Author:Lochner, Paul A; Weaver, A; Gelderblom, C; Peart, R; Sandwith, T; Fowkes, SDate:Jul 2003The Cape Action Plan for the Environment (CAPE) sought to develop a long-term strategy and action plan to conserve biodiversity in the Cape Floristic Region (CFR). The high levels of biodiversity in the CFR are matched by complex and fragmented ...Read more
Author:Scholes, RJ; Frost, PGH; Tian, YDate:Mar 2004Measurements of tree canopy architecture were made at six savanna sites on deep, sandy soils, along a gradient of increasing aridity. There was substantial variation in the leaf area estimated within each site, using the same sample frame, ...Read more
Author:Van Wilgen, BDate:2012The Table Mountain National Park is a 265 km2 protected area embedded within a city of 3.5 million people. The park contains an extremely diverse flora with many endemic species, and has been granted World Heritage Site status in recognition ...Read more
Author:van Wilgen, BW; Forsyth, GG; de Klerk, H; Das, Sonali; Khuluse, S; Schmitz, PDate:2010The 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
Author:Allan, DG; Harrison, JA; Navarro, RA; Van Wilgen, BW; Thompson, MWDate:Feb 1997Bird-atlas data were used in conjunction with information on the extent of commercial afforestation with alien trees in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa, to assess the effect of afforestation on the avifauna of this region. Ninety species ...Read more
Author:Roux, DJ; Ashton, PJ; Nel, JL; Mackay, HMDate:2008To achieve effective conservation of freshwater ecosystems, close coordination and cooperation is required among sectors responsible for protection and management of water resources, biodiversity conservation, land-use management (including ...Read more
Author:Coetzer, KL; Erasmus, BFN; Witkowski, ETF; Bachoo, AKDate:Jul 2010This paper is a first step towards a conservation plan for the Kruger to Canyons Biosphere Reserve (K2C) on the South African Central Lowveld, quantifying the historical land-cover trends (1993-2006). During the analysis period, 36% of the ...Read more
Author:Maree, GA; Roux, DJ; Nel, JDate:Mar 2006Results from the National Spatial Biodiversity Assessment (NSBA) have highlighted the poor condition of South Africa's main rivers for conservation of biodiversity and that conservation efforts in South Africa have centred primarily on ...Read more
Author:Van Wilgen, BW; Forsyth, GG; Prins, PDate:Mar 2012The 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
Author:Rouget, M; Richardson, DM; Nel, JL; Le Maitre, David C; Egoh, Benis N; Mgidi, TDate:Sep 2004Most national or regional initiatives aimed at managing biological invasions lack objective protocols for prioritizing invasive species and areas based on likely future dimensions of spread. South Africa has one of the most ambitious national ...Read more
Author:Bouma, JA; Joy, KJ; Lan, VC; Lopez Ramirez, A; Steyn, MaronelDate:Jan 2011This paper assesses the linkages between poverty, livelihoods and nature in four biodiversity hotspots in South Africa. To involve communities in protected area management, biodiversity conservation can be improved and negative livelihood ...Read more
Author:Kraaij, T; Cowling, RM; Van Wilgen, BW; Schutte-Vlok, ADate:May 2012Fire management practices aimed at biodiversity conservation are often in conflict with hazard reduction requirements. Particularly in protected areas where such conflict of interest exists, the question is asked: what are the ecological ...Read more
Author:Van Wilgen, BW; Govender, N; Forsyth, GG; Kraaij, TDate:May 2011This 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
Author:Gelderblom, CM; Van Wilgen, BW; Nel, JL; Sandwith, T; Botha, M; Hauck, MDate:Jul 2003The Cape Floristic Region and adjoining marine areas have exceptionally high levels of biodiversity and endemism, concentrated in a relatively small area of 90,000 km2. Major threats to this biodiversity include the loss of habitat to ...Read more
Author:Privette, JL; Tian, Y; Roberts, G; Scholes, RJ; Wang, Y; Caylor, KK; Frost, P; Mukelabai, MDate:Mar 2004The Kalahari Transect is one of several International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) transects designed to address global change questions at the regional scale, in particular by exploiting natural parameter gradients ( Koch et al., ...Read more
Author:Strydom, W; Hill, Liesl; Hobbs, PDate:Mar 2010The shortfalls in water available per water management area and between river systems are alleviated through the transfer of significant volumes of water. This has a direct negative impact on the ecology of these systems, with in many cases, ...Read more
Author:Nortje, KarenDate:Mar 2011Working with people is a priority for SANParks' (www.SANParks.co.za). In the last few years SANParks have, with statements such as these, made a public commitment to include local communities as well as the local knowledge they have, in their ...Read more