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- Library Collection RecordForage legumes have the potential to contribute substantially to warm-season, subtropical and tropical pastures and rangelands. Compared to grasses, they have advantages in accessing subsoil…Publication Date 2014
- grasslands
- pastures
- rangelands
- legumes
- forage ecology
- nutrients
- management
- agriculture
- nutritional value
- Library Collection RecordTropical and subtropical rangeland systems provide core ecosystem services for the welfare of human populations that rely on readiness and quality of forage resources. However, forage species are…Publication Date 2014
- Landscape genetics
- Plant population dynamics
- population genetics
- Tropical rangeland systems
- Themeda australis
- rangelands
- Themed atriandra
- ecosystem services
- genetics
- Kenya
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordIn the context of climate change mitigation and poverty reduction, it has been argued that biogas energy is relevant, as it is economically and ecologically useful. In the 1980s, biogas use played an…Publication Date 2014
- climate change
- Biogas
- socio-economic aspects
- policy
- rural women
- household income studies
- subsistence agriculture
- rural areas
- Burundi
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe notion of a threshold of dangerous climate change has been central to national and international efforts to address climate risks. However, the focus on a single target has now become an obstacle…Publication Date 2014
- Dangerous Climate Change
- Climate Risk Management
- Climate Policy
- Risk Perception
- mitigation
- adaptation
- socio-economic aspects
- climate change
- global warming
- management
- Library Collection RecordClimate change is expected to adversely affect agriculture in South Africa. A rise in variable and unfavourable conditions is likely to surpass the limits of current coping mechanisms of farmers,…Publication Date 2014
- climate change
- agriculture
- livestock
- Karoo
- rangelands
- Subsistence farming
- communal farming
- socio-economic aspects
- management
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordQuestions How do recent patterns of drought-induced woody plant mortality in Texas semi-arid savanna compare to the extended drought of the 1950s? Does the relative composition of the woody plant…Publication Date 2014
- climate change
- climatic variability
- dieback
- Flash drought
- grazing
- Juniperus
- Legacy effect
- rangelands
- scale
- State transition
- Vegetation Change
- woody encroachment
- drought
- savanna
- indigenous encroaching species
- grazing
- Texas
- USA
- Library Collection RecordThere is a common perception in South Africa that the youth are not interested in agriculture, leading to two concerns: first, that this is exacerbating the youth unemployment crisis, and second,…Publication Date 2013
- agriculture
- socio-economic aspects
- communal farming
- rural areas
- animal production
- Plant Productivity
- policy
- livestock
- communal rangelands
- cattle
- goats
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis paper was prepared in response to a paper prepared by Vetter (in this issue) that addressed the issue of policy development related to sustainable management of rangelands. In line with the…Publication Date 2013
- policy
- Sustainable development
- management
- subsistence agriculture
- rangelands
- livestock
- agriculture
- animal productivity
- Plant Productivity
- Msinga
- KwaZulu-Natal
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordMany of the intransigent problems facing the world arise in complex systems. In this paper, I propose that communal rangelands in South Africa be recognised as complex social-ecological systems and…Publication Date 2013
- communal farming
- rangelands
- socio-economic aspects
- Sustainable development
- climate change
- policy
- management
- modelling
- subsistence agriculture
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordPastoralists in Namaqualand, South Africa, use herd mobility to manage livestock and rangeland resources. However, their socioeconomic conditions and ecological landscapes are changing and we explore…Publication Date 2013
- management
- livestock
- socio-economic aspects
- rangelands
- communal farming
- policy
- pastoralism
- grazing
- Namaqualand
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis paper complements Vetter's position paper, "Development and sustainable management of rangeland commons - aligning policy with the realities of South Africa's rural landscape…Publication Date 2013
- Sustainable development
- socio-economic aspects
- communal farming
- rural areas
- subsistence agriculture
- livestock
- management
- policy
