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- Library Collection RecordNational and international assessments are increasingly highlighting the unsustainable use of earth's natural resources in the face of population increase, growing material affluence and global…Publication Date 2013
- ecosystem services
- management
- policy
- sustainability
- United Kingdom
- Library Collection RecordDrylands support over 2 billion people and are major providers of critical ecosystem goods and services across the globe. Drylands, however, are one of the most susceptible biomes to degradation.…Publication Date 2013
- desert
- invasion
- restoration
- state-and-transition models
- thresholds
- degradation
- restoration ecology
- sustainability
- ecosystem services
- Western United States
- Library Collection RecordThe paper critiques Vetter's (in this issue) assertion that commercialisation of smallholder agriculture holds dangers for sustainable rangeland management. The paper argues that a range of…Publication Date 2013
- sustainability
- communal farming
- subsistence agriculture
- rangelands
- management
- policy
- smallholder farming
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordEcosystem restoration is now globally recognized as a key component in conservation programs and essential to the quest for the long-term sustainability of our human-dominated planet. Restoration…Publication Date 2013
- CBD COP11
- enabling factors
- Hyderabad Call
- restoration ecology
- conservation
- sustainability
- policy
- Library Collection RecordEcosystem restoration is now globally recognized as a key component in conservation programs and essential to the quest for the long-term sustainability of our human-dominated planet. Restoration…Publication Date 2013
- CBD COP11
- enabling factors
- Hyderabad Call
- restoration ecology
- conservation
- sustainability
- policies
- biodiversity
- Hyderabad
- India
- Library Collection RecordIn the savanna rangelands of southern Africa, the debate about land reform tends to be about the redistribution of formerly freehold ranches and fencing-off the rangeland commons into ranches for…Publication Date 2013
- savanna
- rangelands
- management
- land reform
- communal farming
- sustainability
- policies
- socio-economic aspects
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe contribution of forest and wild products to the rural economy is typically undervalued in standard socioeconomic surveys. In this paper, we analyze the contribution of forests and other wild…Publication Date 2012
- environmental income
- forests
- inequality
- Livelihoods
- sustainability
- Uganda
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordMalaysia is one of the highly vulnerable countries due to climatic changes. Here the changes in climate factors cause adverse impacts on agricultural sustainability and relevant livelihood…Publication Date 2012
- Agricultural sustainability
- sustainable livelihood
- climate change
- adaptation
- mitigation
- policy
- Malaysia
- sustainability
- Malaysia
- Library Collection RecordAs society seeks to meet the needs of a growing human population and rising aspirations for consumption, many of the ecosystem services on which society depends have declined in the global aggregate…Publication Date 2012
- resource management
- sense of place
- social-ecological
- sustainability
- transformation
- New Zealand
- Library Collection RecordThe impact of deferred grazing (no defoliation of pastures for a period generally from spring to autumn) and fertilizer application on plant population density, ground cover and soil moisture in a…Publication Date 2012
- grazing management
- sustainability
- tiller density
- perennial grasses
- phosphorus
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordClimates are changing worldwide at rates not seen previously in geological time. This affects food production itself and the growth and reproduction of plant pathogens which reduce crop yield and…Publication Date 2012
- biodiversity
- climate change
- crop loss
- disease
- food security
- plant pathogens
- population
- resource supply
- sustainability
- Library Collection RecordThis paper proposes a broad overview of possible responses to the challenges posed by rangelands to promote discussion on a sustainable future for these vast regions. Rangelands Australia, an…Publication Date 2012
- Indigenous human populations
- Indigenous knowledge
- rangeland communities
- rangeland management
- sustainable livelihoods
- rangelands
- management
- sustainability
- pastoralism
- Nature reserves
- restoration
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordOver the past few years, agribusiness, investment funds and government agencies have been acquiring long-term rights over large areas of land in Africa. Together with applicable national and…Publication Date 2011
- policies
- land use
- Economic Aspects
- politics
- International Institute for Environment and Development policy
- research
- climate
- ecology
- urban
- economics
- sustainability
- legislation
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordSmallholder farmers in developing countries face numerous limitations that hinder them from embracing improved agricultural practices and innovations with great potential for meaningful…Publication Date 2011
- Subsistence farming
