- Title
- Assessing the effects of invasive alien species on rural livelihoods: Case examples and a framework from South Africa
- Creator
- Shackleton, Charlie M, McGarry, Dylan K, Fourie, Saskia, Gambiza, James, Shackleton, Sheona E, Fabricius, Christo
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2007
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/181279
- Identifier
- vital:43715
- Identifier
- xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-006-9095-0"
- Description
- The detrimental impacts of invasive alien species (IAS) on ecosystem goods and services and local and regional economies are well documented. However, the use of IAS by rural communities is little understood, and rarely factored into IAS control programmes. Understanding the use of IAS by rural communities and factoring these into cost-benefit models is complex, depending upon a range of local-level attributes such as the time since invasion, abundance, and local-level costs and benefits. This paper reports on two case studies examining the role of IAS in rural livelihoods in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. In both cases, rural communities made widespread consumptive use of the IAS and generally would prefer higher densities, except in certain key localities. Several households traded in IAS products to generate supplementary income. We present a conceptual framework to guide interpretation of these and future case studies, considering attributes such as time since invasion, the competitiveness of the species, and the relative costs and benefits.
- Format
- computer, online resource, application/pdf, 1 online resource (15 pages), pdf
- Publisher
- SpringerLink
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Human Ecology, Shackleton, C.M., McGarry, D., Fourie, S., Gambiza, J., Shackleton, S.E. and Fabricius, C., 2007. Assessing the effects of invasive alien species on rural livelihoods: case examples and a framework from South Africa. Human Ecology, 35(1), pp.113-127, Human Ecology volume 35 number 1 p. 113 2007 1572-9915
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- Rights
- Open Access
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Fabricius, Christo (Prof)
Gambiza, James (Prof)
Shackleton, Sheona (Prof)
RU Department of Environmental Science
Shackleton, Charles Michael (Distinguished Prof)
SDG 11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
McGarry, Dylan (Dr)
SDG 15. Life On Land
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