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Government, business and the public: The role of environmental education in creating sustainable urban places (2004)
Journal Article

This paper focuses on the need to further environmental education research within a context in which local government, local business and tertiary institutions are viewed as interlinked components of the development process. Research and interaction... Read More about Government, business and the public: The role of environmental education in creating sustainable urban places.

Economic analysis of the eradication and management of invasive alien vegetation in the Mhlatuze River Catchment (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) (2002)
Journal Article

Alien invasive vegetation threatens the functioning and existence of natural ecosystems in South Africa because many of these plants have no predators or competitors, allowing them to dominate the ecosystem which they inhabit. The rapid proliferation... Read More about Economic analysis of the eradication and management of invasive alien vegetation in the Mhlatuze River Catchment (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa).

Re-visioning Geosciences Education: New students, new expectations, new outcomes, new learning
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The international higher educational landscape is characterised by shifting sands, tectonic activity, erosion, deposition, and occasional volcanism. This fluid context arises in response to changes in policy, modes of provision and technology enhance... Read More about Re-visioning Geosciences Education: New students, new expectations, new outcomes, new learning.

SMAP Satellite Soil Moisture Products: a preliminary evaluation against COSMOS-UK estimates in Great Britain
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Satellite-based soil moisture monitoring has matured, notably as a result of the Soil Moisture Ocean Salinity (SMOS) and Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) missions. Whilst spatial resolutions fall short of those ideal for field-scale monitoring, th... Read More about SMAP Satellite Soil Moisture Products: a preliminary evaluation against COSMOS-UK estimates in Great Britain.