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| Otim, Daniel; Smithers, Jeff; Senzanje, Aidan; van Antwerpen, Rianto; Thornton-Dibb, Sean LC. |
| Sugarcane in South Africa is grown on wide-ranging soils, sometimes in non-ideal climates and on steep topographies where soils are vulnerable to erosion. Sugarcane fields are protected against erosion through, inter alia, the use of engineered waterways, contour banks and spill-over roads. A comparison of design norms in the National Soil Conservation Manual and norms used in the sugar industry clearly shows discrepancies that need to be investigated. Furthermore, the sugar industry design nomograph was developed based on an unsustainable soil loss limit, does not include any regional variations of climate and the impact on soil erosion and runoff and does not include vulnerability during break cropping. The aim of this research was to develop and assess... |
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Palavras-chave: ACRU; Design norm; Soil and water conservation; Soil loss; Sugarcane; South Africa. |
| Ano: 2021 |
URL: http://www.cigrjournal.org/index.php/Ejounral/article/view/6047 |
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| Mnge,P.; Okeleye,B.I.; Vasaikar,S.D.; Apalata,T.. |
| Candida species are the leading cause of invasive fungal infections, and over the past decade there has been an increased isolation of drug resistant Candida species. This study aimed to identify the species distribution of Candida isolates and to determine their unique antifungal susceptibility and resistance patterns. During a cross-sectional study, 209 Candida isolates (recovered from 206 clinical samples) were collected and their species distribution was determined using ChromAgar Candida. The Vitek-2 system (Biomerieux, South Africa) was used to determine minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) to azoles (fluconazole, voriconazole), echinocandins (caspofungin, micafungin), polyenes (amphotericin B) and flucytosine. Four species of Candida were... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Candida species; Distribution; Antifungal susceptibility; Identification; South Africa. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2017000600702 |
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| Stone-Jovicich, Samantha S; CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Townsville; samantha.stone-jovicich@csiro.au; Lynam, Timothy; CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Townsville; tim.lynam@csiro.au; Leitch, Anne; CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Brisbane; ARC CoE Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University; anne.leitch@csiro.au; Jones, Natalie A; University of Queensland, School of Rural and Natural Systems Management; n.jones3@uq.edu.au. |
| The content, structure, and distribution of mental models can be elicited and measured using a variety of methods. In this article we explore a method for eliciting mental models within the context of water use and management in South Africa. This method is consensus analysis, a technique developed in cognitive anthropology. We used it to analyze qualitative data from semistructured interviews, pilesorts, and questionnaires to test quantitatively the degree of sharing and diversity of mental models within and across social groups. The consensus analysis method focused on comparing the mental models of two key stakeholder groups in the Crocodile River catchment in South Africa, i.e., conservationists and irrigators, to better understand the level of... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Consensus analysis; Mental models; South Africa; Water management. |
| Ano: 2011 |
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| Slinger, Jill H.; Delft University of Technology; j.h.slinger@tudelft.nl; Hilders, Marianne; DHV B.V. (Adviesgroep Water, Natuur en Ruimte); Marianne.Hilders@DHV.nl; Juizo, Dinis; Eduardo Mondlane University; juizo@hotmail.com. |
| The Incomati River Basin is shared by Mozambique, South Africa, and Swaziland. In August 2002, the groundbreaking “Tripartite Interim Agreement on Water Sharing of the Maputo and Incomati Rivers” (the IncoMaputo agreement) was signed. Following reports that the use, availability, and adequacy of information posed problems for future decision making on this transboundary river, the Delft University of Technology initiated a 6-month study in 2003 in which 25 southern African researchers and officials were interviewed. The Joint Incomati Basin Study (Phase I from 1992–1995, and Phase II from 2000–2001) formed a central component in the investigation, because it was viewed by the parties involved as a successful... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Causal analysis; Decision making; Governance; Information use; Institutions; International water policy; Mozambique; Networks; River-basin management; South Africa; Southern Africa; Swaziland. |
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| Cousins, Jenny A; University of Manchester; Jenny.Cousins@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk; Sadler, Jon P; University of Birmingham;; Evans, James; University of Manchester;. |
| Rich in biological diversity, South Africa’s natural habitats are internationally recognized as a conservation priority. Biodiversity loss continues, however, and limited scope to enlarge the state-protected areas, combined with funding shortages for public parks, means that conservationists are increasingly turning to private landowners for solutions. The recent boom in privately owned wildlife ranches in South Africa has the potential to contribute to conservation in South Africa. This paper explores the benefits, limitations, and challenges of private wildlife ranching as a tool for conservation in South Africa through interviews with key stakeholders working within conservation and wildlife ranching, and through case studies of threatened... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Conservation; Private wildlife ranches; Qualitative research; South Africa; Stakeholder views. |
