Author:Verryn, SDDate:Jul 2008The CSIR Tree Improvement Research Group has an approximately 50 year old eucalypt and pine species breeding research program and during this time over 50 species and hybrids have been included in the program. By 1994, the CSIR initiated it’s ...Read more
Author:Ashton, P; Hardwick, DDate:Nov 2008The paper discusses geographic reality; water availability and water security as well as the challenges and opportunities facing water resource managers and the importance of good governanceRead more
Author:Audouin, Michelle ADate:Jan 2007Unsustainable 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
Author:Paige-Green, PDate:Sep 2007This paper discusses latest perspectives regarding the improvement of the performance of unsealed roads, particularly by reducing many of the current problems. Like many countries, South Africa has a preponderance of unsealed roads in the ...Read more
Author:Kasum, J; Pilic, M; Jovanovic, Nebojsa; Pienaar, Harrison HDate:Oct 2019Forensic science plays a vital role in the work of judicial bodies. The contents, knowledge, and specialized expertise permit the identification of facts essential to law enforcement and judicial disputes. Hydrography is an applied science ...Read more
Author:CSIR, Natural Resources and EnvironmentDate:Feb 2008The reality of global change (including climate change) has gripped the imaginations of movie moguls, graced the agendas of international organisations such as the United Nations, and now also receives prominent attention from the international ...Read more
Author:Wessels, Konrad JDate:2011In 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
Author:SACUGSDate:Jun 1981This report contains an outline of the research proposed for the National Geoscience Programme which has as its main theme the study of the processes of ore formation in the earth's crust. Research will focus on the development of conceptual ...Read more
Author:Weinert, HHDate:1980Naturally occurring materials, such as rock and soil, constitute a significant portion of the materials content and cost of a road. Most textbooks dealing with road construction materials, however, are mainly concerned with the manufactured ...Read more
Author:Roro, Kittessa T; Tile, N; Forbes, ADate:Dec 2010Nanocomposite thin films are widely used for solar thermal applications. Using carbon nanoparticle containing metal oxide as a spectrally selective solar absorber coating has grown significantly in recent years. Recently, Katumba et al. have ...Read more
Author:Hietkamp, S; Engelbrecht, A; Scholes, B; Golding, ADate:Nov 2008CSIR was commissioned by DME to compile a report on the potential for sequestration of carbon dioxide in South Africa in 2004. This report was the first attempt to obtain a picture of this potential. In the paper the main findings of the 2004 ...Read more
Author:Nahman, AntonDate:Oct 2011This study attempts to estimate the external costs of landfilling in the City of Cape Town, using the benefits transfer method (for emissions) and the hedonic pricing method (for disamenities). The results show that external costs are ...Read more
Author:Mayers, J; Evans, J; Foy, TDate:Oct 2001This report is about the changes taking place in South African forestry, the pros and cons of these changes and the prospects for a forest sector that can contribute to sustainable national development and local empowerment. Across many sectors ...Read more
Author:Mapako, MDate:31 Aug 2010The transport sector is the major consumer of liquid petroleum fuels, and a major source of greenhouse gas emissions. It had been estimated to contribute 11% of total national greenhouse gas emissions. It is thus a significant contributor to ...Read more
Author:Mapako, M; Oliver, D; Covary, N; Mdluli, T; Musvoto, Constansia DDate:Jun 2009The transport sector is the major consumer of liquid petroleum fuels, and a major source of greenhouse gas emissions. It had been estimated to contribute 11% of total national greenhouse gas emissions. It is thus a significant contributor to ...Read more
Author:Musee, N; Nota, NDate:Sep 2009This presentation commences by briefly defining nanotechnology, as well as nanotechnology application and products. Examples of nanotechnology risks concerns are supplied, followed by a risk assessment of nanomaterials in product lifecycle. ...Read more
Author:Cloete, CE; Watling, RJDate:Jul 1981A national marine pollution survey was initiated in 1974 to determine and assess the levels and effects of pollutant discharges to the marine environment of South Africa. During the period 1974-1979 impact area surveys, coastal and estuarine ...Read more
Author:Ferrar, AADate:Dec 1983In South Africa there is a serious lack of understanding of the relationship between human behaviour and environmental conservation. A multidisciplinary field of study is described dealing with the causes and effects of people's attitudes and ...Read more
Author:Will, CDate:2006Environmental policy and decision making has undergone several changes in recent times, and in today’s society is influenced by amongst others two key movements; the rise of an informational society and the increasing priority of environmental ...Read more
Author:Grieve, G; Gouws, SDate:Apr 2010During the manufacture of Portland-type cements, significant emissions of carbon dioxide occur, some of which comes from the burning of fuel in the kiln, and the balance from the chemical dissociation of limestone (CaCO3). In South Africa the ...Read more