Full Member
Phumza Simelane
Membership since:
2025
Field of activity:
Degrees:
2012
Doctorate Biological Systems and Organisms
Publications resulting from Research
Journal Articles
Ntshotsho, P., Esler, K. J. & Reyers, B. 2015. Identifying challenges to building an evidence base in restoration practice. Sustainability 7: 15871-15881. doi:10.3390/su71215788
Ntshotsho, P., Prozesky, H. E., Esler, K. J. & Reyers, B. 2015. What drives the use of scientific evidence in decision making? The case of the South African Working for Water programme. Biological Conservation 184: 136-144.
Trabucchi, M., Ntshotsho, P., O'Farrell, P. & Comín, F. A. 2012. Ecosystem service trends in basin-scale restoration initiatives: A review. Journal of Environmental Management, 111: 18-23.
Ntshotsho, P., Reyers, B. & Esler, K. J. 2012. No evidence-based restoration without a sound evidence base: a reply to Guldemond et al., Restoration Ecology, 20: 158-159.
Ntshotsho, P., Reyers, B. & Esler, K. J. 2011. Assessing the evidence base for restoration in South Africa. Restoration Ecology, 19: 578-586.
Ntshotsho, P., van Aarde, R. J., Nicolson, S. W. & Jackson, T. P. 2004. Renal physiology of two southern African Mastomys species (Rodentia: Muridae): a salt-loading experiment to assess concentrating ability. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A, 139: 441-447.
Technical reports
Ntshotsho, P., Le Maitre, D., Yapi, T. & Sitas, N. 2015. Exploring the success of invasive alien plant clearing projects of the Working for Water programme. Report number CSIR/NRE/ECOS/ER/2016/0014/B, CSIR, Stellenbosch.
Ntshotsho, P. & Yapi, T. 2014. An assessment of the feasibility of establishing a restoration network in South Africa. Report number CSIR/NRE/ECOS/ER/2014/0021/A, CSIR, Stellenbosch.
van Wilgen, B.W., Reyers, B.,Duncan, C., Smith, T.J., Ntshotsho, P. & Wannenburgh, A., 2008. Environmental poverty relief programs: Poverty relief programs and ecosystem restoration: enhancing the quality of life of South Africans. In: Promoting Human Well-Being While Protecting Biodiversity: Some Innovative Approaches From Southern Africa. Report Number CSIR/NRE/ECO/ER/2008/0122/C, CSIR, Stellenbosch.
Levendal, M., Le Maitre, D.C., van Wilgen, B.W. & Ntshotsho, P. 2008. The Development of Protocols for the Monitoring and Evaluation of Benefits Arising from the Working for Water Program. Report number CSIR/NRE/ECO/ER/2008/0066/C, CSIR, Stellenbosch.
Fowkes, S., Fowkes, J., Ntshotsho, P., van der Venter, H. & Barwell, L. 2007. Proposed National Youth Cadet Programme: Feasibility Study Report. CSIR/NRE/RBSD/ER/2007/0113/C
van Aarde, R. J., Wassenaar, T. D. & Ntshotsho, P. 2003. Coastal dune rehabilitation by Richards Bay Minerals as a carbon sequestration initiative. Conservation Ecology Research Unit (CERU) Technical Report 15.
Popular articles
Ntshotsho P., Forsyth G., Le Maitre D., Sitas N. & Yapi T. 2015. Two decades of managing invasive alien plants: Exploring Working for Water success stories. ScienceScope – a publication of the CSIR. Page 100.
Ntshotsho P. 2012. Focus on fixing ecosystems. Mail & Guardian, Getting Ahead 2 November 2012. Page 5.
Ntshotsho P. 2012. Healing Earth’s damaged ecosystems. New Voices in Science 2012: 24 Popular Science Stories. Page 18. Hansa Print, Stellenbosch, South Africa. URL: www.sun.ac.za/international/assets/downloads/support_skills/new_voices_in_science_2012.pdf
Theses
Ntshotsho, P. 2012. Towards evidence-based ecological restoration in South Africa. PhD dissertation, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
Ntshotsho, P. 2006. Carbon sequestration on the subtropical dunes of South Africa: a comparison between native regenerating ecosystems and exotic plantations. MSc thesis, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Ntshotsho, P., Esler, K. J. & Reyers, B. 2015. Identifying challenges to building an evidence base in restoration practice. Sustainability 7: 15871-15881. doi:10.3390/su71215788
Ntshotsho, P., Prozesky, H. E., Esler, K. J. & Reyers, B. 2015. What drives the use of scientific evidence in decision making? The case of the South African Working for Water programme. Biological Conservation 184: 136-144.