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordPolicy affecting the rangeland commons in South Africa has been based largely on management models developed for large-scale commercial farming. This paper examines the current policy situation and…Publication Date 2013
- policy
- socio-economic aspects
- rangelands
- Communal areas
- management
- Sustainable development
- agriculture
- livestock
- Tenure
- legislation
- South Africa
- 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 RecordIn this paper the use of fenced grazing camps to manage the rangeland commons is challenged. A historical perspective is presented on fencing and rotational grazing in South Africa. Two case studies…Publication Date 2013
- grazing
- management
- communal agriculture
- rangelands
- fending
- Commercial farming
- land tenure
- socio-economic aspects
- biodiversity
- Sustainable development
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordWildfires can have significant impacts on rangeland productivity and functionality causing substantial economic losses to affected farmers. In August 2011, such wildfires swept through the North West…Publication Date 2013
- fire ecology
- rangelands
- plant production
- management
- grazing
- socio-economic aspects
- biodiversity
- savanna
- rainfall
- grazing capacity
- erosion
- ecosystem ecology
- soil nutrients
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordGlobal warming is one of the most profound challenges for human beings during the 21st century. The world's leading scientists have identified that warming of the climate system is unequivocal,…Publication Date 2013
- climate change
- greenhouse gases
- global warming
- agriculture
- socio-economic aspects
- carbon dioxide
- Methane
- soils
- land use
- management
- carbon sequestration
- modelling
- monitoring
- Tsukuba
- Japan
- Library Collection RecordThis paper aims to contribute to the debates on communal rangelands and analyses the gendered dimension of land rights and land access in the rural areas of Namaqualand. The actual gender relations…Publication Date 2013
- communal rangelands
- Land rights
- policies
- socio-economic aspects
- rural women
- management
- Namaqualand
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordPublic works programs have been posited as win-win solutions for achieving societal goals for ecological restoration and poverty alleviation. However, little is documented regarding the challenges of…Publication Date 2013
- daptive management
- ecological intervention
- Effectiveness
- Failure
- lessons
- organizational design
- pest control
- set-backs
- restoration ecology
- management
- socio-economic aspects
- Alien invasive species
- policy
- South Africa
- Library Collection Record“Desertification is a fancy word for land that is turning to desert,†begins Allan Savory in this quietly powerful talk. And it's happening to about two-thirds of the world’s grasslands,…Publication Date 2013
- global warming
- climate change
- grasslands
- desertification
- livestock
- subsistence arming
- rural areas
- socio-economic aspects
- degradation
- restoration ecology
- revegetation
- system ecology
- United States
- 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 RecordLivestock farming in communal areas is an activity pursued by rural households as one of a range of livelihood strategies aimed at spreading risk. The cash and non-cash benefits derived from…Publication Date 2013
- communal farming
- rural areas
- subsistence agriculture
- socio-economic aspects
- rangelands
- policy
- management
- livestock production
- Poverty
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe creation of local institutions with a mandate over land access and control is seen as a prerequisite for successful decentralisation of land tenure and effective local resource management in sub-…Publication Date 2013
- land tenure
- management
- policy
- rangelands
- communal agriculture
- subsistence agriculture
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordLand and agrarian reform has the potential to expand South Africa's rangeland commons and enhance their contribution to the livelihoods of the rural poor, yet to a large extent this has been an…Publication Date 2013
- rangeland
- Communal areas
- land reform
- subsistence agriculture
- socio-economic aspects
- policies
- Commercial farming
- agriculture
- Poverty
- livestock
- animal production
- management
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordEditorial articlePublication Date 2013
- policy
- socio-ecological dynamics
- rangeland commons
- subsistence agriculture
- socio-economic aspects
- rural areas
- communal farming
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordEthnobotany describes the relationship between people and plants. Research illustrating this relationship, both in New Zealand and abroad, is largely scattered throughout a number of disciplines…Publication Date 2013
