In addition, we will be investigating indicators that may be used to determine the degree to which the SL approach has succeeded in improving livelihoods, and we will seek to find mechanisms of unifying the ICM and SL approaches. Current sustainable livelihoods MSc projects. Sustainable Livelihoods Links UNDP Sustainable Livelihoods page Sustainable Livelihoods Research Programme , University of Sussex Community adaptation and sustainable livelihoods from the International Institute for Sustainable Development . Currently we are researching the possibility of gracilarioid mariculture in St. Helena Bay. Two Masters projects are also investigating the cultivation of kelps.
Projects looking at a variety of medical applications of seaweed products are under way.
Currently we are focusing on isolating and identifying antibiotics from red seaweeds from the South African West Coast. Current sustainable livelihoods MSc projects. Melissa Harper and Dale Norman - The experimental cultivation and Alginate properties of South African kelp . Biodiversity Studies Coralline algae play very important roles in marine systems, yet their systematics and ecology are poorly understood. We have been working in this area for a number of years, and are focusing on understanding the biodiversity and ecology of crustose corallines in South Africa and throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific.