ISSN 0075-6458 printed version
ISSN 2071-0771 versión on-line

ABOUT THIS JOURNAL

• Basic information
• Index sources
• Copyright
• Sponsorship

Koedoe is a peer reviewed, open access journal, published since 1958, that promotes science and environmental conservation in Africa. Published by South African National Parks since the journal's inception, Koedoe joined OpenJournals Publishing in 2007.

Koedoe, with its new subtitle "African Protected Area Conservation and Science" aims to provide a forum for all aspects of protected area science and management in order to facilitate integration and shared learning.
Since 2008 Koedoe is published annually through rolling publication (manuscript are published as they are ready), with one volume per year.

Koedoe publishes original papers on all aspects of conservation science, as well as on policy and management related issues. This journal provides novel, exciting and baseline scientific information on many conservation areas in South Africa as well as on the African continent generally.

With its platform in the open access arena, Koedoe is well positioned to become the journal of choice for conservation scientists, ecologists, biologists and protected area practitioners across Africa. We aim to include all forms of protected areas, from large state national parks to small regional and local game and nature reserves, cultural and environmental heritage areas to private conservation endeavours.

Underlying the conservation science we promote is how scientific and policy research in one place might become relevant to other protected areas in similar settings. In this way, we aim to facilitate knowledge generation and information sharing around the African continent, and even beyond. To this end, we have introduced a new structured abstract format that concludes with a section entitled "Conservation Implications", in which authors are explicitly requested to defend the relevance of their work to a broader constituency.

Disseminating reliable scientific and policy information is increasingly vital as global biodiversity faces increasing pressures and protected areas become more important in maintaining habitats, species, ecosystem services and in ensuring environmental resilience. However, the protected areas estate is increasingly fragmented under pressure from development and global climate change. Africa's unique socio-ecological systems, together with some of the largest protected areas in the world are of planetary importance. Moreover, tourism initiatives are frequently centred on protected areas, thus providing economic stimulus in otherwise marginalised regions. The journal works towards understanding, documenting and mitigating the negative influences of human development on conservation areas within the context of complex socio-ecological interactions.

Koedoe publishes exciting original research, essays, short communications on issues of general interest, in-depth and critical reviews, monographs on large datasets and complicated issues, and book reviews on new releases.

Its abbreviated title is Koedoe, which should be used in bibliographies, footnotes and bibliographical references and strips.

Koedoe is abstracted and indexed at:

• Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), Thomson Reuters Services, Philidelphia, PA, U.S.A. http://www.scientific.thomson.com

• Zoological Records
• BIOSIS Preview

• Google Scholar http://www.googlescholar.com
• Directory of Open Access Journals http://www.doaj.co.za
• Biological Abstracts
• Forest Production Abstracts
• Fishlit
• Geographical Abstracts
• Helminthological Abstracts
• Herbage Abstracts
• Index to South African Periodicals
• International Bibliography of Periodical Literature
• Index Veterinarius
• Revue of Applied Entomology
• Soils and Fertility Abstracts
• The Serials Directory
• Veterinary Bulletin
• Wildlife Review

Copyright on published articles is retained by the author(s). The exclusive responsibility in respect of the acknowledgment of author's rights and/or copyright rests in the responsible author(s). The Editor and reviewers of this journal cannot accept responsibility for the infringement of authors' rights or copyright. The author grants the publisher unlimited rights to publish the work in any format and/or medium, whether for gain or any other purpose. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

The publication receives financial support from:
South African National Parks (www.sanparks.org)