IN THIS ISSUE
FROM THE EDITOR
02 Josef van Wyngaard
LETTERS
03 Conservation vs Profit
04 Correction to a statement in the paper by Teague and Barnes (2017) published in the AJRFS
NEWS
05 Habitat on the edges: Making room for wildlife in an urbanized world
08 Fire control harms biodiversity in Brazilian savannah
09 Amazon trees are major source of methane emissions
10 Taming ornamental plant invasion in Kenya
11 Is Climate Change putting world’s microbiomes at risk?
14 It’s official: 2017 was the second hottest year on record
15 Technique developed in Kenya offers a refined way to map tree cover
17 The TreeApp makes its debut
18 Precision farming creates a buzz as growers try new technology
20 Who knew pee was valuable?
21 Global Soil Organic Carbon Map a powerful tool
23 Creative management of grazing through the use small of fires
25 Fynbos-monitoring tool beats a trail for fire-prone areas
27 Why a proper record of birds in Africa is so important – for Europe
31 Transitioning SA to a low carbon economy that responds to climate change
32 In South Africa, bees stop elephants from trampling trees
33 Natural Science Collections Facility to protect South Africa’s mega biodiversity
34 NISC welcomes a new Editor-in-Chief
FEATURES Editorial Committee
37 Is it possible to be both environmentally friendly and
economically productive on pasture-based dairy farms?
40 Writing an eye-catching and evocative abstract for a
research article: A comprehensive and practical approach Editor
Josef van Wyngaard
OBITUARY
44 Dr Moto Lesoli
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Grassroots
Vol 18
No 1
March 2018