Prescribing innovation within a large-scale restoration programme in degraded subtropical thicket in South Africa

Forests

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 4328-4348

  Mills, Anthony J ^a   Van der Vyver, Marius ^b,h   Gordon, Iain J ^c,i   Patwardhan, Anand ^d,e   Marais, Christo ^f   Blignaut, James ^g,j   Sigwela, Ayanda ^h   Kgope, Barney ^f  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^f Department of Environmental Affairs ^*  (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^h Sigwela and Associates Environmental Consulting   (South Africa)

ⁱ JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^j The Woods   (South Africa)

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Author keywords

Innovation; Intelligent tinkering; Large scale restoration; Portulacaria afra; Private sector; Public private partnerships

Indexed keywords

EARNINGS; INNOVATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); TROPICS;

FINANCING MECHANISMS; INTELLIGENT TINKERING; LONG-TERM EXPERIMENTS; POLITICAL SUPPORT; PORTULACARIA AFRA; PRIVATE SECTORS; PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS; SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT;

RESTORATION;

HABITAT RESTORATION; INNOVATION; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SHRUB; STAKEHOLDER; TREE;

EASTERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA;

PORTULACARIA AFRA;

EID: 84949485340     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f6114328     Document Type: Article

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