IN THIS ISSUE
FROM THE EDITOR
02 Janet Taylor
LETTERS
03 Update on International Year on Rangelands and Pastoralism
UPCOMING EVENTS
03 Time to diarise
CONGRESS 53
04 Delegates came together for biodiversity and agriculture at the GSSA congress
FEATURES
05 Integrating sheep into crop rotations can suppress weeds, save money, and protect the
environment
NEWS Editorial Committee
08 Electric vehicles for wilderness conservation and
sustainable game viewing Editor
Janet Taylor
10 How ecologists put Orapa vegetation on the map Sub-Editors
Malissa Murphy
Christiaan Harmse
11 Investigating long-term (>35 year) woody vegetation
change around watering points in the Kalahari Gemsbok
National Park
12 Biodiversity standard boosts NGOs Layout and Design
J.C. Aucamp
13 Amazing satellite photos show how alien trees are
being wiped out in Cape Town Administration
Erica Joubert
14 Large mammals for a better climate
Enquiries
[email protected]
17 Realizing the potential of Africa’s rangelands
18 New project aims to give wildlife a brake
20 Lightning, biodiversity, global change and Smarties in the mountains – say what?
22 Fynbos app launched to manage your natural veld
23 Floating wetlands: creating habitat and cleaning water
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Grassroots
Vol 18
No 4
December 2018