Bibliography: Land Degradation in South Africa project

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Keywords : NORTHERN CAPE; AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNAL AREA

Notes : Enormous problems present themselves in attempting to make state land

functional as productive farms. These problems are in no small measure

compounded by the fact that the land is owned by different state departments.

The Department of Agriculture is very much involved with investing resources

into training and development of beginner farmers in the northern Cape, as well

as with making infrastructure available on this land in order to make

development attempts viable.

Ref ID : 2290

275. Anonymous Draft Document: review of Act 43 of 1983 against the proposed

policies of the draft green paper on agriculture.Anonymous Pretoria:Department

of Agriculture, Directorate of Resources Conservation. , 1998.

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Keywords : POLICY; CONSERVATION

Notes : This study was initiatiated by the Director for Resource Conservation,

National Department of Agriculture, Mrs. Nduli. The purpose of the report is to

provide a discussion document for the Directorate on the Conservation of

Agricultural Resources Act 43 of 1983. Amendments to the Conservation of

Agricultural Resources Act 43 of 1983 have been proposed for some time. The

process has been delayed many times because of the policy developments in South

Africa, from the New Constitution through the Draft Agricultural Green Paper.

The Draft Green Paper is clear on the need for the amendments to the Act and

this is one of the key and urgent activities of the Department. This document

and process was initiated to fast track the most urgently required amendments to

the Act. The intention is also to provide some guidance for further review that

may be required in the future. There is in existence a draft of a proposed new

Bill entitled "Agricultural Land and Resource Conservation Bill" drafted in

September 1996. This Draft Bill attempted to raise some of the issues raised

over the last few years in terms of the implementation of Act 43 of 1983. This

draft was used during this study as material for some of the recommendations

contained therein. A report prepared for the Department by a team of legal

experts headed by Carol Leutner entitled "Improving Women's Agricultural

Productivity: A Law and Economic Development Study" was also drawn on for this

report. This discussion document is to be presented to a meeting consisting of

various directorates and it will be amended on the basis of that discussion and

further written comments.

Ref ID : 2291

276. Anonymous National Environmental Management Act, 107 of 1998.

Pretoria:Government Printer. The Government Gazette 19519(401), 1998.

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Notes : This paper attempts to provide for co-opeartive enviornmental governance

by establishing principles for decision-making on matters affecting the

environment, institutions that will promote co-operative governance and

procedures for co-ordinating environmental functions exercised by organs of

state; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

Ref ID : 1649

277. Anonymous Natural Resource Management and Rural Poverty Issues in South

Africa. Development Bank of South Africa and International Fund for Agricultural

Development. Pretoria:Development Bank of Southern Africa. :i-171, 1998.

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Keywords : POVERTY; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; POLICY; VELD

MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES; SOCIOECONOMIC ASPECTS

Notes : This report presents the findings and conclusions of a study on natural

resource management and rural poverty issues in South africa. The focus of the

study is to identify key leverage points for poverty eradication through the use

of natural resources within the context of the national rural development

strategy. The study was to be used as input to structuring the co-operation

between the International Fund for Agricultural Development and South Africa.

The point of departure was that development support from international agencies

should be targeted at initiatives congruent with South African policies,

strategies and development programmes. The study examines some of the major

policies related to poverty and natural resources, provides natural resource and

poverty profiles, identifies and analyses factors affecting the optimal use of

natural resources in poverty eradication programmes and offers entry points to

stimulate the more effective use of natural resources in poverty eradication.

Ref ID : 1809

278. Anonymous Agricultural Digest of South Africa 1998/9.Anonymous Anonymous

Pretoria:V & R Printing Works. , 1998.

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Keywords : AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; LEGISLATION; AID

Notes : This report contains practical information related to agriculture in

South Africa. This information is described under the following heads:

orientation; agricultural production; organisation of agriculture (including

National Department of Agriculture, directorates, Provincial Departments of

Agriculture, Agricultural Research Council, agricultural research institutes,

agricultural legislation, agricultural library services, agricultural

representatives abroad, agricultural marketing, state veterinary services);

agricultural training; financial aid to farmers (including the land bank and

ABSA Bank Agriculture); organised agriculture (including South African

Agricultural Union, NAFU and the agricultural and farmers' union); and general

information (including SA Stud Book Association and breeders' societies, several

foreign representatives in SA, a list of non-governmental organisation and

useful agricultural addresses).

