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Climate change, groundwater and intensive commercial farming in the semi-arid northern Sandveld, South Africa

Author: Archer, Emma RM ; Conrad, J ; Munch, Z ; Opperman, D ; Tadross, M ; Venter, J Date: Jun 2009 Progress in the area of international climate negotiation has been the site of substantively increased activity of late, yet the task of utilizing appropriate spatial scale climate change projections to understand climate change impacts on ... Read more
Evaluating environmental policy integration and policy coherence across service sectors: The case of South Africa’s inland water biodiversity

Author: Funke, Nicola S ; Roux, D Date: 2009 The conservation of South Africa’s inland water biodiversity has until recently only been incidental to the formal protection of terrestrial ecosystems. As a result, only 50% of the main rivers contained in South Africa’s protected areas are ... Read more
Life cycle assessment: applications and implications for the greening of the South African construction sector

Author: Ampofo-Anti, N Date: Nov 2008 The inordinate quantities of resources used and pollution released by construction products identify construction as a critical sector for a paradigm shift in consumption and production approaches. The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) concept is ... Read more
Securing a sustainable future through a new global contract between rich and poor

Author: De Lange, Willem J ; Wise, RM ; Nahman, Anton Date: 2009 Global sustainable development depends on the capacity of natural, social and economic systems to adapt to external stimuli. However, building this adaptive capacity in the developing world context of Sub-Sahara Africa will require substantial ... Read more
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats: A SWOT analysis of the ecosystem services framework

Author: Bull, JW ; Jobstvogt, N ; Böhnke-Henrichs, A ; Mascarenhas, A ; Sitas, Nadia E ; Lambini, CK ; Rawlins, M ; Baral, H ; Zähringer, J ; Carter-Silk, E ; Balzan, MV ; Kenter, JO ; Häyhä, TK ; Petz, K ; Koss, R Date: Feb 2016 The ecosystem services concept (ES) is becoming a cornerstone of contemporary sustainability thought. Challenges with this concept and its applications are well documented, but have not yet been systematically assessed alongside strengths and ... Read more
Water security in Southern Africa: Discourses securitising water and the implications for water governance and politics

Author: Meissner, Richard Date: Jan 2016 In the South African water discourse, the water security concept is a complex notion that not only covers the quantitative aspects of water demand and supply but is also linked to national security and political stability, as well as human ... Read more

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