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- Library Collection RecordBiomass burning contributes significantly to the global concentrations of greenhouse gases and aerosols in the atmosphere (Fishman et al., 2003, Kaufman et al., 1998). The African continent is…Publication Date 2010
- Air
- pollution
- earth sciences
- remote sensing
- image processing
- fire ecology
- groundcover fires
- environmental aspects
- southern Africa
- Savanna ecology
- biomass
- greenhouse gases
- savanna
- carbon dioxide
- Methane
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis research investigated the role played by traditional leaders in environmental governance in the context of decentralization, based on a case study of grass utilization in QwaQwa. Specifically,…Publication Date 2008
- biodiversity
- conservation
- agriculture
- environmental aspects
- grasses
- South Africa
- QwaQwa
- grassland ecology
- veld grass
- grasswork
- tribal government
- chiefdoms
- environmental policy
- subsistence agriculture
- communal farming
- socio-economic aspects
- policies
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe spatial and temporal patterns of fire in Africa south of the equator are described and investigated to test hypotheses on the main drivers of fire. In particular, the relative importance of…Publication Date 2010
- fire ecology
- Savanna ecology
- southern Africa
- vegatation dynamics
- fires
- environmental aspects
- satellite imagery
- modelling
- global change
- rainfall
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe Mceula Commonage Land in the Hewu district lies due northwest of Whittle sea and west of Queenstown in the Eastern Cape. This thesis has two main objectives. Firstly, to survey and analyse the…Publication Date 2000
- natural resources
- management
- Eastern Cape
- subsistence agriculture
- Economic Aspects
- medicinal plants
- soil
- socio-economic aspects
- sustainability
- land use
- degradation
- participatory rural appraisal
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe project was initiated by Eastern Cape Parks (ECP) as a request for the construction of inventories of priority species and their population levels inside three nature reserves on the Eastern Cape…Publication Date 2010
- Plant diversity conservation
- South Africa
- Eastern Cape
- Rare plants
- Population viability analysis
- biodiversity
- Plant conservation
- Conservation of Natural Resources
- Human-plant relationships
- socio-economic aspects
- conservation
- Nature reserves
- subsistence agriculture
- management
- grasslands
- southern Africa
- Library Collection Recorddewey class number: 633.2009684 Full text also available online. Scroll down for electronic link.Publication Date 2005
- rangeland management
- Kwa Zulu Natal
- Okhombe ward
- Agricultural systems
- grazing
- Commons
- natural resources
- communal management
- citizen participation
- grassland ecology
- Fodder trees
- Ukulinga Research Farm
- feed composition
- nutritional value
- Cropping Systems
- subsistence agriculture
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordGrazing lands in Eritrea are degraded due to decades of overstocking and consequent overgrazing. Since the rangelands are accessible to entire village communities, organisation and coordinated…Publication Date 2007
- rangelands
- degradation
- communal farming
- subsistence agriculture
- livestock
- management
- grazing
- Commercial farming
- cattle
- household income studies
- forage
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe Savanna biome covers around 60% of sub-Saharan Africa. The goods and services it provides are utilised and often depended upon by rural communities, commercial farmers and managers of…Publication Date 2011
- remote sensing
- Savanna ecology
- biomass
- spatial ecology
- spatial analysis
- plant biomass
- remote sensing
- fire ecology
- management
- MODIS
- Nature reserves
- savanna
- mapping
- southern 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 RecordA comparison of soil degradation between communal grazing and controlled grazing was undertaken in the Victoria-East district of the Eastern Cape. The study was undertaken in the communal rangeland…Publication Date 2000
- soil
- degradation
- rangelands
- management
- communal grazing
- subsistence agriculture
- grazing
- commercial agriculture
- erosion
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordSound understanding of the influence of scale and context on ecological patternprocess relationships is lacking in many systems. The hierarchical patch dynamics paradigm (HPDP) provides a framework…Publication Date 2008
- vegetation dynamics
- savanna
- riparian ecology
- South Africa
- Kruger National Park
- Savanna ecology
- spatial ecology
- management
- woody plants
- indigenous encroaching shrubs
- modelling
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordWildfire prediction and management is an issue of safety and security for many rural communities in South Africa. Wildfire prediction and early warning systems can assist in saving lives,…Publication Date 2006
- vegetation mapping
- South Africa
- remote sensing
- fire ecology
- Mpumalanga
- Savanna ecology
- ground cover fires
- grassland fires
- grassland
- management
- southern Africa