Dr Alison Joubert  ph: +27 -21 650 4301, Rm 2.12 Qualifications and Experience Alison Joubert is a Chief Scientific Officer in the Department. Her current main project is the European Commission funded project, "TRANSMAP" which concerns methods for designing transboundary marine protected areas. Other recent projects included (i) government monitoring and evaluation and multi-criteria analysis (funded by CAGE), (ii) the development of a National Water Resource Classification System (funded by DWAF) and (iii) Poverty Reduction and Environmental Management (funded by the Dutch government). She has been involved in several Water Research Commission funded projects, including the most recent: "Guidelines for the use of multicriteria decision analysis in the implementation of the National Water Act".

Previously she work in the Freshwater Research Unit as a researcher (Zoology Dept. UCT) grouping South African rivers by daily, flow-derived variables, and as a teacher in Khayalitsha and Namibia.

Alison obtained a BSc in Zoology in 1983 at UCT, and a BSc (Hons) (first class pass) in Biological Resource Management at UCT in 1994 (Stock assessment and exploration of alternative harvesting strategies for the west coast rock lobster (Jasus lalandii) resource, based on a surplus production modelling approach).

She obtained her PhD in 2003 ("Multi-Attribute Value Measurement and Economic Paradigms in Environmental Decision Making.")

Research Interests

Publications (in order of most recent)

• Turpie JK & Joubert AR. submitted. The recreational use value of the Knysna estuary and implications of future development. African Journal of Marine Science.

• Turpie JK & Joubert AR. submitted. Estimation of the recreational use value of Sandvlei, an urban estuary, South Africa, using travel cost and contingent valuation methods. African Journal of Marine Science.

• Lamberth SJ & Joubert AR. Prioritizing species for research, conservation and management: a case study of exploited fish species. submitted to Conservation Biology.

• Turpie JK and Joubert AR, 2004. The value of flower tourism on the Bokkeveld Plateau-a botanical hotspot. Development Southern Africa 21(4):645-662

• Brown CA & Joubert AR. 2003. Using multicriteria analysis to develop environmental flow scenarios for rivers targeted for water resource management. WaterSA, 29(4):365-374.

• Joubert AR, Stewart TJ, & Eberhard R. 2003. Evaluation of water supply augmentation and water demand management options for the City of Cape Town. Journal of MultiCriteria Decision Analysis, 12:17-25.

• Malan H, Bath A, Day J & Joubert AR, 2003. A simple flow-concentration modelling method for integrating water quality and quantity in rivers. WaterSA, 29(3):305-311.

• Sparovek G, Ranieri SBL, Gassner A, de Maria IC, Schnug E, dos Santos RF and Joubert A. 2002. A conceptual framework for the definition of the optimal width of riparian forests. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 90:169-175.

• Turpie JK, Adams JB, Joubert AR, Harrison TD, Colloty BM, Maree RC, Whitfield AK, Wooldridge TH, Lamberth SJ, Taljaard S & Van Niekerk L. 2002. Assessment of the conservation priority status of South African estuaries for use in management and water allocation. WaterSA, 28(2):191-206.

• Losa FB, van den Honert R & Joubert A. 2001. The multivariate analysis biplot as a tool for conflict analysis in MCDA. Journal of Multi-criteria Decision Analysis, 10:273-284.

• Turpie JK & Joubert AR, 2001. Estimating potential impacts of a change in river quality on the tourism value of Kruger National Park: An application of travel cost, contingent, and conjoint valuation methods. WaterSA, 27(3):387-397.

• Joubert AR & Pollard S. 2000. Using multi-criteria decision analysis in catchment management: A case study of the Sand River, Mpumalanga, South Africa. African Journal of Aquatic Science,25:238-242.

• Stewart TJ & Joubert AR, 1998. Conflicts between conservation goals and land use for exotic forest plantations in South Africa. in Multicriteria Analysis for Land-Use Management, E Beinat & P Nijkamp (editors), Kluwer Academic Publishers, 17-31.

• Joubert AR, Leiman A, De Klerk H, Katua S & Aggenbach JC, 1997. Fynbos (fine bush) vegetation and the supply of water: A comparison of multi-criteria decision analysis and cost-benefit analysis. Ecological Economics, 22:123-140.

• Underhill L.G. & Joubert A.R. 1995. Relative masses of primary feathers. Ringing & Migration, 16: 109-116.

Reports (in order of most recent)

• Joubert AR (ed). 2005. Fishing rights and small-scale fishers: An evaluation of the rights allocation process and the utilisation of fishing rights in South Africa. PREM report. (final report to the funders of Poverty Reduction and Environmental Management projects: Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands). 173 p.

• Joubert AR and Stewart TJ. 2004. Guidelines for the use of multicriteria decision analysis in the implementation of the National Water Act. WRC report No. 1298/1/04. 117 p.

• Stewart TJ, Joubert AR & Liu D. 2001. Group Decision Support Methods to Facilitate Participative Water Resource Management. Report to the Water Research Commission. WRC report No. 863/1/01.

• Stewart T.J., Joubert A.R., Scott L., & Low T, 1997. Multiple criteria decision analysis: Procedures for consensus seeking in natural resource management. Report to the Water Research Commission. WRC report No. 512/1/97.

• Joubert AR & Hurly PR. 1994. The use of daily flow data to classify South African rivers. in King J.M.& Tharme R.E. Assessment of the instream flow incremental methodology, and initial development of alternative instream flow methodologies for South Africa. Report to the Water Research Commission. WRC Report No. 295/1/94.590 pp.

• McNeill L, Brandao A, Zucchini W. & Joubert A.R., 1994. Interpolation of the Daily Rainfall Model. Report to the Water Research Commission. WRC Report No. 305/1/94. ISBN 1 86845 0740.

• Joubert AR & Hurly PR. 1994. Grouping South African rivers using flow-derived variables. In: Classification of rivers and environmental health indicators. Proceedings of a joint South African / Australian workshop, Mandy C. Uys (ed).

• King J.M, Tharme R.E. & Joubert A.R. 1991. An ecological perspective on river flow in South Africa. Foundation for Research Development manual for working tour of Australia by South African Water Scientists.

Presentations (incomplete list, work in progress)

• Joubert AR. Improving the South African fishing rights allocation process. Presentation at WIOMSA conference(Mauritius Sep 2005).

• Joubert AR. Catchment management decision-making: Potential processes and tools. Presentation at SIL conference(Melbourne Feb 2001).

• Joubert AR. Decision making paradigms in catchment management. Presentation at ICORD conference (Kruger National Park May 2001).

(hits since 25 July 2007)