Browsing Book Chapters by Subject "Land degradation"

Now showing items 1-8 of 8

Assessing degradation across a land-use gradient in the Kruger National Park area using advanced remote sensing modalities

Author: Van Aardt, JAN ; Mathieu, Renaud SA ; Cho, Moses A ; Wessels, Konrad J ; Erasmus, B ; Asner, GP ; Smit, IPJ Date: 2011 Land degradation is regarded as one of the most important environmental issues facing sub-Saharan Africa and is especially relevant in the former communal ‘homeland’ areas of South Africa. Although it has been a topic of intense research, ... Read more
Causes and perspectives of land-cover change through expanding cultivation in Kavango

Author: Pröpper, M ; Gröngröft, A ; Falk, T ; Eschenbach, A ; Fox, T ; Gessner, U ; Hecht, J ; Hinz, MO ; Huettich, C Date: 2010 With this interdisciplinary case-study we deliver an integrated analysis concerning the problem of expansive cultivation impacting on biodiversity in the dry Woodland Savanna of the Kavango Region of Namibia. We quantify and visualise the ... Read more
Dryland systems

Author: Wessels, Konrad J Date: 2006 This chapter describes the current condition of dryland systems with respect to the services they provide and the drivers that determine trends in their provision. Within the context of the mounting global concern caused by land degradation ... Read more
Land

Author: Audouin, Michelle A Date: Jan 2007 Unsustainable agricultural practices have had a role to play in the degradation of land on which agriculture depends. South Africa has an international obligation to develop a National Action Programme (NAP), the purpose of which is to identify ... Read more
Monitoring land degradation with long-term satellite data

Author: Wessels, Konrad J Date: 2011 In South Africa, land degradation in rangelands has been regarded as a major environmental problem for many years. During the last ten years, attention focussed on the land degradation in the former homelands, now communal lands. There is an ... Read more
Monitoring land degradation with long-term satellite data in South Africa.

Author: Wessels, Konrad J ; Prince, S Date: 2007 Desertification is defined by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) as ‘land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas (dry-lands) resulting from various factors, including climatic variations and human ... Read more
Responses to halt land degradation and to restore degraded land

Author: Pandit, R ; Parrota, J ; Anker, Y ; Coudel, E ; Diaz Morejón, CF ; Harris, J ; Karlen, DL ; Kertész, A ; Mariño De Posada, JL ; Ntshotsho, Phumza Date: Mar 2018 The most cost-effective approach to reduce land degradation in the long run is to follow the adage “prevention is better than cure” (well established) {6.3.1, 6.3.2, 6.4.2}. The economic consequences of land degradation are significant. For ... Read more
SEA in Southern Africa

Author: Audouin, Michelle A ; Lochner, Paul A ; Tarr, P Date: Jan 2011 On a continent where the livelihoods of the majority of Africans are closely linked to the health of the natural environment, and where poverty and land degradation has increased in recent decades, there is a critical need for sustainable ... Read more

Now showing items 1-8 of 8

Browse

All of ResearchSpace
This Collection
- By Issue Date
- Authors
- Titles
- Subjects
- Publication Type
- Cluster
- Impact Area

Quick Links

Legislation and compliance

General Enquiries

Tel: + 27 12 841 2911
Email: callcentre@csir.co.za

Physical Address
Meiring Naudé Road
Brummeria
Pretoria
South Africa

Postal Address
PO Box 395
Pretoria 0001
South Africa

Social Connect

Resources on this site are free to download and reuse according to associated licensing provision. Please read the terms and conditions of usage of each resource.

Browsing Book Chapters by Subject "Land degradation"

Browsing Book Chapters by Subject "Land degradation"

Browse

All of ResearchSpace

This Collection

Quick Links

Legislation and compliance

General Enquiries

Social Connect