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An assessment of the effectiveness of a large, national-scale invasive alien plant control strategy in South Africa

Author: Van Wilgen, BW ; Forsyth, GG ; Le Maitre, David C ; Wannenburgh, A ; Kotzé, JDF ; Van den Berg, E ; Henderson, L Date: Apr 2012 This paper presents an assessment of a large, national-scale alien plant control program that has operated in South Africa for 15 years. We reviewed data from three national-level estimates of the extent of invasion, records of the costs and ... Read more
Classification of veldfire risk in South Africa for the administration of the legislation regarding fire management

Author: Kruger, FJ ; Forsyth, GG ; Kruger, LM ; Slater, K ; Le Maitre, David C ; Matshate, J Date: Nov 2006 The risk associated with vegetation fires (veldfires) in South Africa is substantial, and veldfires cause severe losses to life, property and the environment in most areas of the country. However, this risk has two parts: first, that arising ... Read more
Fire management in Mediterranean-climate shrublands: a case study from the Cape fynbos, South Africa

Author: van Wilgen, BW ; Forsyth, GG ; de Klerk, H ; Das, Sonali ; Khuluse, S ; Schmitz, P Date: 2010 The authors used a spatial data base of fires within 10 protected areas covering >720 000 ha to examine the frequency, seasonality, size and cause of fires over four decades. Their study covered five fire climate zones and a range of mountain ... Read more
Incorporating stakeholder preferences in the selection of technologies for using invasive alien plants as a bio-energy feedstock: applying the analytical hierarchy process

Author: De Lange, Willem J ; Stafford, William HL ; Forsyth, GG ; Le Maitre, David C Date: May 2012 Invasive alien plants (IAPs) impose significant social costs on the population of the Agulhas Plain region in South Africa due to their adverse impacts on ecosystem goods and services (decreased water supply and increased fire risk). While ... Read more
Integrating socio-economic and biophysical data to support water allocations within river basins: an example from the Inkomati Water Management Area in South Africa

Author: De Lange, Willem J ; Wise, RM ; Forsyth, GG ; Nahman, Anton Date: Jan 2010 Sustainable natural resource management requires inputs from both the natural and the social sciences. Since social and natural systems are inter-related and inter-dependent, it is essential that these data can be integrated within a given ... Read more
Landscape fragmentation in South Coast Renosterveld, South Africa, in relation to rainfall and topography

Author: Kemper, J ; Cowling, RM ; Richardson, DM ; Forsyth, GG ; McKelly, DH Date: Apr 2000 The South Coast Renosterveld has been fragmented extensively by agriculture. The extent of this fragmentation in terms of overall habitat loss, fragment sizes and fragment numbers has not been described previously, thereby limiting the ... Read more
Making the most of South Africa’s natural capital

Author: Reyers, B ; Van Wilgen, BW ; Nel, JL ; Le Maitre, David C ; O'Farrell, Patrick J ; Wise, R ; Forsyth, GG ; Smith-Adao, Lindie B ; Ntshotsho, Phumza ; Egoh, Benis N Date: Nov 2008 Human actions have fundamentally changed the way the world’s ecosystems look and function. Our efforts to produce more food, fibre, and fuel, control our water supplies and protect ourselves from the elements (e.g. storms or predators) have ... Read more
The management of fire-adapted ecosystems in an urban setting: the case of Table Mountain National Park, South Africa

Author: Van Wilgen, BW ; Forsyth, GG ; Prins, P Date: Mar 2012 The Table Mountain National Park is a 265-km² conservation area embedded within a city of 3.5 million people. The highly diverse and unique vegetation of the park is both fire prone and fire adapted, and the use of fire forms an integral part ... Read more
Natural hazards in a changing world: a case for ecosystem-based management

Author: Nel, JL ; Le Maitre, David C ; Nel, DC ; Reyers, B ; Archibald, S ; Van Wilgen, BW ; Forsyth, GG ; Theron, AK ; O'Farrell, Patrick J ; Mwenge Kahinda, Jean-Marc ; Engelbrecht, FA ; Kapangaziwiri, Evison ; Van Niekerk, Lara ; Barwell, L Date: May 2014 Communities worldwide are increasingly affected by natural hazards such as floods, droughts, wildfires and storm-waves. However, the causes of these increases remain underexplored, often attributed to climate changes or changes in the patterns ... Read more
The prioritisation of invasive alien plant control projects using a multi-criteria decision model informed by stakeholder input and spatial data

Author: Forsyth, GG ; Le Maitre, David C ; O'Farrell, Patrick J ; Van Wilgen, BW Date: Jul 2012 Invasions by alien plants are a significant threat to the biodiversity and functioning of ecosystems and the services they provide. The South African Working for Water program was established to address this problem. It needs to formulate ... Read more
Rapid assessment of the invasive status of eucalyptus species in two South African provinces

Author: Forsyth, GG ; Richardson, DM ; Brown, PJ ; Van Wilgen, BW Date: Jan 2004 Gum trees, or eucalypts (Eucalyptus species), have been targeted for invasive alien plant clearing programmes in many parts of South Africa. This has caused some dissatisfaction where the species concerned also have useful characteristics, ... Read more
Recent fire history of the Table Mountain National Park and implications for fire management

Author: Forsyth, GG ; Van Wilgen, BW Date: 2008 This paper provides an assessment of fire regimes in the Table Mountain National Park over the past four decades. The authors compiled a GIS database of all fires between 1970 and 2007 and analysed the fire regime in terms of the frequency, ... Read more
Survival of eight woody sprouting species following an autumn fire in Swartboskloof, Cape Province, South-Africa

Author: Le Maitre, David C ; Jones, CA ; Forsyth, GG Date: Dec 1992 The survival of Widdringtonia nodiflora (L.) Powrie, Aulax pallasia Stapf, Mimetes cucullatus (L.) R.Br., Leucadendron salignum Berg., Brunia nodiflora L., Nebelia paleacea (Berg.) Sweet, Penaea mucronata L. and Erica coccinea L. was monitored ... Read more
Towards adaptive fire management for biodiversity conservation: experience in South African national parks

Author: Van Wilgen, BW ; Govender, N ; Forsyth, GG ; Kraaij, T Date: May 2011 This paper reviews the experience gained in three South African national parks (Kruger, Table Mountain and Bontebok) with regard to the adaptive management of fire for the conservation of biodiversity. In the Kruger National Park, adaptive ... Read more

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