This appendix provides a practical and economic assessment of various natural resource management methods developed to improve grazing practices on the Cape.
The importance of the natural environment can be expresssed in terms of its values: ecologoical, socio-cultural, and economic. Assigning monetary value to goods and services provided by ecosystems can be a great way ensure that the environment is carefully considered during regional planning processes.
Information on the rare species, the Golden-shouldered ParrotInformation on the rare species, the Golden-shouldered Parrot.
Some information on the habitat and distribution of the Golden-shouldered Parrot.
Reports that the wet season is a time of food shortage; that breeding success is unlikely to be a problem; and that radio-tracking birds is futile. Describes related and linked projects.
Golden-shouldered Parrots behaviour in the wet season.
This issue describes the breeding biology of the Golden-shouldered Parrot and the formation of the Golden-shouldered Parrot recovery team.
Golden-shouldered Parrots nesting times.
Tracing the nestlings of the illusive Golden-shouldered Parrot.
Tracing the background to the scarcity of the Golden-shouldered Parrot.
Detailed account of studies into the ecology of the parrot and its ecosystem as well as threat to the parrots.
Susan Sheperd from Artemis Station has run a study project focused on the Golden-shouldered Parrot since 1995.
The Sheperd Family of Artemis Station establish the Artemis Antbed Parrot Nature Refuge.