The role and value of water in natural capital restoration on the Agulhas Plain

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dc.contributor.authorFourie, Helanyaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorDe Wit, Martin P.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorVan der Merwe, A.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-07T12:13:04Z
dc.date.available2014-07-07T12:13:04Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.descriptionCITATION: Fourie, H., De Wit, M. P. & Van der Merwe, A. 2013. The role and value of water in natural capital restoration on the Agulhas Plain. South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, 16(1):83-95.
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at http://www.sajems.org
dc.description.abstractThe Agulhas Plain is a low-lying coastal area within the Cape Floristic Region. It is heavily invaded by alien vegetation that infringes upon the sustainable supply of ecosystem goods and services provided by the native fynbos vegetation. Alien clearing and natural capital restoration is expected to recover these ecosystem goods and services and in particular to increase water availability. The study conducts cost-benefit analyses to assess whether alien clearing and natural capital restoration would add value to the Agulhas Plain through sufficiently increasing the supply of marketable ecosystem goods and services. The results indicate that the costs of alien clearing and restoration cannot be justified in the absence of water as a valued commodity. Other ecosystem goods and services included have a negligible impact on justifying costs.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.sajems.org/index.php/sajems/article/view/252
dc.description.versionPublisher's versionen_ZA
dc.format.extent13 pagesen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationFourie, H., De Wit, M. P. & Van der Merwe, A. 2013. The role and value of water in natural capital restoration on the Agulhas Plain. South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, 16(1):83-95.
dc.identifier.issn2222-3436 (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/92207
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoriaen_ZA
dc.rights.holderUniversity of Pretoriaen_ZA
dc.subjectInvasive plantsen_ZA
dc.subjectWater and cost-benefit analysisen_ZA
dc.subjectAgulhas Plain (South Africa0en_ZA
dc.subjectStrandveld (South Africa)en_ZA
dc.subjectSustainabilityen_ZA
dc.subjectFynbosen_ZA
dc.titleThe role and value of water in natural capital restoration on the Agulhas Plainen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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