Restoration

Determining realistic restoration goals for riparian vegetation in a social-ecological landscape context: Case Study Dwars River, Western Cape

This MSc will aim to determine how best to integrate diverse (and often opposing) ecological and social goals in developing a rigorous landscape/catchment scale restoration plan. The context is the Dwars River, Western Cape, within a significantly altered and human-occupied catchment.

Long term soil physico-chemical and microbial recovery monitoring after Eucalyptus camaldulensis clearing

This proposed study will focus on changes in soil physico-chemical and bacterial properties ten years after Eucalyptus camaldulensis removal along the Berg River in the Western Cape, South Africa. The aim will be to quantify the long‐term consequences of E. camaldulensis clearing on soil physico-chemical and bacterial properties.