Author:Von Maltitz, Graham P; Haywood, Lorren K; Mapako, M; Brent, ADate:Jun 2009The world’s population consumes more oil than any other single energy source, including coal, natural gas, nuclear, hydro and renewables (EIA 2005). By 2030, global demand for oil is expected to have increased by 50 per cent (IEA 2008:116). ...Read more
Author:Peter, C; De Lange, Willem J; Musango, JK; April, K; Potgieter, ADate:Dec 2009Socioeconomic and ecological systems exhibit complex, interdependent behaviour which is often difficult to model and understand. This is due to the complex reorganisation of key sub-system processes involving nonlinear, cross-scale and ...Read more
Author:Richardson, DM; Blanchard, RyanDate:Mar 2011One of the environmental concerns associated with producing biofuels from alien plants is the risk of these species becoming invasive. We explored whether insights from commercial forestry and agroforestry could inform strategies to reduce ...Read more