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Mapping and modelling the effects of land use and land management change on ecosystem services from local ecosystems and landscapes to global biomes

Reports & Research
December 2014
South Africa
Southern Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
land use
land management
rangelands
grazing

Herstel en duurzaam beheer van biodiversiteit en ecosysteemdiensten worden steeds meer geïntegreerd in nationaal en internationaal beleid.

Maize yield potential

Peer-reviewed publication
December 2014
Eastern Africa
Western Africa
Southern Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
geographical information systems
land administration
agriculture
rural development
research
farmland
environment

Global ambitions and local realities: achieving equity and sustainability in two high-value natural product trade chains

Journal Articles & Books
December 2014
Southern Africa
Africa
Global
land tenure

This paper aims to enhance understanding about the influence of governance arrangements in non-timber forest product value chains on ecological sustainability and equity outcomes.

Using social marketing concepts to promote the integration of systematic conservation plans in land-use planning in South Africa

Journal Articles & Books
December 2014
South Africa
Southern Africa
land use

Local land-use planning procedures are increasingly recognized as potentially crucial to ensure off-reserve biodiversity protection. Mainstreaming systematic conservation planning maps in these decision-making procedures has been proposed as a mechanism to achieve this.

influence of South Africa's post-apartheid land reform policies on bush encroachment and range condition: a case study of Fort Beaufort's municipal commonage

Journal Articles & Books
December 2014
South Africa
Southern Africa
Urban Tenure
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
urbanization
land reform
rangelands
land tenure

We examined the effect of changes in land use and land tenure on bush encroachment and vegetation condition. An analysis of aerial photographs from three time steps (1949, 1985 and 2004) was used to document changes in woody plant density in different vegetation types on commonage and an adjacent commercial farm in Fort Beaufort, South Africa.