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Bibliography: Land Degradation in South Africa project

The following comprises a reference list of over 2200 entries relevant to the

subject of desertification and land degradation in South Africa. It was

produced as part of a collaborative project undertaken by the National Botanical

Institute and the Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies; acknowledging the

contributions of Environmental Monitoring Group, the Department of Environmental

Affairs and Tourism and the Department of Agriculture.

The original reference database is available in Reference Manager V.7.0

(Research Information Systems) format.

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Ref ID : 1593

1. Anonymous Combat desertification. Pretoria:National Department of

Agriculture. , 1919.

Reprint : In File,

Keywords : DESERTIFICATION ASSESSMENT; DESERTIFICATION CONTROL

Notes : This is a brief, easily readable pamphlet outlining: the definition of

desertification; what are its causes; its effects and how to combat it.

Ref ID : 2082

2. Anonymous Plant invaders: beautiful but dangerous. Stirton, C. Cape

Town:Department of Nature and Environmental Conservation, Provincial

Administration. , 1978.

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Ref ID : 2032

3. Anonymous Biology and Ecology of Weeds, The Hague:Junk, 1982.

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Ref ID : 1505

4. Anonymous Settlement in Botswana and the historical development of a human

landscape, Gaberone:Botswana Society & Heinemann, 1982.

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Keywords : BOTSWANA; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY

Ref ID : 144

5. Anonymous Agriculture. In: Strategy and guidelines for the physical

development of the republic of Ciskei. edited by Page, D. 1982,p. 130-155.

Reprint : In File,

Keywords : AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNAL AREA; CISKEI; EASTERN CAPE;

SAVANNA; GRASSLAND; LAND USE

Notes : In this chapter the rural land use, production figures and general

characteristics of agriculture are described as well as the development schemes

presently underway.

Ref ID : 886

6. Anonymous Population growth and resource demands. In: Environmental concerns

in South Africa, edited by Fuggle, R.F. and Rabie, M.A.Cape Town:Juta & Co, Ltd,

1983,p. 23-29.

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Keywords : POPULATION; CARRYING CAPACITY

Ref ID : 2161

7. Anonymous Invasive alien organisms in the terrestrial ecosystems of the

fynbos biome, South Africa. Macdonald, I.A.W. and Jarman, M.L. Pretoria:Council

for Scientific and Industrial Research. 85, 1984.

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Keywords : FYNBOS

Notes : South African National Scientific Programmes report no. 85, Council for

Scientific and Industrial Research.

Ref ID : 890

8. Anonymous The extent of infestations and past control operations for two

groups of woody invasive species. In: Management of invasive alien plants in the

fynbos biome, edited by Macdonald, I.A.W., Jarman, M.L., and Beeston,

P.Pretoria:Foundation for Research Development, 1985,p. 97-131.

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Keywords : ALIEN PLANTS; DESERTIFICATION CONTROL; MAPS

Notes : The extent of alien infestations throughout the whole biome has never

been measured. Estimates of the extent of infestations of particular alien

species within portions of the biome have been made using aerial photographs and

ground surveys. Most of these surveys lack comparability, particularly in

respect of the minimum density which is considered to constitute an infestation.

Estimates have been made of the total extent of infestations within the biome

but these vary widely and are generally imprecisely defined. The latest

vegetation map of the biome shows transformed areas but does not discriminate

between dense alien infestations, plantations, agricultural fields and urban

areas. Low density infestations are not distinguished from natural vegetation.

In order to critically evaluate the current extent of infestation it is

necessary to know the extent of past control measures. In this workshop, an

attempt is made to develop a first biome-wide assessment of the extent of

infestations and of past control measures.

Ref ID : 626

9. Anonymous The karoo biome: a preliminary synthesis. Part 1 - physical

environment. South African National Scientific Programmes Report. Cowling, R.M.,

Roux, P.W., and Pieterse, A.J.H. Pretoria:Foundation for Research Development.