- Poverty
- fodder quality
- policies
- politics
- East African region
- Fodder shrubs
- fodder shrub innovations
- partnerships and collaboration
- research and development
- scaling-up the adoption
- smallholder farmers
- species diversification
- sustainability
- East Africa
- Library Collection RecordOver the past half-century, agricultural production gains have provided a platform for rural and urban economic growth worldwide. In African countries, however, agriculture has been widely assumed to…Publication Date 2011
- farming
- scaling-up
- Social capital
- sustainable intensification
- Sustainable development
- soil conservation
- soils
- sustainability
- conservation
- agriculture
- policies
- management
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSavannas are the most extensive biome in the tropics. These extremely dynamic coupled socio-ecological ecosystems are shaped by a long history of interaction with humans, fire, climate and wildlife,…Publication Date 2010
- savanna
- biodiversity
- management
- ecosystem ecology
- socio-economic aspects
- sustainability
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of climate change are controversial. This paper reviews the effects of climate change on livestock following the theory of global warming. Although, the effects of global warming will not…Publication Date 2010
- climate change
- animal production
- Livestock production systems
- sustainability
- drought
- plant production
- desertification
- Economic Aspects
- management
- agriculture
- global warming
- Library Collection RecordAfrican savannas are primarily used as pastures and are subject to changes in climate and management strategies. For sustainable management of these landscapes ecological knowledge on seasonal and…Publication Date 2010
- beta diversity
- Distance decay
- Precipitation gradient
- species richness
- Systematic sampling
- Tree islands
- biodiversity
- savanna
- pasture management
- climate
- management
- sustainability
- rainfall
- monitoring
- conservation
- Namibia
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis paper describes a manual-style Decision Support System that integrates land degradation indicators with adaptive management options and is designed for land managers to easily collect data and…Publication Date 2010
- innovations
- land degradation
- Manual
- monitoring
- participation
- rangelands
- degradation
- decision support systems
- management
- sustainability
- subsistence agriculture
- pastoralism
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe issue of sustainability and productivity of open communal rangelands compared to fenced rangelands is often subject to controversy. This study investigated differences in soil and grass layer…Publication Date 2010
- game
- livestock
- Lowveld
- overgrazing
- stocking rates
- grazing
- sustainability
- management
- Soil Condition
- commercial agriculture
- communal farming
- rangelands
- vegetation dynamics
- plant production
- soil fertility
- Swaziland
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordA simulation model was used to determine the ecological and economic consequences of managing stocking rate on semi-arid savanna rangeland continuously stocked with livestock to achieve the alternate…Publication Date 2009
- continuous grazing
- ranching systems
- range condition
- semi-arid
- stocking rates
- sustainability
- Economic Aspects
- grazing
- savanna
- rangeland condition
- management
- rainfall
- indigenous encroaching species
- animal production
- modelling
- plant production
- Library Collection RecordStrong sustainability, according to the common definition, requires that different natural and economic capital stocks be maintained as physical quantities separately. Yet, in a world of uncertainty…Publication Date 2009
- Capital (natural and economic)
- Ecological-economic systems
- ecosystem services
- funds
- rangeland management
- Stocks
- sustainability
- uncertainty
- viability
- Library Collection RecordIn situ rainwater harvesting (RWH) belong to the promising practices to support sustainable development in sub-Saharan Africa facing climate change impacts. However, appropriate indicators for their…Publication Date 2009
- Ecosystem service
- climate change
- biodiversity
- soil and water conservation
- Downstream effects
- ecohydrology
- Soil Condition
- rainfall
- conservation
- sustainability
- soil nutrients
- species richness
- socio-economic aspects
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordMany existing parks are currently experiencing difficulties in achieving their conservation aims, yet they remain an important option for maintaining and enhancing the conservation of biological…Publication Date 2009
- Effectiveness evaluation
- Criteria and indicators
- Parks management
- Conservation Policy
- national parks
- ecosystem ecology
- management
- conservation
- biodiversity
- ecosystem services
- sustainability
- monitoring
- South Africa
- Canada
- Library Collection RecordThe need to implement sustainable resource management regimes for semi-arid and arid rangelands is acute as non-adapted grazing strategies lead to irreversible environmental problems such as…Publication Date 2009
- adaptation
- climate change
- Arid rangelands
- Namibia
- Bio-economic simulation approach
- land use
- sustainability
- management
