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Ensuring the future of the Namib's biodiversity: Ecological restoration as a key management response to a mining boom
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In this paper, the extent of the threats to the central Namib's ecosystems and biodiversity due to mining, identifies critical knowledge gaps for restoration, defines policy needs, and proposes a broad strategy which is intended to be a framework for research, planning and management for sustainable use of this unique desert.About:
This article is published in Journal of Arid Environments.The article was published on 2013-06-01. It has received 29 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Restoration ecology & Ecosystem services.read more
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Abandoned metalliferous mines: ecological impacts and potential approaches for reclamation
Kadiyala Venkateswarlu,Kadiyala Venkateswarlu,Ramkrishna Nirola,Saranya Kuppusamy,Palanisami Thavamani,Palanisami Thavamani,Ravi Naidu,Ravi Naidu,Mallavarapu Megharaj,Mallavarapu Megharaj +9 more
TL;DR: In this article, the state-of-the-art on AMLs in major mining countries with emphasis on their impact towards soil health and biodiversity, remediation methods, and laws governing management of mined sites is presented.
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Namib Desert primary productivity is driven by cryptic microbial community N-fixation
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that N fixation by photoautotrophic hypolithic communities forms the basis for the N budget for plant productivity events in the Namib Desert and is likely to play similar roles in other arid environments.
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Drivers and trajectories of social and ecological change in the Karoo, South Africa§
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore past, present and possible future drivers of change in Karoo social-ecological systems, and present and future drivers for change in the Karoo.
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Climate change and surface mining: A review of environment-human interactions & their spatial dynamics
TL;DR: The potential and actual interactions between climate change and surface mining in relation to five core themes: heavy metals, hydrological processes and resources, ecological impacts, air pollution, and mass movement are discussed in this paper.
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Gobabeb – 50 years of Namib Desert research
TL;DR: The Namib is a relatively well-studied hyperarid desert as mentioned in this paper, and much of the research effort was coordinated through the institutional framework of the Gobabeb Research and Training Centre, which was established in the middle of this desert fifty years ago.
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Biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities
Norman Myers,Russell A. Mittermeier,Cristina G. Mittermeier,Gustavo A. B. da Fonseca,Jennifer Kent +4 more
TL;DR: A ‘silver bullet’ strategy on the part of conservation planners, focusing on ‘biodiversity hotspots’ where exceptional concentrations of endemic species are undergoing exceptional loss of habitat, is proposed.
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The vertical distribution of soil organic carbon and its relation to climate and vegetation
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the association of soil organic carbon (SOC) content with climate and soil texture at different soil depths, and tested the hypothesis that vegetation type, through patterns of allocation, is a dominant control on the vertical distribution of SOC.
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Novel ecosystems: theoretical and management aspects of the new ecological world order
Richard J. Hobbs,Salvatore Arico,James Aronson,Jill S. Baron,Peter Bridgewater,Viki A. Cramer,Paul R. Epstein,John J. Ewel,Carlos A. Klink,Ariel E. Lugo,David A. Norton,Dennis S. Ojima,David M. Richardson,Eric W. Sanderson,Fernando Valladares,Montserrat Vilà,Regino Zamora,Martin Zobel +17 more
TL;DR: The issues relevant to those types of ecosystems containing new combinations of species that arise through human action, environmental change, and the impacts of the deliberate and inadvertent introduction of species from other regions are explored.
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Benchmarking: The Search for Industry Best Practices That Lead to Superior Performance
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a reference for middle managers in industry, not-for-profit organization and government agencies, as well as quality improvement projects, to relate benchmarking investigations from beginning to end.