Ref ID : 1248

279. Anonymous Abstract of agricultural statistics. none1-112, 1998. (Abstract)

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Keywords : STATISTICS

Notes : This edition of the Abstract of Agricultural Statistics contains SA's

agricultural statistics of major importance which were available up to October

1997. It contains information, inter alia, on field crops, horticulture,

livestock, important indicators and the contribution of agriculture. The source

of the information is the Directorate: Agricultural Statistics and Management

Information of the National Department of Agriculture except where otherwise

indicated.

Ref ID : 1587

280. Anonymous International Union for Quarterly Research: XV International

Congress: 3 - 11 August 1999.Anonymous Anonymous ? (second circular):1-32, 1998.

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Keywords : ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY

Notes : This is a notification of a conference yet to be held in August 1999.

The keynote theme will be: "The environmental background to hominid evolution in

Africa". Registration papers are included and invitations are extended to all

interested parties who wish to present papers, posters etc., or who merely wish

to attend.

Ref ID : 1119

281. Anonymous Rehabilitasie van duine in die Kalahari/Rehabilitation of dunes

in the Kalahari. Grootfontein Nuusbrief (1):12-13, 1998.

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Keywords : DESERTIFICATION CONTROL; RESTORATION; SAVANNA; NAMIBIA

Notes : It has always been believed that degradation of sand dunes in the

Kalahari is an inexorably destructive process which cannot be negated. Research

is showing, though, that this may not necessarily be the case. Research done by

the Agricultural Research Council in the Mier district, on the border of South

Africa, Namibia and the Kalahari Gemsbok Park indicates that there may be

certain forms of plant growth which can assist in stabilising dunes, with the

assistance of Rhigozum, in order to reverse the process of degradation of dunes.

Ref ID : 1983

282. Anonymous War declared on aliens. ScienceScope. Science 281:761, 1998.

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Ref ID : 1121

283. Anonymous Ekonomiese spelreels vir die landbou/Economical game plans for

agriculture. Grootfontein Nuusbrief (1):15-16, 1998.

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Keywords : ECONOMIC ASPECTS; AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; SUBSIDIES

Notes : Economic factors in South African society has implications for

agriculture and farming in the country. It is therefore necessary that farmers

are made aware of issues such as projected inflation rates, interest rates,

estimated gross income derived from livestock and agriculture, possible future

land price hikes/falls, withdrawal of state subsidies, unfair competition etc.

All these factors mean that, for farming in the future, in South Africa, to

continue to be viable, farming practices may well have to change and become

fundamentally transformed.

Ref ID : 2145

284. Anonymous National Water Act. Cape Town:Government Printers. Government

Gazette 19182, 1998.

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Ref ID : 1128

285. Anonymous Department of environmental affairs and tourism. Pretoria, South

Africa:Republic of South Africa. Government Gazette (393), 1998. This is a

covering letter which informs the reader that the Minister of Environmental

Affairs and Tourism has made some amendements to activities which may have a

substantial detrimental effect on the environment.18783.

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Keywords : LEGISLATION; DESERTIFICATION CONTROL

Notes : Only front page in file.

Ref ID : 1194

286. Anonymous The environmental background to hominid evolution in

Africa.Anonymous Anonymous Durban, South Africa:South African Airways. Second

Circular:1-32, 1998.

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Ref ID : 1254

287. Anonymous Crops and markets. Crops and markets 77(896):1-37, 1998.

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Keywords : STATISTICS

Notes : This journal contains information concerning: an estimate of summer

crops; economic indicators of the SA agricultural sector; an economic overview;

indices of producer prices of agricultural products; the consumer price index

for food; price indices of farming requisites; food basket of farm products;

stock slaughtered; average auction prices at City Deep; meat consumption needs;

a wool report; fertiliser sales to the SA farm sector; and a review of the food

security situation in SA. A second section contains market statistics and

graphical presentations of various crops.

Ref ID : 1584

288. Anonymous Useful links on drylands and desertification.Anonymous , 1998.

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Keywords : DESERTIFICATION CONTROL

Notes : A note sent by Jamil Kazmi, produced by Arid Lands Newsletter providing

useful links on drylands and desertification.

Ref ID : 1981

289. Anonymous Forestry's steam-clearing programme. African Wildlife 52(2):40,

1998.

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Ref ID : 1377

290. Anonymous Finansiele hulpskemas van die Department van Landbou. 'n

Statistiese opsomming van hulverlening aan boere in die RSA vir die tydperk 1

April 1987 tot 28 Februarie 1998 (aangewese gebiede uitgesluit). 1998.

