Table 3.

Descriptions of the seven quantitative water related EI intervention typologies in the Berg River and Breede River catchments, South Africa

Variable	Typology
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Projects	LG.1.2.3.4.7.8 EPSG.1.3.4	S.1.2	WS.1.2.3.4 LG.5.6 CAW.2	LC.1.2 ENGO.1	CAW.1.3	EPSG.2.5.6	APSG.1
Catchment	Berg Breede Riviersonderend	Berg Riviersonderend	Breede Riviersonderend	Berg	Breede	Berg Breede	Riviersonderend
Lead organisation	CapeNature (provincial), Metropolitan, Local and District Municipalities	National Department of Environmental Affairs: Working on Fire	Breede Valley public and private water-related institutions and environmental NGO	Private sector and environmental NGOs	LandCare (through provincial Department of Agriculture)	Provincial Department of Environmental Affairs	Provincial Department of Agriculture
Land use	Conservation	Conservation	Agriculture and mixed agriculture & conservation	Agriculture and mixed agriculture & conservation	Mixed agriculture & conservation	Mixed agriculture & conservation	Mixed agriculture & conservation
Land owner	Public	Public	Both public and private	Private and both	Both	Both	Public
EI type	Mountain catchment Riparian zone Wetland	High altitude mountain catchment	Mountain catchment Riparian zone Wetland	Mountain catchment Riparian zone	Mountain catchment Riparian zone	Mountain catchment Riparian zone	Riparian zone (threatened tributaries)
EI intervention	Initial clearing of IAPs Follow-up clearing	Initial clearing of IAPs Proactive fire management and fire risk reduction	Initial clearing of IAPs Follow-up clearing Rehabilitation of wetlands and riparian areas that have been cleared	Initial clearing of IAPs Follow-up clearing Proactive fire management and fire risk reduction Rehabilitation of wetlands and riparian areas that have been cleared	Initial clearing of IAPs Follow-up clearing Rehabilitation of wetlands and riparian areas that have been cleared	Initial clearing of IAPs Follow-up clearing Proactive fire management and fire risk reduction Rehabilitation of wetlands and riparian areas that have been cleared	Built infrastructure for river stabilisation Initial clearing of IAPs Rehabilitation of wetlands and riparian areas that have been cleared
Partnership complexity	Low (Government/implementer)	Low (Government/implementer)	Low (Government/implementer) to high (Government, Water, Agriculture, Business)	Low (Private) or medium (Private/Government)	High (Government, Water, Agriculture, Business)	Medium (Government, Agriculture)	High (Government, Water, Agriculture)
Funding sources (main)	National Treasury Provincial Treasury	National Treasury	National Treasury NGO	National Treasury Landowner	National Treasury Landowner	Provincial Treasury	National Treasury
Number of funding sources (main and co-funding)	1–2	1–2	1–10	1–5	6–10	1–10	1–2
Funding channelled through	Local and Provincial Governments	National Government	National Government and/or landowner	National Government and/or landowner	Catchment Management Agency	Provincial Government	National Government
Private landowner contribution	None	None	0–20%	0–100%	1–20%	1–20%, in-kind	In-kind
Budget	Standard	Specialized (more expensive)	Standard	Standard	Standard	Standard	Civil engineering (very expensive)
Job creation	15–120 people per annum Mainly short term with some contract jobs	50–120 people per annum Semi-permanent to permanent jobs	< 15 to 120 people per annum Mixture of short term and contract jobs	< 15 to 50 people per annum Contract, semi-permanent and permanent jobs	15–120 people per annum Contract, semi-permanent and permanent jobs	15–50 people per annum Contract jobs	15–50 people per annum Semi-permanent to permanent jobs
Source of employees	Mainly from towns close by	From towns close by	From towns close by	From towns close by	From towns in an extended area	From towns in an extended area	From towns close by (labour) or further afield (engineer)
Training	Standard	Specialized (high altitude rope work)	Standard	Standard	Standard	Specialized (plant propagation and planting)	Specialized (civil engineering)
Benefits/goals	Manage and protect biodiversity in conservation areas, create many jobs while doing so, and secure water yields	Manage and protect biodiversity, increase water yields security, and mitigate fire risk	Secure water flows for water users in the Breede River Valley, and increase catchment resilience	Secure water flows for irrigated agriculture, and realise local socioeconomic potential including ecotourism	Increase water supply security and mitigate risks for agriculture, and manage agricultural natural resources	Reduce water pollution	Stabilise river banks, reduce soil erosion and sedimentation, and mitigate flood risks as part of the mandate to manage agricultural natural resources
Comments	Uses the original DEA NRM programme (Working for Water)a that has been rolled out nationwide	Uses the original DEA NRM programme (Working on Fire) that has been rolled out nationwide (similarly for Working for Wetlands which is also specialized)	Locally developed landscape model using the active presence of the Breede-Gouritz Catchment Management Agency (BGCMA) in the context of multiple water user groups	Locally contextualised landscape model implemented by private landowners and NGOs	A collaborative agriculture and water model with multiple partners and funders which was developed by LandCare actors	A model that specifically addresses the strengthening of ecosystem services relating to water purification through natural riverine plant assemblages	Conventional model for built infrastructure aimed at risk reduction and sediment management

Entries in Italic signify key significant variables that distinguish each typology

^aSee Box S1