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2021 19:21:35 SAST ]]> The significance of the safety-net role of NTFPs in rural livelihoods, South Africa https://vital.seals.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4763 Wed 12 May 2021 19:16:20 SAST ]]> A case study of Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary as a community driven Community-Based Natural Resource Management initiative : maintaining livelihoods and wetland health https://vital.seals.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4752 Wed 12 May 2021 18:49:36 SAST ]]> Potential benefits and experienced challenges of small household biogas-digesters for rural households https://vital.seals.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4789 Wed 12 May 2021 18:41:37 SAST ]]> Contrasting livelihoods in the upper and lower Gariep River basin: a study of livelihood change and household development https://vital.seals.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4758 Wed 12 May 2021 18:32:12 SAST ]]> Natural resource harvesting and disturbance in communal lands: assessing the roles of local 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SAST ]]> The contribution of municipal commonage to local people's livelihoods in small South African towns https://vital.seals.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4749 Wed 12 May 2021 17:40:08 SAST ]]> Collaborative monitoring in ecosystem management in South Africa's communal lands https://vital.seals.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4743 Wed 12 May 2021 17:38:48 SAST ]]> The application of integrated environmental management to improve storm water quality and reduce marine pollution at Jeffreys Bay (South Africa) https://vital.seals.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4738 Wed 12 May 2021 17:38:36 SAST ]]> Assessing linkages between local ecological knowledge, HIV/AIDS and the commercialisation of natural resources across Southern Africa https://vital.seals.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4769 Wed 12 May 2021 17:15:16 SAST ]]> Economic consequences of ecological change: restoration options for the Mfolozi floodplain and implications for Lake 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and livelihoods: the case of forest protected areas and local communities in north-western Zimbabwe https://vital.seals.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:21254 Thu 13 May 2021 07:19:48 SAST ]]> Dryland conservation areas, indigenous people, livelihoods and natural resource values in South Africa: the case of Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park https://vital.seals.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4777 Thu 13 May 2021 06:53:03 SAST ]]> Opportunity and connectivity : selecting land managers for involvement in a conservation corridor linking two protected areas in the Langkloof Valley, South Africa https://vital.seals.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4770 Thu 13 May 2021 06:43:47 SAST ]]> Adaptive livelihood strategies of the Basarwa: a case of Khwai and Xaxaba, Ngamiland district, Botswana https://vital.seals.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4737 Thu 13 May 2021 06:43:13 SAST ]]> An assessment of the efficiency and effectiveness of the Working for Water 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sustainability criteria to facilitate the selection of sanitation technologies within the Buffalo City Municipality (Eastern Cape Province, South Africa) https://vital.seals.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:32275 Thu 13 May 2021 04:48:23 SAST ]]> An assessment of urban residents' knowledge and appreciation of the intangible benefits of trees in two medium sized towns in South Africa https://vital.seals.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4730 Thu 13 May 2021 04:47:12 SAST ]]> An investigation into the origin and evolution of the Tierkloof Wetland, a peatland dominated by Prionium serratum, in the Western Cape https://vital.seals.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:26311 Thu 13 May 2021 04:29:35 SAST ]]> Research and development of a preliminary South African voluntary carbon standard for landscape restoration projects https://vital.seals.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4748 Thu 13 May 2021 04:27:01 SAST ]]> The restoration of an alien-invaded riparian zone in grassy fynbos, South Africa https://vital.seals.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4733 Thu 13 May 2021 04:22:25 SAST ]]> The relative contribution of non-timber forest products, agriculture and off-farm sources of income to rural households in Koloni and Guquka, Eastern Cape https://vital.seals.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4785 Thu 13 May 2021 04:20:34 SAST ]]> Plant community distribution and diversity, and threats to vegetation of the Kromme River peat basins, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa https://vital.seals.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4760 0.20; F = 11.04; df = 2), with the highest mean number of plant species (32.5 ± 3.4). This was followed by the medium condition class (Kammiesbos) (26.5 ± 9.0) and poor condition class (Companjesdrift) (22.5 ± 8.9). On average, species composition was not evenly distributed across the peat basins (p> 0.21; F = 0.94; df = 2), since 77.8% of the Shannon-Weiner evenness index obtained were less than one. However, there were variations in plant species richness across six peat basins as confirmed by Oneway ANOVA test (p= 0.0008, F = 1241.6, df = 4). Key environmental variables that influenced plant species distribution and structure were erosion and grazing intensity, potassium, phosphorus, soil pH and calcium. Total species variance accounted for in the first two axes for ground cover and plant height were 40.7% and 56.4% respectively. Alien species (e.g. Acacia mearnsii and Conyza scabrida) were common in degraded peat basins, whereas good condition peat basins supported indigenous species (e.g., Cyperus denudatus, Chrysanthemoides monolifera and Digitaria eriantha). Analysis of aerial images revealed a general progressive decrease in the peatland area between 1942 and 1969 in the good (Krugersland) and poor (Companjesdrift) condition class, with a marginal increase from 1969 to 2003. Peatland area in the good and poor condition class decreased by 5.3% and 8.3% respectively between 1942 and 1969, with a marginal increase of 1.5% and 4.1% respectively from 1969 to 2003. Annual net rate of change in peatland area over the 61 year period was -0.32% (good condition class) and - 0.79% (poor condition class). Transformed lands were impacted by drivers of change such as alien invasives, agricultural activities, erosion and sediment transport. 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