| Ano: 2008 |
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| Lynam, Timothy; CSIRO; Reflecting Society; tim.lynam@internode.on.net; Mathevet, Raphael; CNRS, UMR 5175 CEFE; Stockholm Resilience Centre; raphael.mathevet@cefe.cnrs.fr; Stone-Jovicich, Samantha; CSIRO; Samantha.Stone-Jovicich@csiro.au; Leitch, Anne; CSIRO; anne.leitch@csiro.ao; Jones, Nathalie; School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland; n.jones3@uq.edu.au; Ross, Helen; School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland; Helen.Ross@uq.edu.au; Du Toit, Derick; AWARD; derick@award.org.za; Pollard, Sharon; AWARD; sharon@award.org.za; Biggs, Harry; SANParks; biggs@sanparks.org; Perez, Pascal; University of Wollongong; pascal@uow.edu.au. |
| Although the broad concept of mental models is gaining currency as a way to explore the link between how people think and interact with their world, this concept is limited by a theoretical and practical understanding of how it can be applied in the study of human-environment relationships. Tools and processes are needed to be able to elicit and analyze mental models. Because mental models are not directly observable, it is also important to understand how the application of any tools and processes affects what is measured. Equally important are the needs to be clear on the intent of the elicitation and to design the methods and choose the settings accordingly. Through this special edition, we explore how mental models are elicited using two approaches... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: ARDI; Consensus analysis; France; Mental models; Social representations; South Africa; Water management. |
| Ano: 2012 |
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| Jarre, Astrid; Marine Research Institute, University of Cape Town, South Africa; ajarre@gmail.com; Ragaller, Sven M.; Marine Research Institute, University of Cape Town, South Africa; sven.ragaller@gmail.com; Hutchings, Laurence; Marine Research Institute, University of Cape Town, South Africa; larry.hutchings@gmail.com. |
| South Africa's small pelagics fishery is currently the largest in volume and second largest in value in the southern Benguela. It exploits short-lived, small pelagic fishes such as anchovy (for reduction into fish meal and oil) and sardine (for reduction as well as human consumption through canned products), and to a lesser extent redeye round herring and mesopelagics, largely for reduction. We explore the recent history (1940s to present) of the social-ecological system around this fishery. The natural subsystem, at the scales of the ocean environment and the ecosystem, is characterized by high interannual and documented decadal-scale variability. We characterize the human social subsystem at the scales of the fishing industry, legislation, and west... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Anchovy; Coastal communities; Inshore fishery; Marine social-ecological systems; Purse seining; Rock lobster; Small pelagic fishery; South Africa; Southern Benguela; Sardine. |
| Ano: 2013 |
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| Meissner, Richard; Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa; Centre for Water Resources Research, University of KwaZulu-Natal; RMeissner@csir.co.za; Funke, Nikki; Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa; nfunke@csir.co.za; Nortje, Karen; Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa; knortje@csir.co.za. |
| We reflect on the politics of establishing catchment management agencies in South Africa with a specific focus on the Breede-Overberg Catchment Management Agency (BOCMA), which was recently replaced by the Breede-Gouritz Catchment Management Agency (BGCMA). We do so by applying the framework of adaptive comanagement and its institutional prescriptions: collaboration, experimentation, and a bioregional approach. We start by introducing the history of this catchment management agency (CMA) and then describe the establishment of CMAs in South Africa in general and that of BOCMA in particular. We follow the framework for rule types and types of river basin organizations set out by the editors of this special feature with reference to adaptive comanagement... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Adaptive co-management; Breede-Gouritz Catchment Management Agency; Breede-Overberg Catchment Management Agency; Catchment management agency; River basin organization; South Africa. |
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| Lannas, Kathryn S. M.; Percy FitzPatrick Institute, University of Cape Town; ktlannas@gmail.com; Turpie, Jane K; Percy FitzPatrick Institute, University of Cape Town; jane.turpie@uct.ac.za. |
| Given that few studies have valued the provisioning services of temperate southern African wetlands, research on this topic was undertaken in a remote rural wetland, Letseng-la-Letsie, in Lesotho and a peri-urban wetland in Mfuleni, Cape Town. The objectives were to quantify incomes from wetland resources, assess the relative dependency of communities on wetland provisioning services, and estimate the total provisioning value of the wetlands. Data were collected from informal interviews and structured household surveys. Despite the different settings, both wetlands were used mainly for grazing livestock. The estimated total value added during 2007 from grazing was U.S. $180,078 for Letseng-la-Letsie and U.S. $540,286 for Mfuleni. Letseng-la-Letsie and... |
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Palavras-chave: Wetlands; Provisioning services; Dependency; Livelihoods; Grazing; Lesotho; South Africa; Peri-urban areas. |
| Ano: 2009 |
