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Cadastral lease diagrams for resettlement farms in Namibia: 'digital orthophotos as an alternative to the current field surveying technique'.
(2004)The Ministry of Lands, Resettlement and Rehabilitation of Namibia is responsible for all land issues. The resettlement of landless farmers, of the previous disadvantaged groups, is one of the issues. The Agricultural ... -
A case study approach to the assessment of urban agriculture in the greater Edendale area, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2000)Migration from rural to urban areas has characterized the South African population in the last quarter of the 20th century. More recently, internal urban growth itself has contributed to the rapid growth of cities. This ... -
A case study of inland fisheries management in the Lucheringo-Rovuma- Messinge river systems, northern Niassa, Mozambique : from open access to common property?
(2000)There is growing realisation world wide that the attainment of environmental sustainability is contingent upon reinstatement of community authority over management of natural resources. In acknowledgement of this imperative ... -
Causes of wetland erosion at Craigieburn, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa.
(2013-10-10)Wetland degradation, which includes deterioration in functional performance and erosion, is a problem around the world. This has engendered a quest for causes and attempts to prevent the problem or to rehabilitate wetlands ... -
Challenges of delivering low-income housing : a case study of the Build Together Programme of Namibia.
(2005)A common strategy in dealing with housing shortages is the provision of loans to low-income groups. Tried in many countries for a very long time, this approach has produced a common phenomenon - poor servicing of loans. ... -
Challenges of developing an integrated food control system for South Africa : insights from the veterinary drug and residue regulatory system.
(2013)Food is a complex commodity. Ingredients are farmed and harvested then processed and combined into a variety of foods of different forms and packaged in an equal variety of ways to satisfy a multitude of tastes, textures, ... -
Climatic variable selection using random forests regression for malaria transmission modelling in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa.
(2015)Malaria is one of the wold’s most prevalent vector borne diseases with sub-Saharan Africa bearing the highest burden of reported cases. Climate is one of the major determinant factors of malaria transmission as it influences ... -
Climatology of air mass transport to Cape Point.
(2008)Air transport climatology to Cape Point (South Africa; 34.21ºS, 18.29ºE) was examined by analyzing 5-day kinematic back trajectories at both 300 and 5000 m above ground level for the period 2001-2003. Trajectories were ... -
Co-management as an option for private protected areas : a case study of the Shongweni Resource Reserve.
(2006)Since the establishment of the first protected area in 1872, the Yellowstone National Park, the concept of protected areas and their management have witnessed several controversies and conflicts. Generally, ownership and ... -
Co-management of mussel resources : the case studies of Sokhulu and Coffee Bay projects in South Africa.
(2002)In this thesis, the researcher has attempted to analyze the full complexities of employing the co-management system in conservation of brown mussels (Perna perna) through the use of the case study areas, namely: Sokhulu ... -
Collective identity and collective action in the management of common pool resources : a case study of Doro !Nawas Conservancy in Namibia.
(2012)Conservation is increasingly understood to require collective action, particularly in the context of community based conservation. This thesis is premised on the proposition that understanding the dynamic nature of the ... -
Community participation in integrated conservation and development projects : a case study in the Hlatikulu Valley, KwaZulu-Natal.
(1999)Successful and convincing examples where local peoples' development needs have been effectively reconciled with biodiversity conservation remain difficult to find. One important reason for this is that little progress ... -
Community participation in urban tourism development : a case study - Georgetown and the freedom experience.
(2000)Since the reintroduction of South Africa into the international community, tourism has been emphasised, through policy and public speech, as a means to achieve socio-economic upliftment and job creation. Although tourism ... -
Community-based forest husbandry : a case study from Mozambique.
(2003)Natural resource harvesting still plays an important role in the economy of southern Africa. In Mozambique, the continuous exploitation of the most valuable components of the indigenous woodlands in locations such as the ... -
Community-based natural resource management, livelihood diversification & poverty alleviation : a case study of NG 22/23 and associated communities, Okavango Delta, northern Botswana.
(2006)This paper presents a case study from Ngamiland, northern Botswana where community~ based natural resource management (CBNRM), through a joint venture agreement (NA) between a Community~based Organisation (CBO) and the ... -
A comparative study of land cover/use changes between Mkhuze, and three neighbouring private game reserves.
(2010)In recent years several regions in South Africa including KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) have experienced a significant shift in their farming practice, moving away from conventional commercial farming to the apparently more lucrative ... -
Connectivity of two scleractinian corals in the south west Indian Ocean.
(2010)Generations of hard corals have built the complex reef ecosystems that harbour a huge diversity of sea-life in the world’s shallow tropical oceans. These undergo both sexual and clonal reproduction, and may contain ... -
Conservation, forest resources and sustainable rural livelihoods : a case study of Saint Bernard Community, KwaZulu-Natal.
(2007)There is a growing body of literature that outlines a contemporary view of the role of forests and forestry in rural development. The most common argument highlighted by the contemporary literature indicates that forests ... -
Constructed wetlands as an appropriate treatment of landfill leachate.
(2003)One of the main environmental problems associated with the disposal of waste on land is the release of liquid emissions from the site. This wastewater, known as leachate, is a product of the biodecomposition of the waste ...
