, or the "fire triad" of early dry season-late dry season-suppression, and...
2012-12
10.1007/s10745-012-9536-x
Phytogeographical analysis and checklist of the vascular plants of Loango National Park, Gabon
Harris, D.; Armstrong, K. E.; Walters, G.; Wilks, C.; Mouandza Mbembo, J.-C.; Niangadouma, R.; Wieringa, J. J.; Breteler, F. J.
Background and aims – Floristic inventories are the primary means by which the plant diversity of an area can be understood and are important in...
2012-07-06
10.5091/plecevo.2012.641
Diversity and conservation value of Gabon's savanna and inselberg open vegetation: an initial gap analysis
Walters, G.; Parmentier, I.; Stévart, T.
Background and aims – Eighty per cent of Gabon's territory is covered by forest with most species inventory work focused on these areas. However, herbaceous...
2012-03-12
10.5091/plecevo.2012.606
Novitates Gabonenses 80 : Additiona and corrections to the Flora of Gabon
Walters, G.; Dauby, G.; Stévart, T.; Dessein, S.; Niangadouma, R.; Lachenaud, O.
Since the publication of the Gabon Checklist in 2006, intensive fieldwork activity has led to the discovery of many novelties. We document here 61 new...
2011-11
10.1017/s0960428611000266
Novitates gabonenses 77: A new Eriosema (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) from Gabon and adjacent Congo
van der Maesen, J.; Walters, G.
Background – On-going botanical research in Gabon continues to yield species new to science, in this case a new member of the leguminous genus Eriosema....
2011-03-25
10.5091/plecevo.2011.494
The Land Chief's embers: ethnobotany of Batéké fire regimes, savanna vegetation and resource use in Gabon
Walters, G.
Anthropogenic fire regimes and society are linked: social change modifies fire application which then impacts ecosystems. In the past 40 years, savanna burning has changed...
2010
Memecylon Batekeanum, a New Species from Southeastern Gabon, and a Note on the Circumscription of Memecylon Sect. Mouririoidea (Melastomataceae)
Stone, R. D.; Walters, G.; Ghogue, J.-P.
Described and illustrated is Memecylon batekeanum R. D. Stone & G. M. Walters from the buffer zone of the Batéké Plateaux National Park in southeastern...
2006-06
10.3417/1055-3177(2006)16[276:mbansf]2.0.co;2
Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon = Check-list of Gabonese Vascular Plants
Sosef, M.S.M.; Wieringa, J.J.; Jongkind, C.C.H.; Achoundong, G.; Azizet Issembe, Y.; Bedigian, D.; van den Berg, R.G.; Breteler, F.J.; Cheek, M.; deGreef, J.; Faden, R.; Goldblatt, P.; van der Maesen, L.J.G.; Ngok Banak, L.; Niangadouma, R.; Nzabi, T.; Nziengui, B.; Rogers, Z.S.; Stévart, T.; van Valkenburg, J.L.C.H.; Walters, G.; de Wilde, J.J.F.E
2006
Floristics of Gabon's Batéké Plateaux: Guineo-Congolian plants on Kalahari Sands
Walters, G.; Bradley, A.; Niangadouma, R.
Ghazanfarand , S. A.; Beentje, H. J.
The grasslands of southeastern Gabon's Plateaux Batéké are maintained by regular anthropogenic fire and are located on the northernmost extension of the Kalahari sands. Fire...
2006
Revision of Ancistrocladus Wall (Ancistrocladaceae)
Taylor, C.; Gereau, R; Walters, G.
The genus Ancistrocladus Wall. ranges from Africa to southeastern Asia and comprises 16 species found in evergreen tropical forests. Unusual morphological features include its dimorphic...
2005
Perennial plants and ephemeral seed banks in Papago Park, Phoenix, Arizona
Walters, G.
2004
Lamiaceae Mint Family, part 1 : Agastache, Hyptis, Lamium, Leonurus, Marrubium, Monarda, Monardella, Nepeta, Salazaria, Stachys, Teucrium, and Trichostemma
Christy, C.; Damrel, D.Z.; Henry, A.; Trauth-Nare, A.; Puente-Martinez, R.; Walters, G.
2003
Winter ephemeral vegetation and seed banks of four north-facing slopes in the Sonoran Desert
Walters, G.
2003
Chamaecrista mwangokae (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae), a new species from the southern highlands of Tanzania
Gereau, R.E.; Walters, G.
We discuss the historical usage of the genus Chamaecrista (Fabaceae, Caesalpinioideae) in Africa, describe and illustrate the new species C. mwangokae from southern Tanzania, reduce...
2003
Flora of the Papago Park Military Reservation: a desert remnant in Phoenix, Arizona
Walters, G.
A floristic survey of the vascular plants of the Papago Park Military Reservation (PPMR) was conducted from April of 1999 to February of 2001. This...
2002
Noteworthy collection for Arizona: Enchylaena tomentosa R. Br.
Walters, G.
2001
Forest decline and tree mortality in a southeastern Ohio oak-hickory forest
Walters, G.; McCarthy, B. C.
Many forests throughout the central Appalachians have been suspected, or observed, to be indeclining health. Few studies have examined the vitality of southeastern Ohio's forests....
1997

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