Global climate warming, now conclusively linked to anthropogenically-increased CO2 levels
in the earth's atmosphere, has already had impacts on the earth's biodiversity and is …

Potential changes in Köppen-Geiger climate zones over southern Africa (Africa south of 22°
S) under future climate change are investigated using an ensemble of high-resolution …

African wildlife face challenges from many stressors including current and emerging
contaminants, habitat and resource loss, poaching, intentional and unintentional poisoning …

For the winter-rainfall region of South Africa, the frequency of drought is predicted to
increase over the next 100 years, with dire consequences for the vegetation of this …

Climate change is a multi-dimensional issue and in terms of adaptation numerous state and
non-state actors are involved from global to national and local scales. The aim of this paper …

Responses to environmental variability sheds light on how individuals are able to survive in
a particular habitat and provides an indication of the scope and limits of its niche. To …

Abstract The distribution of South African biomes is expected to be drastically altered as a
result of climatic change and increasing atmospheric CO 2 in the 21st century. Develo** …

In many parts of the world the boundaries between grassland and shrubland biomes have
changed substantially over the course of the last century. Many are projected to shift further …

In 1945, the Royal Society of South Africa published a wide-ranging report, prepared by a
committee led by Dr CL Wicht, dealing with the preservation of the globally unique and …

Land use and land cover have changed significantly in South Africa since the 1913 Natives
Land Act, in response to a wide range of political, social, cultural and environmental …