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Collaborative learning to unlock investments for functional ecological infrastructure: Bridging barriers in social-ecological systems in South Africa

Author: Angelstam, P ; Barnes, G ; Elbakidze, M ; Marais, C ; Marsh, A ; Polonsky, S ; Richardson, DM ; Rivers, N ; Shackleton, RT ; Stafford, William HL Date: May 2017 Maintenance of functional ecological (or green) infrastructure is threatened by habitat conversion, fragmentation and loss, water scarcity, invasive species, climate change, resource extraction, poor policy implementation and societal inequity. ... Read more
The economics of landscape restoration: Benefits of controlling bush encroachment and invasive plant species in South Africa and Namibia

Author: Stafford, William HL ; Birch, C ; Etter, H ; Blanchard, Ryan ; Mudavanhu, S ; Angelstam, P ; Blignaut, J ; Ferreira, L ; Marais, C Date: Jan 2017 Bush encroachment and alien plant invasions alter the composition and/or balance of species in natural ecosystems and impact biodiversity, land productivity and water availability. Therefore, the appropriate control and management of bush ... Read more
Reducing landscape restoration costs: Feasibility of generating electricity from invasive alien plant biomass on the Agulhas Plain, South Africa

Author: Stafford, William HL ; Blignaut, J Date: Jun 2017 South Africa has embarked on a large-scale government programme to control invasive alien plants (IAPs). However, to date, very little cost recovery has occurred through the development of value adding industries and the sale of various wood ... Read more
Reducing the costs of landscape restoration by using invasive alien plant biomass for bioenergy

Author: Stafford, William HL ; Von Maltitz, Graham P ; Watson, HK Date: Feb 2018 South Africa's natural resources are severely impacted by invasive alien plants (IAPs). As water is a scarce resource, the national Working for Water (WfW) program was established in 1995 to restore landscapes by eradicating IAPs. Since then, ... Read more

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