Trabucchi, M., Ntshotsho, P., O'Farrell, P. & Comín, F. A. 2012. Ecosystem service trends in basin-scale restoration initiatives: A review. Journal of Environmental Management, 111: 18-23.
Ntshotsho, P., Reyers, B. & Esler, K. J. 2012. No evidence-based restoration without a sound evidence base: a reply to Guldemond et al., Restoration Ecology, 20: 158-159.
Ntshotsho, P., Reyers, B. & Esler, K. J. 2011. Assessing the evidence base for restoration in South Africa. Restoration Ecology, 19: 578-586.
Ntshotsho, P., van Aarde, R. J., Nicolson, S. W. & Jackson, T. P. 2004. Renal physiology of two southern African Mastomys species (Rodentia: Muridae): a salt-loading experiment to assess concentrating ability. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A, 139: 441-447.
Technical reports
Ntshotsho, P., Le Maitre, D., Yapi, T. & Sitas, N. 2015. Exploring the success of invasive alien plant clearing projects of the Working for Water programme. Report number CSIR/NRE/ECOS/ER/2016/0014/B, CSIR, Stellenbosch.
Ntshotsho, P. & Yapi, T. 2014. An assessment of the feasibility of establishing a restoration network in South Africa. Report number CSIR/NRE/ECOS/ER/2014/0021/A, CSIR, Stellenbosch.
van Wilgen, B.W., Reyers, B.,Duncan, C., Smith, T.J., Ntshotsho, P. & Wannenburgh, A., 2008. Environmental poverty relief programs: Poverty relief programs and ecosystem restoration: enhancing the quality of life of South Africans. In: Promoting Human Well-Being While Protecting Biodiversity: Some Innovative Approaches From Southern Africa. Report Number CSIR/NRE/ECO/ER/2008/0122/C, CSIR, Stellenbosch.
Levendal, M., Le Maitre, D.C., van Wilgen, B.W. & Ntshotsho, P. 2008. The Development of Protocols for the Monitoring and Evaluation of Benefits Arising from the Working for Water Program. Report number CSIR/NRE/ECO/ER/2008/0066/C, CSIR, Stellenbosch.
Fowkes, S., Fowkes, J., Ntshotsho, P., van der Venter, H. & Barwell, L. 2007. Proposed National Youth Cadet Programme: Feasibility Study Report. CSIR/NRE/RBSD/ER/2007/0113/C
van Aarde, R. J., Wassenaar, T. D. & Ntshotsho, P. 2003. Coastal dune rehabilitation by Richards Bay Minerals as a carbon sequestration initiative. Conservation Ecology Research Unit (CERU) Technical Report 15.
Popular articles
Ntshotsho P., Forsyth G., Le Maitre D., Sitas N. & Yapi T. 2015. Two decades of managing invasive alien plants: Exploring Working for Water success stories. ScienceScope – a publication of the CSIR. Page 100.
Ntshotsho P. 2012. Focus on fixing ecosystems. Mail & Guardian, Getting Ahead 2 November 2012. Page 5.
Ntshotsho P. 2012. Healing Earth’s damaged ecosystems. New Voices in Science 2012: 24 Popular Science Stories. Page 18. Hansa Print, Stellenbosch, South Africa. URL: www.sun.ac.za/international/assets/downloads/support_skills/new_voices_in_science_2012.pdf
Theses
Ntshotsho, P. 2012. Towards evidence-based ecological restoration in South Africa. PhD dissertation, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
Ntshotsho, P. 2006. Carbon sequestration on the subtropical dunes of South Africa: a comparison between native regenerating ecosystems and exotic plantations. MSc thesis, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
5th CSIR Biennial Conference
2025
CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, South AfricaSER 2013 - 5th World Conference on Ecological Restoration
2025
Madison, Wisconsin, USANew Voices in Science - Inaugural PhD colloquium of Stellenbosch University
2025
STIAS, Stellenbosch, South Africa.11th Student Conference on Conservation Science
2025
Zoology Department, University of Cambridge, United KingdomSER 2011 – 4th World Conference on Ecological Restoration
2025
Merida, Yucatan, MexicoASSAf-DST-NRF First Annual South African Young Scientists’ Conference
2025
Diep in Die Berg Functions and Conference Centre, Pretoria, South Africa