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Populations of the African penguin Spheniscus demersus have decreased dramatically over the past century, due in part to competition for food with commercial fisheries, and the species is now…
| Peer Reviewed | South AfricaWetlands are commonly understood to have the capacity to reduce the loads of excess nutrients, pathogens, sediments, and other contaminants generated by various activities in their catchment areas…
| EfD Discussion Paper | South AfricaTourism development provides an important opportunity for reducing pressures on the delta’s natural resources as well as reducing people’s dependence on the these resources for their livelihoods. In…
| Policy Brief | South AfricaWetlands play a significant role in removal of organic agricultural pollutants from rivers. A study conducted in the Western Cape, South Africa, shows that small wetlands can play a significant…
| Policy Brief | South AfricaThe main objective of the study was to assess the economic value of Zambia’s forest ecosystem services. The study estimates that, when ecosystem services provided by forests are accounted for, forests…
| Report | South AfricaThe recreational and aesthetic values of coastal areas have a significant economic impact, and because they are enhanced by coastal protection, the latter should receive top priority in striving to…
| Research Brief | South AfricaThis paper describes the development and rationale of a holistic and transparent approach for evaluating the ecological, social and economic trade-offs in water allocation in order to set the…
| Peer Reviewed | South AfricaThis paper uses empirical data on the crustacean and linefish fisheries to estimate the potential impacts of changes in freshwater flows on the industry, using a modelling approach.
| Peer Reviewed | South AfricaThis publication provides advice on how to approach wetland valuation studies in terms of methodological rigour, breadth and depth of the analsys, according to their application, and provides detailed…
| Books | South AfricaThis publication provides an explanation of the social benefits provided by wetlands in rural and urban areas, and a logical and straightforward way in which to quantify and compare the importance of…
| Books | South Africa