Browsing by Author "Lombard, Mandy"

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    Coastal Ecological Infrastructure in South Africa
    (2018-06-20) Perschke, Myriam; Lombard, Mandy; Harris, Linda
    The value of intact coastal ecosystems to the well-being of humanity is being increasingly appreciated. Valuable goods and services provided by coastal ecosystems include inter alia: fisheries, recreation and tourism, water filtration and purification, and coastal protection. Given their inherent value, coastal systems are among the most threatened ecosystems. Key pressures like coastal development, mining and fresh water flow reduction are intensifying, degrading ecological processes and consequently, service provision. To mainstream the ecosystem services concept into natural resource and conservation management, new strategies need to be developed. We advance this by adapting the innovative ecological infrastructure (EI) idea to the coastal context. We first create an ‘inventory’ of coastal EI in South Africa by conducting a broad literature review that links coastal services to the features delivering them, which then allows spatial representation of services based on existing maps of coastal features and ecosystem types. A coastal EI map is envisioned to display preliminary results of the research. The gathered data are meant to form the foundation of further research on coastal EI in South Africa and worldwide. Our results will allow coastal resource and conservation managers to describe the value of coastal EI and argue for ecosystem-centred strategies.
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    Systematic planning to identify focus areas for offshore biodiversity protection in South Africa
    (2011) Sink, Kerry; Attwood, Colin; Lombard, Mandy; Grantham, Hedley; Leslie, Robin; Samaai, Toufiek; Kerwath, Sven; Majiedt, Prideel; Fairweather, Tracey; Hutchings, Larry; van der Lingen, Carl; Atkinson, Lara; Wilkinson, Sarah; Holness, Stephen; Wolf, Trevor