- socio-economic aspects
- grazing
- modelling
- ecology
- savanna
- stocking rates
- decision support systems
- vegetation dynamics
- Namibia
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe Southern African Savannas Network and the Southern African Vulnerability Initiative used study areas and information from a wide range of sources to assess threats and opportunities to savanna…Publication Date 2009
- savannas
- sustainability
- Environmental change
- policy
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordDegradation of vegetation and soils in drylands, sometimes called desertification, is thought to be a serious threat to the sustainability of human habitation, but maps of the extent and severity of…Publication Date 2009
- dryland degradation
- desertification
- Communal land
- net primary production (NPP)
- Local NPP scaling (LNS)
- MODIS
- sustainability
- mapping
- degradation
- communal farming
- plant production
- Zimbabwe
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe forest and savanna are already denuded of trees, hence this study focused on grasses, weeds and leaves as a possible source of sustainable, highly renewable replacement for wood as an energy…Publication Date 2009
- forest
- trees
- grasses
- Renewable
- wood
- availability
- sustainability
- grasslands
- Economic Aspects
- Nigeria
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordNo abstract availablePublication Date 2009
- savannas
- sustainability
- vulnerability
- policy
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordUsing a human security perspective, we investigate how the history of land tenure changes has driven sustainability in southern African savannas. The paper examines four countries-Botswana,…Publication Date 2009
- Human security
- land tenure
- savannas
- sustainability
- legislation
- socio-economic aspects
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordSummary 10.1002/9780470292136.ch4.abs This chapter contains sections titled: * Objectives for This Chapter * Introduction * Factors Influencing the Agricultural Use of Animals * Animal Distribution…Publication Date 2008
- food production
- physiological adaptation
- buffalo
- livestock
- veterinary service
- agriculture
- management
- sustainability
- animal production
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe Highveld region in South Africa is an important area for its food production for the nation, as 70% of country's cereal crops and 90% of the commercially grown maize is cultivated there. The…Publication Date 2008
- Agro-ecosystem
- climate change
- sustainability
- food security
- South Africa
- agriculture
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis paper describes a procedure for evaluating the desertification risk in threatened areas. The procedure is based on an eight-equation dynamic model of a generic human-resource system that can be…Publication Date 2008
- Desertification risk
- System Dynamics
- Alternative long-term states
- desertification
- modelling
- management
- grasslands
- sustainability
- land use
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordClassic rangeland theory advocates stocking rangelands at relatively low and constant levels. This theory has been labelled inappropriate for savanna rangelands, because savannas are strongly…Publication Date 2007
- Bush encroachment
- Disequilibrium theory
- Opportunistic strategies
- Grass-tree interactions
- fire
- livestock production
- savanna
- rangelands
- stocking rates
- management
- modelling
- sustainability
- animal production
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordWe analyze a dynamic and stochastic ecological-economic model of grazing management in semi-arid rangelands. The ecosystem is driven by stochastic precipitation. A risk averse farmer chooses a…Publication Date 2007
- Ecological-economic model
- Semi-arid rangeland
- grazing management
- Risk aversion
- uncertainty
- sustainability
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordIndigenous forests and savannas, along with plantation forests, offer numerous benefits to rural communities and society at large. Yet, the role of forests and forestry in contributing to sustainable…Publication Date 2007
- ecotourism
- forestry
- Non-timber forest products
- Plantations
- Poverty
- Safety-net
- savannas
- South Africa
- sustainable livelihoods
- socio-economic aspects
- savanna
- sustainability
- subsistence agriculture
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe model of a variable climate driving natural resource behaviour, use and management of rangelands in Sub-Saharan Africa has been well explored within the non-equilibrium ecology discourse. This…Publication Date 2007
- non-equilibrium
- ecology
- irrigation
- River basin management
- Tanzania
- variability
- water resources
- sustainability
- natural resources
- adaptive capacity
- rangelands
- management
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordWe investigated the effects of rainfall and the number of animals on changes in vegetation and on the output of milk and meat from the communal areas of Namaqualand. Previously published short- and…Publication Date 2007
- climate change
- degradation
- desert
- Karoo
- livestock production
- Disequilibrium
- sustainability
- animal nutrition
- rainfall
- pastoralism
