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Classification of veldfire risk in South Africa for the administration of the legislation regarding fire management

Author: Kruger, FJ ; Forsyth, GG ; Kruger, LM ; Slater, K ; Le Maitre, David C ; Matshate, J Date: Nov 2006 The 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
Impacts of afforestation on low flows: Paired catchment data revisited

Author: Blight, JJ ; Gush, Mark B ; Le Maitre, David C ; Jewitt, GPW Date: Sep 2005 Disruption of the hydrological regime caused by afforestation is well documented. Several sets of experimental catchments were set up in South Africa between 1935 and 1980 specifically to quantify such impacts. Data emanating from these ... Read more
Integration goes underground: A review of groundwater research in support of sustainable development in South Africa

Author: Colvin, C ; Tredoux, G ; Clarke, S ; Le Maitre, David C ; Engelbrecht, P ; Maherry, A Date: Nov 2008 The groundwater group of the CSIR has led groundwater research in South Africa in three critical areas during the last three decades: nitrates in groundwater; groundwater for ecosystems; and artificial storage and recovery of groundwater. ... Read more
Land degradation mapping for modelling of ecosystem benefit flows in the Inkomati catchment using remote sensing.

Author: Ramoelo, Abel ; Munyati, C ; Lück-Vogel, Melanie ; Le Maitre, David C ; Van Aardt, J Date: Sep 2007 Land degradation is of great concern in South Africa particularly in the Inkomati catchment. Here a mosaic of different land use types such as plantation agriculture, subsistence farming, irrigated commercial farming, rural and urban settlements, ... Read more
Making the most of South Africa’s natural capital

Author: Reyers, B ; Van Wilgen, BW ; Nel, JL ; Le Maitre, David C ; O'Farrell, Patrick J ; Wise, R ; Forsyth, GG ; Smith-Adao, Lindie B ; Ntshotsho, Phumza ; Egoh, Benis N Date: Nov 2008 Human actions have fundamentally changed the way the world’s ecosystems look and function. Our efforts to produce more food, fibre, and fuel, control our water supplies and protect ourselves from the elements (e.g. storms or predators) have ... Read more
Modelling of spatially complex human-ecosystem, rural-urban and rich-poor interactions

Author: Naude, AH ; Le Maitre, David C ; De Jong, T ; Forsyth, G ; Mans, Gerbrand G ; Hugo, W Date: Jun 2008 The paper outlines the challenges of modelling and assessing spatially complex human-ecosystem interactions, and the need to simultaneously consider rural-urban and rich-poor interactions. The context for exploring these challenges is South ... Read more
More crop per drop: Improving our knowledge on crop water requirements for irrigation scheduling

Author: Gush, Mark B ; Le Maitre, David C ; Dzikiti, Sebinasi Date: Oct 2015 South Africa is a dry country facing climate change, population expansion and economic growth, resulting in increasing water scarcity and competition for water. The irrigated agriculture and forestry sectors have been allocated approximately ... Read more
Preliminary assessment of the impacts of invasive alien plants on ecosystem services in South Africa

Author: Van Wilgen, BW ; Le Maitre, David C ; Reyers, B ; Schonegevel, L ; Richardson, DM Date: 2006 Despite significant advances in the science of invasion ecology, surprisingly little is known about the magnitude of the impacts of invasions. The work described in this paper aims to develop spatially explicit databases of both ecosystem ... Read more

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