Impact	Key Informants						Rank
Impact	A	B	C	D	E	F	Rank
Mining	Open pits	Open pits	Open pits	Open pits	Open pits	Open pits	1
	Deforestation	Deforestation	Deforestation	Deforestation	Deforestation	Deforestation	1
	Soil erosion	Soil erosion	Soil erosion	Soil erosion	Soil erosion	Soil erosion	1
	Water contamination	Water contamination	Water contamination	Water contamination	Water contamination	Water contamination	1
	Permanent scars on the landscape	Permanent scars on the landscape	Permanent scars on the landscape	Permanent scars on the landscape	Permanent scars on the landscape	Permanent scars on the landscape	1
	Destroy wildlife habitats	Destroy wildlife habitats	Destroy wildlife habitats	x	Destroy wildlife habitats	Destroy wildlife habitats	6
	Dust and noise pollution	x	Dust and noise pollution	Dust and noise pollution	x	Dust and noise pollution	7
	x	Land degradation	x	Land degradation	Land degradation	Land degradation	7
	Poaching wild animals	Poaching wild animals	x	x	Poaching wild animals	x	9
	Lose of grazing land	x	Lose of grazing land	x	x	Lose of grazing land	9
	Disappearance of wetlands	Disappearance of wetlands	x	x	Disappearance of wetlands	x	9
	x	x	Global warming	x	x	Global warming	12
Veld Fire	Destruction trees, grass, seed bank and seedlings.	Destruction trees, grass, seed bank and seedlings.	Destruction trees, grass, seed bank and seedlings.	Destruction trees, grass, seed bank and seedlings.	Destruction trees, grass, seed bank and seedlings.	Destruction trees, grass, seed bank and seedlings.	1
	Destruction of wildlife species	Destruction of wildlife species	Destruction of wildlife species	Destruction of wildlife species	Destruction of wildlife species	Destruction of wildlife species	1
	Affects animal species functioning	Affects animal species functioning	Affects animal species functioning	Affects animal species functioning	Affects animal species functioning	Affects animal species functioning	1
	Loss of soil fertility	Loss of soil fertility	x	Loss of soil fertility	Loss of soil fertility	Loss of soil fertility	4
	Air and water pollution	x	Air and water pollution	x	Air and water pollution	Air and water pollution	5
	x	The reduced growth rate of vegetation	The reduced growth rate of vegetation	x	x	The reduced growth rate of vegetation	6
Cutting Down Trees	Deforestation	Deforestation	Deforestation	Deforestation	Deforestation	Deforestation	1
	Poor quality of land	Poor quality of land	Poor quality of land	Poor quality of land	Poor quality of land	Poor quality of land	1
	Disappearance of wetlands	Disappearance of wetlands	Disappearance of wetlands	Disappearance of wetlands	Disappearance of wetlands	Disappearance of wetlands	1
	Loss of habitat for millions of species	Loss of habitat for millions of species	Loss of habitat for millions of species	Loss of habitat for millions of species	Loss of habitat for millions of species	Loss of habitat for millions of species	1
	x	Climate change	Climate change	Climate change	x	Climate change	5
	The emergence of barren desserts	x	x	The emergence of barren desserts	The emergence of barren desserts	The emergence of barren desserts	5
	The disappearance of the forest canopy	x	The disappearance of the forest canopy	x	The disappearance of the forest canopy	x	7