{"id":4710,"date":"2022-03-01T12:00:43","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T10:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/cib\/?p=4710"},"modified":"2022-03-14T15:31:04","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T13:31:04","slug":"restoring-lowland-sand-fynbos-guidelines-hot-off-the-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/cib\/restoring-lowland-sand-fynbos-guidelines-hot-off-the-press\/","title":{"rendered":"Restoring Lowland Sand Fynbos – guidelines hot off the press"},"content":{"rendered":"

As global efforts to up-scale restorative activities emerge under the UN Decade for Ecological Restoration (https:\/\/www.decadeonrestoration.org\/<\/a>), a team of South African collaborators has focused ongoing efforts on restoring Lowland Sand Fynbos ecosystems, which are amongst the most threatened habitats in South Africa.<\/p>\n

To this end, their collective knowledge and experience has now been collated into \u2018Guidelines for restoring lowland fynbos systems\u2019<\/em>.\u00a0 This e-book can be found online at https:\/\/scholar.sun.ac.za\/handle\/10019.1\/124162<\/a> and on SANBI\u2019s Biodiversity advisor at http:\/\/biodiversityadvisor.sanbi.org\/planning-and-assessment\/ecological-restoration\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The document leads readers through a description of this critically threatened habitat, providing information on planning and execution of restorative actions, including a norms calculator for alien tree clearing, legal and policy imperatives, in-field protocols, and monitoring.\u00a0There is a section on troubleshooting challenges, and useful information on seed processing, plans of operation and cost-calculating.<\/p>\n

The guidelines aim to assist managers and landowners of degraded Sand Fynbos vegetation to restore biodiversity and contribute to the conservation of these threatened ecosystems. The hope is that these practical guidelines will pave the way for Cape Lowland Fynbos to flourish and to help inspire similar efforts elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Funding from the Hans Hoheisen Charitable Trust, to support the development of the guidelines, is gratefully acknowledged.<\/p>\n

E-book reference<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Holmes, P.M., Esler, K.J., Geerts, S., Ngwenya, D.K., Rebelo, A.G., Dorse, C., van der Merwe, J., Retief, K., Hall, S.W., Grey, P., Nsikani, MM. 2022. Guidelines for Restoring Lowland Sand Fynbos Ecosystems. Self-published. ISBN: 978-0-620-98765-3<\/p>\n

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Several C\u00b7I\u00b7B Core Team members, Associates and former students are among the authors of newly published guidelines for restoring Lowland Sand Fynbos 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