2. Planned Deliverables Scientific Relevance Position Highlights Loss of ecosystem services: Provisioning: Supply of material for horticultural activities Resource harvest (medicinal plants, firewood) Supports commercial & subsistence pastoralism Cultural: Wildlife-based tourism, hunting & recreation Cultural & spiritual activities Contribution to economic diversification Regulating: Erosion & sedimentation control Climate regulation (provision of clean air) Sustaining water quality (purification) Supporting: Provision of habitat (biodiversity) Maintenance of nutrient, carbon & water cycles Soil formation & retention

3. Planned Deliverables Scientific Relevance Position Highlights Chapter in IUCN-CEM Ecosystem Approach Book Papers at Thicket Forum (SA); Wildlife Management Symposium (SA); NAJU Workshop (Germany); ISEE 2008 (Kenya) & IUCN-WCC (Spain); 8 MSc Theses (w/ posters) using SELS framework; Probable (co-funded sandwich) PhD trajectories 2 peer-reviewed articles Stakeholder outreach newsletters & updates Leverage for continued support / funding

4. Testing the SELS framework with respect to: international relevance restoration of ecosystem/landscape services (understanding the trade-offs with land-use changes) transdisciplinarity & integration of concepts effective stakeholder engagement (how does the framework answer the right questions for the right people?) Contribution to scientific understanding of values, perceptions, trade-offs & financing across institutional and geographical scales. Planned Deliverables Scientific Relevance Position Highlights

5. Establishing partnerships with: Various WUR Chair Groups (MSc students) Water for Food & Ecosystems Programme of the Dutch Government (LNV-DLG) (in collaboration with WUR-ALTERRA, WUR-LEI). CSIR ecosystem services research programme DWAF and CAPE PES research programme Planned Deliverables Scientific Relevance Position Highlights

6. Ecosystem Management And Restoration Knowledge (EMARK) Centre – Research & Botanical Gardens Planned Deliverables Scientific Relevance Position Highlights Realising the 2008 AMC2 “Growing into the Future” Nursery Proposal

7. Planned Deliverables Scientific Relevance Position Highlights Successful 3-day workshop (2007) Inventory knowledge, expertise & partners: what we have and what is needed Identifying key questions and focus areas from research-implementation perspective Stimulating collaboration for supporting multidisciplinary research & capacity building – institutional fixing & social capital Publishing and distributing of the PRESENCE Workshop Outcomes (Apr. 2008)