124:ii-115, 1986. This report, the first of three volumes, forms part of the

Karoo Biome Project. One of the aims is to synthesize existing knowledge of the

Karoo biome and so provide a foundation for further research in areas where it

is considered necessary. It is a multi-authored publication covering a wide

range of topics. This first volume summarizes what is currently known on the

physical environment of the biome; namely geology, soils, climate, hydrology,

geohydrology and soil erosion. Other aspects of the karoo biome will be covered

in the succeeding volumes.

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Keywords : SOIL EROSION; NAMA KAROO; SUCCULENT KAROO; CLIMATE; SOIL NUTRIENTS;

HYDROLOGY; EROSION

Ref ID : 2049

10. Anonymous The ecology and management of biological invasions in southern

Africa, South Africa:Oxford University Press, 1986.

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Keywords : SOUTHERN AFRICA

Ref ID : 221

11. Anonymous The karoo biome: a preliminary synthesis. Part 2 - vegetation and

history. South African National Scientific Programmes Report. Cowling, R.M. and

Roux, P.W. Pretoria:Foundation for Research Development. 142:ii-133, 1987. This

volume is the second in a series of syntheses of existing knowledge of the karoo

biome. The first volume summarized what is currently known on the physical

environment of the biome namely geology, soils, climate, hydrology, geohydrology

and soil erosion. The focus of this volume is vegetation and its history.

Included are chapters on vegetation physiognomy, plant growth, vegetation

change, photogeography, palaeo-ecology, palaeontology and archaeology.

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Keywords : SOIL EROSION; NAMA KAROO; SUCCULENT KAROO; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY;

ARCHAEOLOGY; STOCKING RATE; ALIEN PLANTS; GRAZING EFFECTS; KAROO

DESERTIFICATION; VELD MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE; HYDROLOGY; EROSION; VEGETATION CHANGE

Ref ID : 2009

12. Anonymous Biological invasions. A global perspective. Chichester, UK:John

Wiley & Sons, 1988.

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Ref ID : 382

13. Anonymous An erosion hazard assessment technique for Ciskei.Rhodes

University. , 1989. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Keywords : SOIL EROSION; COMMUNAL AREA; EASTERN CAPE; CISKEI

Ref ID : 1507

14. Anonymous The shaping of South African society 1652 - 1840, Cape Town:Maskew

Miller, 1989.

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Keywords : POPULATION; POVERTY; BETTERMENT PLANNING

Ref ID : 2256

15. Anonymous Veld management in the Eastern Cape, Pretoria:Department of

Agriculture and Water Supply, 1989.

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Keywords : VELD MANAGEMENT; EASTERN CAPE

Ref ID : 956

16. Anonymous Proceedings of the SARCCUS workshop on drought, June 1989, held

under the auspices of the SARCCUS Subcommittee for Agrometeorology and

Climatology. du Pisanie, A.L.Anonymous Pretoria:Southern African Regional

Commission for the Conservation and Utilisation of the Soil (SARCCUS). :1-63,

1990. Long term climate prediction based on the physical laws of nature remains

the ultimate goal of meteorologists. Progress has been slow but is promising

and some work on long term rainfall oscillations over southern Africa may be

used to predict rainfall anomalies on an decadel time scale. The relationship

between rainfall anomalies over SA and the phase of the Southern Oscillation

(SO) provided the stimulus for extensive research with the express purpose of

providing seasonal summer rainfall predictions. The first of these, valid for

the period December to March, were issued during October 1986. The predictions

referred to areas over central SA. Further drought was predicted for the

1986/87 summer season while normal to above normal rainfall conditions were

predicted for the next two summer seasons. The reliability of these predictions

are discussed. 06-1989.

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Keywords : DROUGHT; SOIL EROSION; CLIMATE; RAINFALL; SOUTHERN AFRICA

Ref ID : 1298

17. Anonymous Giong Green: people, politics and the enviroment in South Africa.

Cape Town:Oxford University Press, 1991.pp. 1-262.

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Notes : availible in N.B.I. library.

Ref ID : 1297

18. Anonymous A harvest of discontent: the land question in South Africa, Cape

Town:IDASA, 1991.pp. 1-274.

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Notes : availible at E.R.C. library.

Ref ID : 1296

19. Anonymous Restoring