Changes in land use and management practices to store and sequester carbon are
becoming integral to global efforts that both address climate change and alleviate poverty …

The effects of tourism on the ecology and natural environment of tourist destinations are
hotly debated and research has expanded in the field of ecotourism and sustainability. This …

Oxalic acid is one of the most abundant organic acids produced by plants. Much of the
global production of oxalic acid is deposited on soil surfaces in leaf litter to be oxidized by …

Organic matter is an important factor that cannot be neglected when considering global
carbon cycle. New data including organic matter geochemistry at the small watershed scale …

A shortage of water currently threatens the development of the South African economy and
the well-being of its people. Climate change, land degradation and an inherently semi-arid …

Soil organic carbon (SOC) affects soil fertility and agricultural production, and SOC storage
can also mitigate increasing atmospheric CO 2 concentrations on decadal timescales or …

Almost half of the 16,942 km2 of South Africa's subtropical thicket with a substantial
Portulacaria afra (spekboom) component has been heavily degraded by domestic …

We investigated tree composition, stand characteristics, biomass allocation pattern and
carbon storage variability in Sal forests (Shorea robusta Garten.) under two forest …

Investigations were made of plant and soil responses to severe degradation through heavy
grazing and browsing in arid, succulent, subtropical thicket. Severe degradation of thicket is …

An accepted criterion for measuring the success of ecosystem restoration is the return of
biodiversity relative to intact reference ecosystems. The emerging global carbon economy …