Author:Kruger, FJ; Forsyth, GG; Kruger, LM; Slater, K; Le Maitre, David C; Matshate, JDate:Nov 2006The risk associated with vegetation fires (veldfires) in South Africa is substantial, and veldfires cause severe losses to life, property and the environment in most areas of the country. However, this risk has two parts: first, that arising ...Read more
Author:Le Maitre, David C; Van Wilgen, BW; Richardson, DMDate:1993Managers of natural areas require a wide variety of up-to-date and accurate information and maps to manage their lands effectively. This paper reviews the objectives of conservation management, and the problems faced by mountain catchment ...Read more
Author:Govender, N; Trollope, WSW; Van Wilgen, BWDate:Aug 2006Fire is important for the maintenance and conservation of African savanna ecosystems. Despite the importance of fire intensity as a key element of the fire regime, it is seldom measured or included in fire records. 2. We estimated fire intensity ...Read more
Author:Van Wilgen, BWDate:Sep 2009The history and development of fire and invasive alien plant management policies in fynbos during the 20th century are reviewed. Fire was initially condemned outright as a destructive force, but as its vital role became better understood, ...Read more
Author:Van Wilgen, BW; Archibald, SA; Frost, PDate:Nov 2008Fires are a natural and common feature of many of South Africa's landscapes. They are necessary for the maintenance of healthy ecosystems and for biodiversity, but they also do extensive damage to crops, plantations, houses and livestock, and ...Read more
Author:Kraaij, T; Cowling, RM; van Wilgen, BWDate:Sep 2011The recently established Garden Route National Park (GRNP) along the Cape south coast of South Africa occurs in a landscape where indigenous forests, fire-prone fynbos shrublands and fire-sensitive plantations of alien invasive trees are ...Read more
Author:Forsyth, GG; Van Wilgen, BWDate:2008This paper provides an assessment of fire regimes in the Table Mountain National Park over the past four decades. The authors compiled a GIS database of all fires between 1970 and 2007 and analysed the fire regime in terms of the frequency, ...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