Author:Naidoo, SashaDate:Oct 2017Forests in southern Africa are critically important for sustainable livelihoods and ecosystems but are vulnerable to changes in climate, most important being accumulated temperature and moisture deficit, as well as to other external stressors, ...Read more
Author:Wise RM; Dye PJ; Gush, Mark BDate:Jun 2011Water resources in many catchments in South Africa (SA) are over committed and water is projected to become scarcer. The impacts of plantation forestry on water resources in SA are well known and legislation limits further afforestation. ...Read more
Author:Everson, CS; Dye, PJ; Gush, Mark B; Everson, TMDate:Dec 2011The biotic and abiotic components of ecosystems affect each other through complex interactions and processes. These dynamic interactions give ecosystems their distinct identities and provide ecosystem services critical to human survival (e.g. ...Read more