- Ethnobotany
- socio-economic aspects
- ecology
- New Zealand
- Library Collection RecordThe paper agrees with three fundamental points raised by Vetter (in this issue), whilst highlighting an emerging trend in wildlife land use, which should be considered in policy making. Firstly, the…Publication Date 2013
- game animals
- policies
- communal rangelands
- subsistence agriculture
- biodiversity
- conservation
- Poverty
- livastock
- socio-economic aspects
- management
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis study examined the awareness and adaptation to climate change among farmers in the Sahel savanna agro-ecological zone of Borno State, Nigeria. Data for the study were collected from 225…Publication Date 2012
- climate change
- adaptation
- extension agent
- farmers
- savanna
- household income studies
- socio-economic aspects
- Borno State
- Nigeria
- North Africa
- Library Collection RecordFeatures Discusses the history of the disconnect and methods of strengthening ties between wildlife research and management Examines the disconnect from an institutional perspective - including…Publication Date 2012
- management
- game
- ecosystem ecology
- grasslands
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordSoil seed banks provide not only a historical record of vegetation composition but also the potential for post-disturbance revegetation. Pechuel-Loeschea leubnitziae (wild sage) is a multistemmed,…Publication Date 2012
- Okavango Delta
- rangelands
- semi-arid savanna
- shrub encroachment
- Namibia
- Botswana
- Swaziland
- Zimbabwe
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThere is little direct evidence about the business model used by the legendary cattle king, Sir Sidney Kidman. Kidman's properties were invariably stocked at less than full capacity, and were…Publication Date 2012
- adaptation
- climate change
- diversification
- drought
- rangelands
- real options
- market risk
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordExecutive Summary: The training workshop for media practitioners on Climate Change Fact, Communication and Adaptation Strategies was organised by Global Unification, The Gambia (GU), a youth-led…Publication Date 2012
- climate change
- socio-economic aspects
- policies
- community based resource management
- The Gambia
- Africa
- 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 RecordThe thesis seeks to understand how emerging communities borne out of the Fast Track Land Reform Programme in Zimbabwe have been able to ensure social cohesion and social service provision using farm…Publication Date 2012
- agriculture
- Emerging communities
- Challenges
- Fast Track Land Reform Programme
- Economic crisis
- social networks
- Farm committees
- Irrigation committees
- Health committees
- Mazowe district
- socio-economic aspects
- subsistence agriculture
- rural areas
- politics
- management
- Zimbabwe
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThresholds and transitions between vegetation states are accepted components of models of rangeland dynamics. By definition, transitions represent changes from one state to another that are enduring…Publication Date 2012
- alternative states
- range monitoring
- state and transition
- vegetation dynamics
- rangelands
- management
- grasslands
- policies
- Library Collection RecordThe ecology of Seriphium plumosum is not yet fully understood and therefore requires in-depth research to assist with the control of this encroacher plant. The habitat preferences of the plant were…Publication Date 2012
- bankrupt bush
- rangelands
- shrub encroachment
- Seriphium plumosum (Stoebe vulgaris)
- slangbos
- vaalbos
- Thaba Nchu
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordAnts are considered an important faunal group for the functioning of arid rangelands, they have a long history of use for environmental monitoring, and exhibit four global patterns in grazing lands…Publication Date 2011
- biodiversity
- Bioindicator
- chenopod shrubland
- disturbance
- Formicidae
- grazing impacts
- Mulga
- piosphere
- Ants
- invertebrates
- rangelands
- monitoring
- grazing
- management
- restoration ecology
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordMean annual soil respiration correlates with net primary productivity and therefore provides an indication of ecosystem functioning. Soil respiration, however, varies considerably in space and time…Publication Date 2011
- carbon dioxide
- overstocking
- rangeland management
- soil temperature
- ecosystem ecology
- soil nutrients
- soil water
- rangelands
- management
- stocking rates
- Nama Karoo
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe feeding behaviour of Xhosa lop-eared (XLE), Nguni (NGN) and Nguni x Boer crossbred (NBC) goat genotypes was compared in a False Thornveld rangeland by recording time spent on browsing, grazing…Publication Date 2011
