The key biodiversity areas (KBA) approach aims to identify globally important areas for
species conservation. Although a similar methodology has been used successfully to …

Natural resource management is embedded within social-ecological environments and
requires decisions to be taken within this broad context, including those that pertain to …

Understanding how biodiversity is changing is a crucial step in mitigating our environmental
impacts. Biodiversity indicators synthesise and communicate status and trends in …

Since the 1970s, at approximately 10-year intervals, 4 national-scale freshwater
conservation plans have been developed for South Africa. These 4 plans reflect different but …

Although savanna is one of the most important biomes in southern Africa, it is, apart from the
botanical component, one of the least studied. This study aimed to document the distribution …

Considering the frequent nature of fires and resultant drastic change in habitat following fire,
research on the effects of fire on birds in the grasslands of South Africa is surprisingly …

Background, aim, and scope The blue swallow (Hirundo atrocaerulea) is one of the most
threatened bird species in southern Africa. Among terrestrial birds, its plumage is known to …

Biodiversity declines are due in large part to anthropogenic changes in habitats that
accumulate over time and space to have landscape-level effects. These changes affect …

The growing scarcity of fossil energy, expressed by rising real prices, justifies an
investigation into the viability of utilising alternative, sustainable energy sources. Another …

Black Mountain Mining (BMM), a subsidiary of Vedanta, proposed a Zinc mine (the
'Gamsberg Project') in a semi-desert area in the Northern Cape, South Africa. The area …