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| Cundill, Georgina N. R.; Rhodes University; gcundill@rides.cl; Fabricius, Christo; Rhodes University; c.fabricius@ru.ac.za; Marti, Neus; Autonomous University; neus@amauta.rcp.net.pe. |
| Complex systems are shaped by cross-scale interactions, nonlinear feedbacks, and uncertainty, among other factors. Transdisciplinary approaches that combine participatory and conventional methods and democratize knowledge to enable diverse inputs, including those from local, informal experts, are essential tools in understanding such systems. The metaphor of a “bridge” to overcome the divide between different disciplines and knowledge systems is often used to advocate for more inclusive approaches. However, there is a shortage of information and consensus on the process, methodologies, and techniques that are appropriate to achieve this. This paper compares two case studies from Peru and South Africa in which community-level assessments... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Synthesis |
Palavras-chave: Ecological assessment; Community-based assessment; Complexity; Scale; Epistemology; Methodology; Millennium Ecosystem Assessment; Complex systems; Uncertainty; Peru; South Africa; Case studies; Transdisciplinary research. |
| Ano: 2005 |
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| Cousins, Jenny A; School of Environment and Development, University of Manchester; Jenny.Cousins@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk; Evans, James; School of Environment and Development, University of Manchester; jp.evans@manchester.ac.uk; Sadler, Jon; School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham; j.p.sadler@bham.ac.uk. |
| Conservation tourism is a rapidly growing subsector of ecotourism that engages paying volunteers as active participants in conservation projects. Once the preserve of charities, the sector now hosts a proliferation of private companies seeking to make money by selling international conservation work to tourists as a commodity. The commodification of conservation depends upon balancing the scientific legitimacy of projects against the need to offer desirable tourist experiences. Drawing on interviews with UK tour operators and their counterparts in South Africa who run the conservation projects, we explore the transnational geography of commercial conservation tourism, charting how scientific legitimacy is constructed and negotiated within the industry.... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Commodification; Conservation science; Conservation tourism; Scientific legitimacy; South Africa; United Kingdom. |
| Ano: 2009 |
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| Malinga, Rebecka; Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University; rebecka.malinga@stockholmresilience.su.se; Gordon, Line J.; Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University; line.gordon@stockholmresilience.su.se; Lindborg, Regina; Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology, Stockholm University; regina.lindborg@natgeo.su.se; Jewitt, Graham; Centre for Water Resources Research, Umgeni Water Chair of Water Resources Management, University of KwaZulu-Natal ; jewittg@ukzn.ac.za. |
| There is a growing interest in assessing ecosystem services to improve ecosystem management in landscapes containing a mix of different ecosystems. While methodologies for assessing ecosystem services are constantly improving, only little attention has been given to the identification of which ecosystem services to assess. Service selection is mostly based on current state of the landscape although many landscapes are both inherently complex and rapidly changing. In this study we examine whether scenario development, a tool for dealing with uncertainties and complexities of the future, gives important insights into the selection of ecosystem services in changing landscapes. Using an agricultural landscape in South Africa we compared different sets of... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Complexity; Ecosystem services; Future; Landscape; Scenarios; Social-ecological systems; South Africa; Uncertainties. |
| Ano: 2013 |
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| Cumming, Graeme S.; Percy FitzPatrick Institute, DST/NRF Center of Excellence, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa; graeme.cumming@uct.ac.za; Hockey, Philip A. R.; Percy FitzPatrick Institute, DST/NRF Center of Excellence, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa; phil.hockey@uct.ac.za; Bruinzeel, Leo W.; Percy FitzPatrick Institute, DST/NRF Center of Excellence, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa; lbruinze@adu.uct.ac.za; Du Plessis, Morne A.; Percy FitzPatrick Institute, DST/NRF Center of Excellence, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa; mornedup@vodamail.co.za. |
| Global analyses of the potential for avian influenza transmission by wild birds have ignored key characteristics of the southern African avifauna. Although southern Africa hosts a variety of migratory, Holarctic-breeding wading birds and shorebirds, the documented prevalence of avian influenza in these species is low. The primary natural carriers of influenza viruses in the northern hemisphere are the anatids, i.e., ducks. In contrast to Palearctic-breeding species, most southern African anatids do not undertake predictable annual migrations and do not follow migratory flyways. Here we present a simple, spatially explicit risk analysis for avian influenza transmission by wild ducks in southern Africa. We developed a risk value for each of 16 southern... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Anatidae; Avian influenza; Botswana; Ducks; Influenza; Landscape ecology; Namibia; Pathogen; South Africa; Virus; Waterfowl; Zimbabwe.. |
| Ano: 2008 |
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