Mapping restoration opportunity for collaborating with land managers in a carbon credit-funded restoration program in the Makana Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-64

  Curran, Patrick ^a   Smedley, David ^a   Thompson, Peter ^a   Knight, Andrew T ^a,b  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Effectiveness; Feasibility; Restoration planning; Spatial prioritization; Subtropical thicket

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GIS; LAND MANAGEMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOCIAL IMPACT;

EASTERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84855460844     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2010.00746.x     Document Type: Article

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