- subsistence agriculture
- animal production
- management
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis paper introduces the Special Issue on Sustainable Land Use in Namaqualand which arose out of a conference held in the region in May 2005. It outlines the main themes and issues covered by 19…Publication Date 2007
- degradation
- Environmental history
- Karoo
- restoration
- semi-arid
- land reform
- sustainability
- land use
- restoration ecology
- socio-economic aspects
- politics
- subsistence agriculture
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSustainability indicators based on local data provide a practical method to monitor progress towards sustainable development. However, since there are many conflicting frameworks proposed to develop…Publication Date 2006
- sustainability indicators
- Community empowerment
- stakeholders
- Local
- participation
- sustainability
- monitoring
- communal farming
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSummary Restoration of ecological processes is key to restoring the capacity of ecosystems to support social, economic, cultural and aesthetic values. The sustainability of the restored system also…Publication Date 2006
- ecosystem services
- erosion
- indicators
- landscape
- runoff
- spatial pattern
- spatial variability
- restoration ecology
- sustainability
- soils
- hydrology
- biodiversity
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis study investigated rural livelihoods in two contrasting environments in the upper and lower reaches of the Gariep River: Sehlabathebe in the Lesotho highlands, and the Richtersveld in the…Publication Date 2006
- Rural development
- Lesotho
- Poor
- agriculture
- sustainability
- household income studies
- socio-economic aspects
- subsistence agriculture
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordDevil's claw is the common name for two species in the genus Harpagophytum. Their root extracts contain the iridoid glycoside, harpagoside, which has been found to be effective in the treatment…Publication Date 2005
- Devil's claw
- Grapple plant
- Harpagophytum procumbens
- Harpagophytum zeyheri
- Harpgophtyti radix
- Sustainable harvest
- medicinal plants
- sustainability
- Economic Aspects
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSustainable agriculture requires the formation of new humus from the crops. We utilized 13C and 15N signatures of soil organic matter to assess how rapidly wheat/maize cropping contributed to the…Publication Date 2005
- 13C and 15N
- Duration of arable cropping
- Particle-size fractionation
- Alternating C3/C4 vegetation
- SOM turnover
- C model
- Roth-C Model
- Soil Condition
- plant production
- grasslands
- sustainability
- agriculture
- fertilizer
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAn investigation into the spread of two alien wattle species (Acacia mearnsii and Acacia dealbata) in rural parts of the Drakensberg region of South Africa and the importance of the trees to the…Publication Date 2005
- Acacia
- Green manure
- land management
- trees
- encroachment
- invasive plants
- socio-economic aspects
- medicinal plants
- management
- Poverty
- upliftment projects
- sustainability
- landscape ecology
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis book contains a compilation of offered papers presented at the main congress of the XX International Grassland Congress held in University College Dublin, Ireland from 26 June to 1 July, 2005.…Publication Date 2005
- fire ecology
- sustainability
- grasslands
- management
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordCriteria and indicators (C&I) have become primary tools in implementing the principle of sustainable resource management. To carry out this principle, it is necessary to develop methodologies…Publication Date 2003
- sustainability
- Multi-criteria analysis
- Criteria and indicators
- Cognitive mapping
- management
- decision support systems
- mapping
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordBotswana 039;s Kalahari rangelands have historically supported a diversity of wildlife and a number of subsistence livelihood activities, such as agropastoralism, hunting and gathering. Recently,…Publication Date 2003
- rangelands
- matsheng
- subsistence livelihoods
- sustainability
- community-based natural resource management
- economics
- animal production
- rangeland condition
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordWe constructed a simple simulation model (SESS) of the dynamics of forage growth and standing crop and cattle production to evaluate the ecological sustainability of management alternatives for…Publication Date 2003
- models
- simulation
- Grazinglands
- rangelands
- Semi-arid zones
- ANP
- sustainability
- range condition
- grazing
- Cattle reproduction
- forage quality
- cattle
- management
- plant production
- animal production
- soils
- rainfall
- rangeland condition
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSoil degradation due to tillage has been reported Africa-wide. Other main causes of soil degradation are overgrazing, extensive cultivation of marginal lands, widespread clearing of vegetation for…Publication Date 2002
- Reduced tillage
- organic carbon
- soil structure
- soil quality
- sustainability
- no-till
- conservation
- Africa
- Soil Condition
- soil fertility
- Africa