Activities of the National Programmes for Ecosystem and Aquaculture Research 1983 - 1985

Abstract

Activities of the National Programmes for Ecosystem and Aquaculture Research of the CSIR Foundation for Research Development are reviewed, within the programmes on Inland Water Ecosystems, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Nature Conservation Research, Human Needs, Resources and the Environment and Aquaculture Research. An outline of the cooperative research activities of each section for the period July 1983 to December 1985 is presented. Several important environmental problems in South Africa amenable to solution through cooperative research by scientists from different disciplines and different scientific institutions have received attention during this period. Topics which have received significant attention and which are described in the report are: the development of limnological guidelines for the management of Southern Hemisphere inland waters; the development of a monitoring baseline for the Kuiseb environment; coastal dune ecosystems of South Africa; the ecology of biological invasions; an evaluation of rural betterment schemes; and needs for aquaculture research in South Africa