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List of works by James Blignaut

A categorisation and evaluation of rhino management policies

A comparative assessment of the contribution of two different models for clearing invasive alien plants using grazing regimes in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

scientific article published in 2020

A greenhouse gas emissions inventory for South Africa: A comparative analysis

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An Assessment of the Potential Economic Impacts of the Invasive Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in South Africa

scientific article published on 14 April 2022

Are Socioeconomic Benefits of Restoration Adequately Quantified? A Meta-analysis of Recent Papers (2000-2008) inRestoration Ecologyand 12 Other Scientific Journals

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Benefits of investing in ecosystem restoration

scientific article published on 20 September 2013

Clearing invasive alien plants as a cost-effective strategy for water catchment management: The case of the Olifants river catchment, South Africa

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Conceiving the Science, Business, and Practice of Restoring Natural Capital

scientific article published on 15 November 2007

Conceptual Frameworks and References for Landscape-scale Restoration: Reflecting Back and Looking Forward,

scientific article published in 2017

Debunking the myth that a legal trade will solve the rhino horn crisis: A system dynamics model for market demand

Determining the feasibility of harvesting invasive alien plant species for energy

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Determining the relationship between invasive alien species density and a country’s socio-economic status

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Developing a restoration narrative: A pathway towards system-wide healing and a restorative culture

journal article from 'ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS' published in 2020

Ecological restoration: A new frontier for nature conservation and economics

article published in 2006

Economics of climate change adaptation at the local scale under conditions of uncertainty and resource constraints: the case of Durban, South Africa

scholarly article by Anton Cartwright et al published 6 March 2013 in Environment & Urbanization

Ecosystem Services in Agricultural and Urban Landscapes

scientific article published on 02 September 2013

Establishing the links between economic development and the restoration of natural capital

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Externality costs of the coal-fuel cycle: The case of Kusile Power Station

Fixing both the symptoms and the causes of degradation: The need for an integrated approach to economic development and restoration

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Getting serious about maintaining biodiversity

Impacts of invasive Australian acacias: implications for management and restoration

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Improving the electricity efficiency in South Africa through a benchmark-and-trade system

Including the economic value of well-functioning urban ecosystems in financial decisions: Evidence from a process in Cape Town

Integrated water and economic modelling of the impacts of water market instruments on the South African economy

scientific article published in 2008

Interdisciplinary and multi-institutional higher learning: reflecting on a South African case study investigating complex and dynamic environmental challenges

scholarly article by KJ Esler et al published April 2016 in Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Investing in Natural Capital and Economic Development: South Africa's Drakensberg Mountains

Investing in natural capital and national security: A comparative review of restoration projects in South Africa

scientific article published on 24 May 2019

Local institutions, actors, and natural resource governance in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and surrounds, South Africa

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Mapping and valuation of South Africa's ecosystem services: A local perspective

scholarly article by J.K. Turpie et al published October 2017 in Ecosystem services

Modelling potential hydrological returns from investing in ecological infrastructure: Case studies from the Baviaanskloof-Tsitsikamma and uMngeni catchments, South Africa

Natural capital: The limiting factor

article by James Aronson et al published November 2006 in Ecological Engineering

Nature conservation as if people mattered

Prescribing Innovation within a Large-Scale Restoration Programme in Degraded Subtropical Thicket in South Africa

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Quantifying the potential of restored natural capital to alleviate poverty and help conserve nature: A case study from South Africa

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Reducing landscape restoration costs: Feasibility of generating electricity from invasive alien plant biomass on the Agulhas Plain, South Africa

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Restoration of natural capital: A key strategy on the path to sustainability

scientific article published in 2014

Restoration of natural capital: Mobilising private sector investment

Restoring and managing natural capital towards fostering economic development: Evidence from the Drakensberg, South Africa

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Sectoral electricity elasticities in South Africa: Before and after the supply crisis of 2008

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South Africa’s electricity consumption: A sectoral decomposition analysis

System dynamic modelling to assess economic viability and risk trade-offs for ecological restoration in South Africa.

scientific article published on 22 March 2013

The amenity value of Abu Dhabi's coastal and marine resources to its beach visitors

The economic value of ecosystem goods and services: The case of Mogale’s Gate Biodiversity Centre, South Africa

Scientific article published in August 2017

The economics of landscape restoration: Benefits of controlling bush encroachment and invasive plant species in South Africa and Namibia

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The economics of restoration: looking back and leaping forward.

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The effect of accessibility and value addition on the costs of controlling invasive alien plants in South Africa: A three-species system dynamics model in the fynbos and grassland biomes

scientific article published in 2020

The financial and economic feasibility of rural household biodigesters for poor communities in South Africa

scientific article published on 25 November 2013

The road to sustainability must bridge three great divides.

scientific article published on January 2010

Triple dividends of water consumption charges in South Africa

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iREDD hedges against avoided deforestation's unholy trinity of leakage, permanence and additionality

scholarly article published 2012