We also counted the number of Cape species in clades that speciated following phenological and distributional shifts, in order to determine the scale of contribution of such lineages to the extant flora.
The report argues that, given the anticipated scale of this contribution, the part played by the private sector in carrying out the SDGs should be measured, reported and communicated at the national level, and at UN settings during the follow-up and review process between governments.
Further talks on the scale of possible contribution increases, reaching £2.8bn by 2015, will be held separately.
Let me thank you first for the scale of the contribution you make to the British economy - the £50 billion of income, 4 per cent of national output, and the 1 million jobs that arise.
Yet you do not have to be an enthusiast for Locke to recognise the sheer scale of his contribution to British life or his central position at the fountainhead of so much that came later.
Delderfield called his autobiography For My Own Amusement, but few perhaps now appreciate - his novels scarcely being comic - the scale of the contribution he made to the national laughter.
So we're not in any way saying that we're the tail that wags the dog, there's a recognition of the scale of the contribution that we can make and we're not puffed up by our own importance in that context.
The extent to which the finite hydrological capacity of a green roof is available for retention of a storm event largely determines the scale of its contribution as a Sustainable Drainage System (SuDS).
If they don't stay up they've got a problem keeping the Footballer of the Year haven't they?" BBC Sport's chief football writer, Phil McNulty, added: "Parker's selection as the FWA Footballer of the Year only underlines the scale of his contribution to a West Ham team that could still be relegated - and probably would be already if it wasn't for his professionalism and performances.
