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 ...

Conservation and management of the ecology of natural areas has become a prerequisite for mining companies in South Africa. Systematic conservation planning provides a useful tool for land–use planning and impact assessment, ...

Stretches of forest along the Limpopo and Shashe Rivers have been classified as a unique forest type in the vegetation of South Africa and are considered as being "critically endangered" by the South African Biodiversity ...

The proposed Heritage Park will link Pilanesberg National Park and Madikwe Game Reserve with a corridor of approximately 170 000 ha, to form a conservation area of roughly 250 000 ha. This proposed Heritage Park will ...

Degradation is a global problem and does not only affect the livelihood of people but also the existence of fauna and flora. In Mokala National Park (MNP) extensive areas of high potential grazing land have been degraded ...

The primary impacts of mining on the environment include the deterioration of soil properties and the loss of vegetation cover and density, often leading to increased erosion. In order to encumber further degeneration ...

Urbanisation is an ever-growing global phenomenon which creates altered environments characterised by increased human habitation, exotic species, impermeable surfaces, artificial structures, landscape fragmentation, ...

Bush thickening (bush encroachment) and the effects thereof on the environment has been a very well debated topic over the past few decades which led to the formation of two valid but rather opposite opinions. Pasture ...

Restoration and rehabilitation activities are presently considered to be a major priority in environmental management, whether the activity implies the restoration of neglected cultivated pastures or degraded rangelands ...

A large portion of South Africa’s semi-arid Molopo Bushveld savanna is thickened (encroached) by indigenous increaser shrubs and trees (also known as bush encroachment), mainly as a result of poor grazing management ...