Ecosystem Guidelines for Environmental Assessment

REFERENCES & RESOURCES
There is a wealth of scientific and other information about the ecology and management of ecosystems in the Western
Cape, far too much to be listed here.
References cited in these guidelines are presented below, as well as a number of suggested readings and websites that
can serve as useful points of departure for contextualising, and understanding the complexity and conservation requirements
of, biodiversity in the Western Cape.
REFERENCES
Brownlie S (2005) Guideline for involving biodiversity specialists in EIA processes: Edition 1. CSIR Report No ENV-S-C
2005 053 C. Republic of South Africa, Provincial Government of the Western Cape, Department of Environmental
Affairs & Development Planning, Cape Town.
Cowling RM, Lombard AT, Rouget M, Kerley GIH, Wolf T, Sims-Castley R, Knight A, Vlok JHJ, Pierce SM, Boshoff AF and
Wilson SC (2003) A Conservation Plan for the Subtropical Thicket Biome. TERU Report 43. Terrestrial Ecology Research
Unit, University of Port Elizabeth.
Cowling RM, Pressey RL, Lombard AT, Heijnis CE, Richardson DM and Cole N (1999) Framework for a conservation plan
for the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa. IPC Report 9902, prepared for WWF-SA.
Desmet P (In press) Targeting ecological processes - a top-down approach.
Driver A, Maze K, Rouget M, Lombard AT, Nel J, Turpie JK, Cowling RM, Desmet P, Goodman P, Harris J, Jonas Z, Reyers
B, Sink K & Strauss T (2005) National Spatial Biodiversity Assessment 2004: Priorities for biodiversity conservation
in South Africa. Strelitzia 17. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Margules CR and RL Pressey (2000) Systematic conservation planning. Nature 405, 243-253.
Mucina L, Rutherford MC and Powrie LW (eds) (2005) Vegetation map of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland.
1:1 000 000 scale sheet maps. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Mucina L, Rutherford MC and Powrie LW (eds)(2004) Vegetation map of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland: Shapefiles
of basic "mapping units". Beta version 4.0, February 2004, National Botanical Institute, Cape Town. Obtainable from
SA National Biodiversity Institute, Ph (021) 799 8800 or parenzee@sanbi.org. Conditions apply.
Pressey RL, Cowling RM and Rouget M (2003) Formulating conservation targets for biodiversity pattern and process in
the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa. Biological Conservation 112, 99-127.
Rouget M, Cowling RM, Pressey RL and Richardson DM (2003) Identifying spatial components of ecological and evolutionary
processes for regional conservation planning in the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa. Diversity and Distribution
9, 191-210.
Rouget M, Reyers B, Jonas Z, Desmet P, Driver A, Maze K, Egoh B and Cowling RM (2004) South African National Spatial
Biodiversity Assessment 2004: Technical Report. Volume 1: Terrestrial Component. South African National Biodiversity
Institute, Pretoria.
Slootweg R and Kolhoff A (2003) A generic approach to integrate biodiversity considerations in screening and scoping
for EIA. Environmental Impact Assessment Review 23: 657-681.
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (2006) Voluntary guidelines on biodiversity-inclusive impact assessment.
Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Eight Meeting, Curitiba, Brazil, 20-31 March 2006.
USEFUL READINGS
Restoration
Burke A (2005) Best practice guidelines for minimising impacts on the flora of the southern Namib. EnviroScience and
Namibia Nature Foundation, Windhoek.
Holmes PM (2000) Guidelines for indigenous vegetation restoration following invasion by alien plants. Prepared for the
Working for Water Programme. CSIR Report No ENV-S-C-2000-144. Division for Water, Environment and Forestry
Technology, CSIR, Stellenbosch.
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