Conservation planning in Maputaland

Research projects

The Maputaland conservation planning systems will contain a range of biodiversity and socio-economic data and so this project involves a range of research projects to collect and develop this information. The different projects are listed below, together with links to pages that describe this work in more detail.

Mapping the landcover of Maputaland

Mapping the distribution of important species

Modelling risk of agricultural transformation

Conservation planning in the Usuthu Gorge

Modelling the distribution of plant harvesting

Modelling the potential for game ranching in communal areas