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EcoRestore : a decision support system for the restoration of degraded rangelands in southern Africa
(North-West University, 2003)
Land degradation is a process that causes the reduction in resource potential of natural
rangelands and occurs widespread throughout southern Africa. This process is mainly characterized by the loss in vegetation cover, ...
Vegetation dynamics of urban open spaces subjected to different anthropogenic influences
(North-West University, 2004)
Urbanisation contributes to the degradation of urban biospheres, and the degeneration of
the quality of life for future generations, In the North West Province the urbanisation rate
is expected to rise dramatically due ...
Evaluation of selected soil properties in semi-arid communal rangelands in the Western Bophirima district, South Africa
(North-West University, 2007)
Concerns were raised over the past decades, on the degradation condition of arid and semi-arid range lands in South Africa, mainly in areas under communal land management. Baseline information on soil quality is essential ...
The evaluation of the establishment and growth of indigenous trees to restore deforested riparian areas in the Mapungubwe National Park, South Africa
(North-West University, 2007)
The deforestation of riparian areas is a major concern in southern Africa. These areas are characterized as fragile ecosystems which contribute largely to the regional and global biodiversity of the world. It is therefore ...
The evaluation of bush thickening in two management systems in three districts of the North West Province in South Africa : a LandCare initiative
(North-West University, 2003)
The problem of land degradation is something that can not be ignored in this day and age.
A food shortage as a result of desertification is a reality in especially, the African
continent. One of the factors contributing ...
The role of vegetation in characterising landscape function on rehabilitating gold tailings
(North-West University, 2008)
Gold mine waste poses a significant challenge for rehabilitation practitioners and can negatively impact on soil, air, surface water and groundwater quality. This, in turn, can affect the environmental quality of humans ...
The evaluation of different technologies to restore old cultivated lands
(North-West University, 2008)
As production costs for the cultivation of cash crops increased and government subsidies for farmers decreased and eventually stopped, the farmers stopped to cultivate the marginal to lower potential soils. The higher input ...
Landscape functionality and plant diversity of grassland fragments along an urban–rural gradient in the Tlokwe Municipal area, South Africa
(North-West University, 2013)
Urbanisation is an ever-growing global phenomenon which creates altered environments characterised
by increased human habitation, exotic species, impermeable surfaces, artificial structures, landscape
fragmentation, ...
Evaluation of restoration and management actions in the Molopo savanna of South Africa : an integrative perspective
(2013)
The loss of ecosystem resilience and range-land (often referred to as veld in South
Africa) productivity is a major problem in the semi-arid Savanna environments of southern Africa. The over-utilization of range-lands in ...
Seed viability and re-growth of grasses used for mine waste rehabilitation
(North-West University, 2014)
Sustainable rehabilitation can be compromised by the inability of vegetation to survive in hostile mine wastes on a long-term basis. The adverse chemical and physical properties of mine wastes,
together with extreme pH ...