Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Karoo veld promotes an ecosystem health approach to veld assessment, recognising that soil, plants, insects and wild animals, work with the land user to sustain the productivity and value of Karoo veld.
Karoo Veld Ecology and Management
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Karoo veld promotes an ecosystem health approach to veld assessment, recognising that soil, plants, insects and wild animals, work with the land user to sustain the productivity and value of Karoo veld.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Karoo veld promotes an ecosystem health approach to veld assessment, recognising that soil, plants, insects and wild animals, work with the land user to sustain the productivity and value of Karoo veld.
Karoo Veld
Author: Sue J. Milton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781868490578
Category : Agricultural ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781868490578
Category : Agricultural ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Veld Management in the Karoo
Author: C. H. Donaldson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Grazing
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Grazing
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
Veld Management in South Africa
Author: Neil Tainton
Publisher: University of Kwazulu Natal Press
ISBN: 9780869809488
Category : Range management
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This text is a synthesis of research in production and management since the inception of the discipline as an agricultural science in the 1930s. All the ecological regions are covered extensively, but the main emphasis is on the three biomes (grassland, savanna and karoo) which produce the bulk of the forage supporting the domestic livestock, conservation and the game farming industries. The book has an audience beyond the borders of South Africa in the grassland and savanna areas which stretch through southern and central Africa.
Publisher: University of Kwazulu Natal Press
ISBN: 9780869809488
Category : Range management
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This text is a synthesis of research in production and management since the inception of the discipline as an agricultural science in the 1930s. All the ecological regions are covered extensively, but the main emphasis is on the three biomes (grassland, savanna and karoo) which produce the bulk of the forage supporting the domestic livestock, conservation and the game farming industries. The book has an audience beyond the borders of South Africa in the grassland and savanna areas which stretch through southern and central Africa.
Veld Management in the Karoo
Author: Charles Hunter Donaldson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Veld
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Veld
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
The Karoo
Author: W. Richard J. Dean
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139429159
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
The succulent and Nama-karoo form part of the arid south-western zone of Africa, a vast region of rugged landscapes and low treeless vegetation. Studies of this unique biome have yielded fascinating insights into the ecology of its flora and fauna. This book, originally published in 1999, is the first to synthesise these studies, presenting information on biogeographic patterns and life processes, form and function of animals and plants, foraging ecology, landscape-level dynamics and anthropogenic influences. Detailed analyses of the factors distinguishing the biota of the Karoo from that of other temperate deserts are given and generalisations about semi-arid ecosystems challenged. The ideas expounded, the ecological principles reviewed, and the results presented are relevant to all those working in the extensive arid and semi-arid regions of the world.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139429159
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
The succulent and Nama-karoo form part of the arid south-western zone of Africa, a vast region of rugged landscapes and low treeless vegetation. Studies of this unique biome have yielded fascinating insights into the ecology of its flora and fauna. This book, originally published in 1999, is the first to synthesise these studies, presenting information on biogeographic patterns and life processes, form and function of animals and plants, foraging ecology, landscape-level dynamics and anthropogenic influences. Detailed analyses of the factors distinguishing the biota of the Karoo from that of other temperate deserts are given and generalisations about semi-arid ecosystems challenged. The ideas expounded, the ecological principles reviewed, and the results presented are relevant to all those working in the extensive arid and semi-arid regions of the world.
Contested Karoo: Interdisciplinary perspectives on change and continuity in South Africa’s drylands
Author: Cherryl Walker
Publisher: African Sun Media
ISBN: 199145001X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
This inter-disciplinary collection explores significant land-use changes in South Africa’s semi-arid Karoo region and their implications for social justice and the environment, across different scales. It brings together recent scholarship by established and younger researchers, in both the social and the natural sciences, to examine the ways in which the Karoo is being reconfigured as a new ‘resource frontier’ and the tensions and contestations that result. Along with ongoing mining, major investments in astronomy (notably the Square Kilometre Array radio telescope), in renewable and non-renewable sources of energy (solar, wind, potential shale-gas mining), in biodiversity conservation and commercial game farming are reshaping land use and authority in this vast and long-marginalised area. While promising significant benefits to society at large, these developments are built on older histories of dispossession and extractivism – histories that many Karoo residents fear are being reproduced in new forms today. Collectively these dynamics place this unique region at the centre of national and global concerns around climate change, the politics of knowledge production, the conservation of threatened biodiversity, and the meaning and possibility of sustainable development. These issues are explored through a series of case studies of selected developments, complemented by chapters providing more historical context and general overviews. While challenging perceptions of this region as a peripheral wasteland, this collection raises conceptual and policy questions that resonate far beyond the Karoo itself. It also highlights the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration in research aimed not only at understanding but also at responding appropriately to the mounting challenges of our time.
Publisher: African Sun Media
ISBN: 199145001X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
This inter-disciplinary collection explores significant land-use changes in South Africa’s semi-arid Karoo region and their implications for social justice and the environment, across different scales. It brings together recent scholarship by established and younger researchers, in both the social and the natural sciences, to examine the ways in which the Karoo is being reconfigured as a new ‘resource frontier’ and the tensions and contestations that result. Along with ongoing mining, major investments in astronomy (notably the Square Kilometre Array radio telescope), in renewable and non-renewable sources of energy (solar, wind, potential shale-gas mining), in biodiversity conservation and commercial game farming are reshaping land use and authority in this vast and long-marginalised area. While promising significant benefits to society at large, these developments are built on older histories of dispossession and extractivism – histories that many Karoo residents fear are being reproduced in new forms today. Collectively these dynamics place this unique region at the centre of national and global concerns around climate change, the politics of knowledge production, the conservation of threatened biodiversity, and the meaning and possibility of sustainable development. These issues are explored through a series of case studies of selected developments, complemented by chapters providing more historical context and general overviews. While challenging perceptions of this region as a peripheral wasteland, this collection raises conceptual and policy questions that resonate far beyond the Karoo itself. It also highlights the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration in research aimed not only at understanding but also at responding appropriately to the mounting challenges of our time.
Bushveld
Author: Pieter Van der Walt
Publisher: Briza Publications
ISBN: 9781875093946
Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Publisher: Briza Publications
ISBN: 9781875093946
Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Veld Management Priciples and Practices
Author: Frits Van Oudtshoorn
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781920217297
Category : Land use
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781920217297
Category : Land use
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Microbial responses to veld management in an African grassland ecosystem
Author: William John Price
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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