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Keywords : SUBSIDIES; GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES; DROUGHT; CARRYING CAPACITY;

ECONOMIC ASPECTS; POLICY; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

Notes : This was obtained from Mr Anton Ennis from the Department of Agriculture

Development, Directorate Financial Assistance, Private Bag X118, Pretoria, 0001.

Tel: [phone]. Also contact Mrs Hettie Smit. Tel: [phone].

Ref ID : 1982

291. Anonymous Commercial timber resources and roundwood processing in South

Africa 1996/97.Anonymous Pretoria:Department Water Affairs and Forestry. , 1998.

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Ref ID : 2559

292. Anonymous A survey of commercial farmers in the Transkei region and the

Eastern Cape Province. Technical Research Report. Lent, P. and Van Averbeke, W.

1999.

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Keywords : TRANSKEI; EASTERN CAPE; IRRIGATION; LAND TENURE; AGRICULTURAL

PRODUCTION; LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION

Notes : The main purpose of this study was to survey commercial farmers in the

Transkei region of the Eastern Cape Province. This was a descriptive survey

where survey personnel used widespread publicity and a strategy that encouraged

all farmers who believed they were commercial farmers to come forward and

identify themselves. About 300 households did identified themselves, of which

135 provided information in response to a survey questionnaire. Macro livestock

(including sheep) formed the most frequent agricultural products of these

enterprises, being found on 40% of farms and accounting for over 50% of gross

cash sales. However, micro-livestock (poultry and pigs) formed the dominant

production class on about one-quarter of enterprises. Field crops and

vegetables were dominant on 20% and 11% respectively. Farmers deemed 5 of all

17 different crops to be regionally important. These are maize, potatoes,

cabbages, dry beans and spinach. Other findings relate to lack of opportunities

for irrigation, gross annual sales on farms and land tenure status. Permission

is required to access this document. This document is obtainable from ARDRI, at

the University of Fort Hare. See also ID ref. no. 2339.

Ref ID : 2289

293. Anonymous Rural People's Charter.Anonymous Bloemfontein:Rural Development

Initiative Convention. , 1999.

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Keywords : POVERTY; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; POLICY; ENERGY

Notes : The preamble states the following: We, the rural women and men of South

Africa, declare for all the country and the world to know: that poverty is

greatest in the rural areas, yet rural development receives lower priority than

urban development; that although there are many policies and laws in place,

there has been very little improvement in our lives; that we still lack the most

static services and infrastructure; that our taxes and national resources are

being used to repay apartheid debts rather than to develop our country and our

people. We therefore demand that rural development is given top political and

financial priority, and that rural people are given space to play an active role

in planning and implementing a rural developmental strategy. We resolve that we

-rural individuals and communities, NGOs, CBOs and trade unions - will strive to

build an independent rural people's movement, which can successfully mobilise

rural people to use all options necessary to ensure meaningful rural

development. We, as individuals in our communities, will volunteer our time and

energies to building and sustaining democratic community organisations. We, as

rural NGOs and CBOs, will form an active network which will be guided by the

requirements of the rural social movement. We will all take responsibility to

report back to our communities on the proceedings and resolutions of the

convention. Together we will use the demands and resolutions emerging from the

convention to formulate a workable rural development strategy that can meet the

demands of rural people. We will lobby the government to accept the alternative

rural development strategy emerging from the convention and follow-up work. And

we further resolve to set up women's lobbies and support groups in our

communities, to actively encourage the equal representation and participation of

women in community organisations and to do all we can to create the conditions

to allow this to happen, to participate in relevent community structures, to

develop active links between rural communities, CBOs, NGOs and trade unions, and

to engage constructively with local authorities wherever possible.

Ref ID : 2492

294. Anonymous Bibliography of the Desert Ecological Research Unit of the Desert

Research Foundation of Namibia.Anonymous , 1999.

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Keywords : BIBLIOGRAPHY; NAMIBIA

Ref ID : 2305

295. Anonymous Water Conservation and Demand Management National Strategy

Framework. Department of Water Affairs. Pretoria:Department of Water Affairs and

Forestry. Draft, 1999.

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Keywords : WATER CONSERVATION; CONSERVATION; FORESTRY

Notes : This report concludes that this document has mapped out the key

principles, legislative, economic and social frameworks that would guide a

national water conservation and demand management strategy. It has been as

comprehensive about the different components of the framework as advised the

current perceptions of sector knowledge. These perceptions are being tested

through this consultation process. To repeat the Minister's sentiment, a

consultation process can only be as successful as the level of stakeholder

participation. We therefore urge you to forward your critique, comments as well

as requests for further interactions to the Department of Water Affairs and

Forestry.

