Restoring and managing natural capital towards fostering economic development: Evidence from the Drakensberg, South Africa

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1313-1323

  Blignaut, James ^a   Mander, Myles ^b   Schulze, Roland ^c   Horan, Mark ^c   Dickens, Chris ^d   Pringle, Catherine ^d   Mavundla, Khulile ^b   Mahlangu, Isaiah ^d   Wilson, Adrian ^e   McKenzie, Margaret ^b   McKean, Steve ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Futureworks ^*  (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d Institute of Natural Resources   (South Africa)

^e A J Wilson and Associates International   (South Africa)

^f EZEMVELO KZN WILDLIFE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Economic development; Land productivity; Natural resource management; Payments for ecosystem goods and services (PES); Restoration

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOW; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GRASSLAND; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND MANAGEMENT; NATURAL CAPITAL; RURAL AREA;

DRAKENSBERG;

EID: 77950339841     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.01.007     Document Type: Article

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