- rangelands
- foraging
- goats
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordDespite the widespread recognition that disturbance by livestock affects multiple indices of landscape health, few studies have examined their effects on both biotic and abiotic processes. We…Publication Date 2011
- disturbance
- grazing gradient
- landscape function
- overgrazing
- plant diversity
- reptiles
- grazing
- livestock
- soils
- ecosystem ecology
- rangelands
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordRodent-mediated dispersal of Acacia seeds in Kalahari savannah rangelands – implications for bush encroachmentPublication Date 2011
- rodents
- Acacia
- seeds
- savannah
- rangelands
- Bush encroachment
- ecosystem ecology
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordInformation at local scale on impacts of climate variability and climate change are crucial for planning of adaptation strategies and practices in agriculture. There is a diversity of approaches and…Publication Date 2011
- climate change
- carbon sequestration
- monitoring
- soils
- degradation
- socio-economic aspects
- Impact assessment
- hydrology
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordGrazing lands in warm-temperate and subtropical North America have become less diverse. Pastures are typically grass monocultures, while rangelands are generally managed for the grass components.…Publication Date 2011
- grazing
- forage quality
- grasslands
- pastures
- rangelands
- restoration ecology
- warm-season legumes
- pasture diversity
- North America
- Library Collection RecordQuestion: Can we predict the spatial distribution of plant communities in semi-arid rangelands based on a limited set of environmental variables? Where are priority areas for conservation located?…Publication Date 2011
- CT-model
- Decision tree classifier
- grazing intensity
- Juniperus excelsa woodlands
- rangelands
- ecosystem ecology
- mapping
- conservation ecology
- grazing
- modelling
- agriculture
- Al Jabal al Akhdar
- Arabia
- Library Collection RecordRainfall variability is a key constraint to agricultural production, livelihoods and economic growth in many developing countries. This is likely to be exacerbated in many places as rainfall…Publication Date 2011
- agriculture
- water storage
- Poverty
- Rural
- socio-economic aspects
- climate change
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordCreated in 1968 in Zimbabwe, the Gonarezhou National Park (GNP) is a protected area dedicated to the conservation of wildlife resources. This paper offers insights in wildlife management and issues…Publication Date 2011
- management
- game
- climate change
- wildlife management
- socio-economic aspects
- Zimbabwe
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe relevance of land-use planning tools such as the Land Use and Allocation Plan (LUAP)is more than ever a necessity to face challenges of natural resources degradation (water, soil and forest) the…Publication Date 2011
- socio-economic aspects
- degradation
- agriculture
- biodiversity
- climate change
- food security
- Senegal
- Senegal
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordIn the past few years, African medicinal plants have received considerable attention, and it has been lamented that the documentation of the continent's species that are used in traditional…Publication Date 2011
- medicinal plants
- rangelands
- savanna
- grasslands
- Ethnobotany
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordLaunched in October 2009, The Regional Livelihoods Advocacy Project (REGLAP) is a Humanitarian Aid Department of the European Commission (ECHO) funded project working to reduce the vulnerability of…Publication Date 2011
- pastoralism
- socio-economic aspects
- subsistence agriculture
- policies
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordElandskloof was the first land restitution case in post-apartheid South Africa in which the government returned land to a community. The communal property association became dysfunctional, and the…Publication Date 2011
- Communal land systems
- Common property regimes
- Land restitution
- Post-apartheid land reform
- legislation
- subsitence agriculture
- socio-economic aspects
- non-grazing resources
- management
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordObjective: To contribute to the integration of key ecological concepts such as dynamic equilibrium, critical threshold, resistance and resilience to the "State and Transition Model " (STM…Publication Date 2011
- Dynamic equilibrium
- rangeland ecology
- resilience
- resistance
- thresholds
- ecosystem ecology
- modelling
- Ecosystem function
- state-and-transition model
- rangelands
- management