Natural hazards in a changing world: A case for ecosystem-based management

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Nel, Jeanne L ^a   Le Maitre, David C ^a   Nel, Deon C ^b   Reyers, Belinda ^a   Archibald, Sally ^a,c   Van Wilgen, Brian W ^a,d   Forsyth, Greg G ^a   Theron, Andre K ^a   O'Farrell, Patrick J ^a   Mwenge Kahinda, Jean Marc ^a   Engelbrecht, Francois A ^a   Kapangaziwiri, Evison ^a   Van Niekerk, Lara ^a   Barwell, Laurie ^a  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FLOODING; FOGO SELVAGEM; FORESTRY; LAND USE; NATURAL DISASTER; PLANTATION; RISK REDUCTION; RIVER; SOUTH AFRICA; STORM WAVE; TREE; DISASTER; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE; HUMAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DISASTERS; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRES; FLOODS; HUMANS;

EID: 84900559986     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095942     Document Type: Article

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