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Anticipating potential biodiversity conflicts for future biofuel crops in South Africa: Incorporating land cover information with Species Distribution Models

Author: Blanchard, Ryan ; O'Farrell, Patrick J ; Richardson, D Date: Oct 2012 Using spatial techniques to determine the threat of land-use change is a useful tool in mitigating against potential biodiversity losses. We investigate the potential suitability and likely impacts of energy crops not currently grown in South ... Read more
Causes and perspectives of land-cover change through expanding cultivation in Kavango

Author: Pröpper, M ; Gröngröft, A ; Falk, T ; Eschenbach, A ; Fox, T ; Gessner, U ; Hecht, J ; Hinz, MO ; Huettich, C Date: 2010 With this interdisciplinary case-study we deliver an integrated analysis concerning the problem of expansive cultivation impacting on biodiversity in the dry Woodland Savanna of the Kavango Region of Namibia. We quantify and visualise the ... Read more
Developing a sector by creating community-owned enterprises based on the cultivation and processing of essential oils and medicinal plants in South Africa

Author: Brown, B ; Horak, M ; Wadiwala, E Date: Nov 2008 The production of essential oils and medicinal plant products by communities with access to arable land represents a promising new sector in the agroprocessing industry. The Enterprise Creation for Development (ECD) unit of the CSIR transfers ... Read more
Land

Author: Audouin, Michelle A Date: Jan 2007 Unsustainable agricultural practices have had a role to play in the degradation of land on which agriculture depends. South Africa has an international obligation to develop a National Action Programme (NAP), the purpose of which is to identify ... Read more

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