Submission of Abstracts

The Scientific Committee’s main aim is to ensure a stimulating programme of platform presentations for the Congress. Abstracts submitted earlier will have a greater chance of being included in the platform paper programme, but the final criterion for acceptance of platform papers is quality and relevance to the audience. Posters will be given prominence at the venue and enough time will be allocated so that authors can explain their posters during poster sessions.

As a general guideline, platform papers should report findings of original research or novel synthesis and review of existing information. Very preliminary findings and research proposals should be presented as posters. The closer interaction with the audience that the poster session affords will facilitate discussion and feedback on research proposals. When selecting papers for platform presentations, priority will be given to new findings and novel synthesis. The Scientific Committee who review abstracts may encourage changes from poster to platform presentations and vice versa based on the content of the abstract.

It is, therefore, essential that abstracts are as informative as possible about the aims, methods and key findings of the study. We encourage authors to submit extended abstracts of up to one A4 page which may include a table or figure showing key data. Excessively brief abstracts make it difficult to judge whether a paper is suitable for a platform presentations. When an abstract is too brief to judge the scope of the work to be presented, authors of such abstracts will be requested to expand them or alter them to a poster presentation.

Please use the following format when sending in your abstracts:
• Spacing: single
• Font: 12pt Times New Roman
• Margins: 20mm all round
• Length: not more than one (1) A4 page

Please feel free to send one or two tables and figures, but ensure that the entire abstract must not be more than one A4 page. If longer submissions are received, the Scientific Committee will either send it back for revision, or will edit it to reduce its length.

Name (Required)

Surname (Required)

Your E-Mail Address (Required)

Desired Presentation Type (Required)

Choose which type of presentation you would like for this abstract. The Scientific Committee reserves the right to alter your choice with your permission.

Research Poster Standard Poster Platform/Oral Presentation

Desired Session (Required)

Choose which session you feel your presentation is suited to. You may choose more than one session. Session titles are a rough guide and may change on the final programme. The Scientific Committee reserves the right to alter your choice depending on the final programme.

Research Poster Session

The Whole and the Sum of the Parts: Exploring Alternative Approaches to Rangeland Management

Payment for Ecosystem Services: Putting Rangelands into the Mix

Rangeland Fire Ecology

Aligning Policy with the Socio-Ecological Dynamics of Rangeland Commons

Indigenous and Alien Invasive Vegetation: Description, Evaluation and Control

Climate Change: Consequences for Agriculture and Biodiversity

Planted Pastures and Other Rehabilitation and Restoration Approaches

Arid and Semi-Arid Rangelands: Dynamics and Desertification

Applying Remote Sensing to Rangeland and Pasture Management

Biodiversity Initiatives and Conservation Planning

Production from Planted Pastures

Past and Future Trends in Vegetation Change

Fracking in South Africa: Update on Implications for Rangelands

Rangelands and People, Policy and Practice

Plant-Herbivore Interactions on Natural Rangelands and Cultivated Pastures

Improving Pasture Production with Legumes and Minimum Till

Strategies for Animal Nutrition on Natural Rangelands and Cultivated Pastures

Awards for Presentations (Required)

Please indicate which Congress award/s you would like to register this presentation for.

Best Platform Presentation

Best Platform Presentation by a Young Scientist

Norman Rethman Planted Pastures (Platform related to pastures by young scientist)

Best Poster

Best Research Proposal Poster

Abstract

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