Author:Siegfried, WR; Davies, BRDate:Sep 1982One of the main challenges facing mankind is to find answers to pressing problems attending the utilization of natural resources, while at the same time taking care not to create even greater problems in the future. In South Africa, a step ...Read more
Author:O'Keeffe, JHDate:1986The report presents the proceedings of a three-day workshop at Midmar Dam designed to establish a consensus view of river conservation and to provide professional conservationists, managers and planners with a set of guidelines. These indicate ...Read more
Author:Hall, AVDate:Nov 1984The aim of this book is to give a holistic setting to the conservation of plants and animals. Instead of concentrating on species alone, the aim is to spread the concern to the physical and biological features; including humanity that make ...Read more
Author:Jarman, MLDate:1986Natural vegetation in the lowland regions of the fynbos biome has been transformed by modern land-use practices to a patchwork of small remnants. A system is described for identifying sites of conservation merit from these known remnants, and ...Read more
Author:Wright, Jarrad G; Calitz, Joanne RDate:Feb 2021According to section 34 of the Electricity Regulation Act, 2006 (Act No 4 of 2006 NERSA is required to appropriately apply its regulatory reviews and make decisions prior to the conclusion of the determination process by the Minister of the ...Read more
Author:La Grange, CC; Beukes, PJADate:1963Formerly metallurgical coke testing in South Africa was virtually limited to the B.S shatter and abrasion tests. Due to the similarity of the two ASTM tests to the British tests there was no point of introducing the ASTM tests and they will ...Read more
Author:Sevenster, PGDate:1963The influence of moisture on the course of the oxidation or spontaneous heating of coal has been widely discussed in the literature but few authors have been drawn definite conclusions regarding the nature and extent of such an influence.Read more
Author:La Grange, CCDate:1944This report described work done at the Institute to ascertain whether South African coals could be used in the preparation of carbonaceous zeolites. The object of the present investigation was to determine whether South African coal would ...Read more
Author:Van der Walt, PJDate:1952The run-of-mine coal is to be broken in such a manner that 55% of it has a top size 1 half inches and that the ratio between top and bottom size does not exceed 5 to 1.Read more
Author:CSIRDate:2008The CSIR’s mandate is as stipulated in the Scientific Research Council Act (Act 46 of 1988, as amended by Act 71 of 1990), section 3: Objectives of CSIR. The objectives of the CSIR are, through directed and particularly multi-disciplinary ...Read more
Author:CSIRDate:Oct 2009The CSIR’s Annual Report for 2008/09 is a record of excellent achievement. Achieving such positive outcomes across all domains is a reflection of a healthy balance that exists between good science and good business at the CSIR, according to ...Read more
Author:CSIRDate:2013The CSIR, a multidisciplinary science and technology research council, meets the very highest scientific standards and harnesses science and technology in the service of national development. It is part of a concerted national effort to direct ...Read more
Author:Hecht, T; Uys, W; Britz, PJDate:1988This report presents the proceedings of a two-day workshop held on the sharptooth catfish farm “Moirah” of Mr W Uys in the Eastern Transvaal in late January 1988. The overall aim of the workshop was to synthesize the available information on ...Read more
Author:Hecht, T; Uys, W; Britz, PJDate:1988The report presents the proceeding of a two-day workshop held on the sharptooth catfish farm 'Moirah' of Mr. W Uys in the Eastern Transvaal in the late January 1988. The overall aim of the workshop was to synthesize the available information ...Read more
Author:Duncombe-Rae, CMDate:1989The first cruise of the Marion Off-shore Ecological Study (MOES-I), during April and May 1987, was a multi-disciplinary effort aimed at gaining a further understanding of the relationships between productivity and the environment in the ...Read more
Author:Van Doornum, GAWDate:1973A knowledge of the density is required for the evaluation of air-flow measurements involving orifice plates. pitot tubes and similar equipment.Read more
Author:Furniss, PRDate:Sep 1977The modelling aid DRIVER is described. It permits the interactive manipulation of the parameters and variables of difference models which are implemented as FORTRAN subroutines. Relationships in the model can be expressed as arbitrary functions. ...Read more
Author:Gandar, MVDate:Oct 1982This report synthesizes information gained from a study of an experimental fire ignited in an 182 ha portion of the Savanna Ecosystem Project study area in early September 1978. Three smaller fires, each covering 1 ha within this area, were ...Read more
Author:Moll, EJ; Campbell, BM; Cowling, RM; Bossi, L; Jarman, ML; Boucher, CDate:Mar 1984A scheme of major categories of the vegetation in and adjacent to the fynbos biome is given as a second approximation after Acocks1 Veld Types (1953). A four tier hierarchy is presented with nineteen categories of vegetation. The major ...Read more
Author:SANCORDate:Mar 1981This document describes the Initial framework for a cooperative marine ecological research programme in the South African Benguela Current region, for the period 1982-1986. The programme is called the Benguela Ecology Programme. It is intended ...Read more