Collaborative Adaptive Stewardship for Invasive Alien Plants Management in South Africa

Invasive alien plants in South Africa: how well do we understand the ecological impacts?

Introduction This account provides a brief overview of alien plant invasions in South Africa, with special emphasis on what is known about their consequences, including those affecting the delivery of ecosystem goods and services. We draw on published and unpublished sources, and highlight some important research challenges in invasion ecology that need to be met if we are to address critical g...

The costs and benefits of biological control of invasive alien plants in South Africa

This paper provides a brief review of the environmental and economic costs of invasive alien plants in South Africa as a background to assessments of returns on investment in weed biological control. The understanding of impacts and their economic costs is far from perfect, but estimates indicate that some costs (of lost water, grazing and biodiversity) are currently about R6.5 billion per annu...

Invasive Alien Plant Species in South Africa: Impacts and Management Options

Invasive Alien Species in South - Southeast Asia

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Invasive Alien Plant Species Used for the Treatment of Various Diseases in Limpopo Province, South Africa

BACKGROUND Invasive alien plant species (IAPs) are plants that have migrated from one geographical region to non-native region either intentional or unintentional. The general view of IAPs in environment is regarded as destructive to the ecosystem and they pose threat to native vegetation and species. However, some of these IAPS are utilized by local inhabitants as a substitute for scarce indig...