- Title
- The availability of non-timber forest products under forest succession on abandoned fields along the Wild Coast, South Africa
- Creator
- Njwaxu, Afrika, Shackleton, Charlie M
- Date
- 2019
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177565
- Identifier
- vital:42833
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.3390/f10121093
- Description
- Large swathes of arable fields have been abandoned in many areas of the world over the last few decades driven by a multitude of local and broader-scale factors. Many former fields experience a change in vegetation composition and structure post-abandonment, typically through a process of plant succession. The changes in species and abundance mean that the nature and quantity of ecosystem services provided by the former fields also varies. We examined the types of provisioning services obtained from non-timber forest products (NTFPs) with increasing age since field abandonment. We sampled 43 former fields ranging in age since abandonment from approximately 7 to 55 years, and seven plots in intact forests. We held seven focus group discussions with local residents to determine uses of species found in the former fields.
- Format
- 15 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Forests, Njwaxu, A. and Shackleton, C.M., 2019. The availability of non-timber forest products under forest succession on abandoned fields along the Wild Coast, South Africa. Forests, 10(12), p.1093, Forests volume 10 number 12 p.1093 2019 1999-4907
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RU DST/NRF SARChI for Interdisciplinary Science in Land and Natural Resource Use for Sustainable Livelihoods
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Shackleton, Charles Michael (Distinguished Prof)
SDG 12. Responsible Consumption and Production
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