Dr Israel Legwaila
Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Agriculture
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences (CSS)
Dr. Israel A. Legwaila is a Senior Lecturer at the Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (BUAN), specialising in landscape architecture, land reclamation, and landscape management. He holds a PhD in Landscape Architecture from the University of Sheffield (2012); a Master of Landscape Architecture from North Carolina State University, Raleigh; a Bachelor of Science Specializing in Parks and Natural Resources Management from California State University, Chico (1998) and Associate of Science Degree in Ornamental Horticulture from Butte College, Oroville (1998). His work focuses on landscape planning, design, construction and management, mined?land reclamation, visual landscape assessment, Turfgrass and sports surface management, and environmental landscaping and indigenous plant use.
Dr. Legwaila has held key leadership roles at BUAN, including Acting Director of the Centre for In-Service and Continuing Education and Coordinator of the INCU?HIVE Graduate Entrepreneurship Programme, where he supports entrepreneurship and innovation. His research has contributed to mine/quarry reclamation, biodiversity studies, and sustainable landscape management and playing quality of sports surfaces.
Landscape planning,
Design,
Construction and management,
Mined?land reclamation,
Visual landscape assessment,
Turfgrass and sports surface management,
Environmental landscaping and indigenous plant use.
- Playing quality of football pitch surfaces (natural and artificial grass)
- Postharvest handling of ornamental plants
- Turfgrass irrigation
- Urban Design Framework for Heritage Conservation: Integrating Lecha Pan into the Spatial Development of Lecheng Village, Botswana
- Suatainable Rangeland Management. BUAN - CI Project
- ZAZINAMBO Project
- E Lange, I Legwaila. Visual landscape research–Overview and outlook. (2012). Chinese Landscape Architecture 28 (195), 03
- I A Legwaila, E Lange, J Cripps. Quarry reclamation in England: a review of techniques. (2015). Jasmr 4 (2), 55-79
- I A. Legwaila, E Lange, J Cripps. Assessing the effects of quarry treatment options on the attractiveness of reclaimed limestone quarries using 3D-visualizations. (2020). International Journal of Mining, Reclamation and Environment 34 (3), 179-197
- IA Legwaila, B Chunga, T Mathowa. Productivity of Cynodon dactylon (bermudagrass) grown on copper and nickel mine tailings amended with sewage sludge. (2020).Acta Hortic. 1279 (ISHS 2020.), 147-152
- Diana Rodríguez-Cala, Jana Fried, John RU Wilson, Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz, Seoleseng O Tshwenyane, Israel Legwaila. Ornamental horticulture in Southern Africa: strategic actions to address biological invasions. (2025). Environmental Management 75 (12), 3203-3219
- Diana Rodríguez-Cala, Jana Fried, John RU Wilson, Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz, Seoleseng O Tshwenyane, Israel Legwaila. Links between the ornamental sector and alien plants in Southern Africa. (2025). Geo: Geography and Environment 12 (1), 1-21.
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