ET
Evapotranspiration
FAO
Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations
HiP
Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
IMO
International Maritime Organisation
IPBES
The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity
and Ecosystem Services
IUCN
International Union for Conservation of Nature
KNP
Kruger National Park
KZN
KwaZulu-Natal
LDD
Long-distance dispersal
m.s.a.l.
Metres above sea level
MAP
Mean annual precipitation
MAR
Mean annual runoff
MAREP
Managers, Researchers, and Planners Meeting
MPA
Marine protected area
NEM:BA
National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act (Act
10 of 2004)
NEM:BA A&IS National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, Alien
and Invasive Species (Regulations)
NEMA
National Environmental Management Act (Act 107 of 1998)
NGO
Non-governmental organisation
NRF
National Research Foundation
NRM
Natural Resource Management Programmes
PEIs
Prince Edward Islands
PPR
Peste Des Petits Ruminants
PPRI
Plant Protection Research Institute
PSHB
Polyphagous shot hole borer
QDGC
Quarter-degree grid cell
RAP
Research Advisory Panel
SANBI
South African National Biodiversity Institute
SANParks
South African National Parks
SAPIA
Southern African Plant Invaders Atlas
SCOPE
Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment
SEICAT
Socio-economic impact classification of alien taxa
TMNP
Table Mountain National Park
UNEP
United Nations Environmental Programme
WfW
Working for Water
ZAR
South African Rand
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