Ref ID : 2286

296. Anonymous UNEP initiative on success stories in land degradation-

desertification control. UNEP. Nairobi:Land Unit, UNEP. , 1999.

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Keywords : DESERTIFICATION CONTROL; LAND DEGRADATION

Notes : For more than 20 years UNEP has been actively involved in worldwide

efforts to combat dryland degradation. Although desertification still remains a

major environmental problem, impeding dryland development, there are also many

projects and community-based initiatives which have successfully addressed these

problems. These successes need to be better publicised to show that land

degradation/desertification can be controlled, and positive experiences can be

replicated. The main criteria for a success story requires that activities

directly and substantially contribute to the prevention of dryland degradation

or to the reclamation of degraded land, using appropriate resources in a cost-

effective manner. A success story addresses not only the biophysical but also

the socio-cultural-economic issues in all its developmental stages, thus

ensuring long-term sustainability. The programme to define and publicize

success stories in desertification control seeks above all, to raise global

awareness that land degradation in the drylands can be both prevented and

corrected. It will also build community responsibility for the local

environment and confidence in local abilities to solve land management problems.

It is hoped that the recognition of success conveyed through he "Saving the

Drylands" award will spur local communities to further action and encourage the

replication of promising approaches. This report provides summaries of eighteen

award-winning success stories. More elaborate and descriptive brochures are

currently under preparation and will be available to anyone interested in the

methodological and practical approaches and of course those dedicated to address

the problems of sustainable dryland management.

Ref ID : 18

297. Antrobus, G. The economic importance and environmental impact of domestic

livestock in the eastern Cape. In: Towards an environmental plan for the eastern

Cape. edited by Bruton, M.N. and Gess, F.W.Grahamstown:Rhodes University, 1988,

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Keywords : DESERTIFICATION ASSESSMENT; ECONOMIC ASPECTS; GRAZING EFFECTS;

EASTERN CAPE; SAVANNA; STOCKING RATE; CLIMATE

Abstract : The position of the region with regard to number, type, stocking rate

and intra-regional distribution of domestic livestock is described. The reasons

for the distribution include considerations of climate, vegetation, proximity to

markets and the relative profitability of competing farm enterprises. The

hypothesis that changes in the composition of farm animals within the region

over time are directly linked to their relative profitability is examined

against selected census data for a period of 40 years.

Ref ID : 2111

298. Arakel, A.V., Hill, C.M., Piorewicz, J., and Connor, T.B. Hydro-

sedimentology of hte Johnstone River estuary. Hydrobiologia 176/177:51-60, 1989.

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Ref ID : 1913

299. Arbuthnot, F. Report of the ESA working group on land Degradation. Report

of the ESA working Group on Land Degradation.Anonymous Pretoria:Directorate of

Resource Conservation, Department of Agriculture. , 1995.

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Keywords : LAND DEGRADATION

Ref ID : 775

300. Archer, D. Towards integrating environment and development in South Africa:

the role of a national environmental forum and a sustainable development

strategy. Working Paper No.112.Anonymous Anonymous Pietermaritzburg:Institute of

Natural Resources, University of Natal. :i-18, 1994.

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Keywords : RURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE;

CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; POLICY

Notes : The overview states: "The notion of a 'meeting place', bringing

together the various constituencies in a new South Africa with an environmental

interest, is widely desired -being supported by more than 90% of the 122

respondents to a nation-wide survey of 260 organisations carried out in May 1994

on the concept of a National Environmental Forum. An environmental forum has

been under discussion for some time. In 1993, when forums were established in

South Africa to deal with a variety of pressing issues, a number of people

expressed an interest in establishing a forum related to the environment. This

interest led to an informal meeting taking place, which included representations

from a range of conservation and grassroots associations, business and unions,

professional and educational organisations, government and political parties,

and academia and research. At this meeting, there was general agreement on the

need for a mechanism to bring together consituencies with an environmental

interest at a national level, and considerable debate as to the role, value and

limitations of a National Environmental Forum. Following this meeting, a

working group has continued to explore the concept of a National Environmental

Forum. The consensus was that, with the election so near, the formation of a

Forum should not be considered until the Government of National Unity is in

place. Those organisations responding positively in the questionnaire to the

concept of a Forum would prefer it to have a strong sense of purpose. While 87%