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Executive summary

The Matatiele district is a montane grassland region of South Africa that has been a major livestock producer for over 150 years. The regional vegetation is dominated by native grasslands as well as secondary grasslands that have re-established on abandoned cultivated lands. These two major land cover types comprise approximately 90% of the land surface and although highly productive, they are both vulnerable to soil erosion, changes in species composition (which affects forage quality) and invasion by undesirable/unpalatable woody shrubs. Climate change predictions for the region indicate that for the foreseeable future these grasslands will remain the dominant land cover type, with some small-scale increases in woody shrub biomass in the form of non-indigenous wattle along hill-slope seeps. The major impact of climate change expected for this region is an increase in the frequency and intensity of summer rainfall events, with an accompanying increase in soil erosion and silt loads in rivers. Heavier downpours, or storm-flow events, are due to the warming ocean and the increase in cyclonic conditions in the Indian Ocean off KwaZulu-Natal. These downpours will result in increased soil erosion which will be exacerbated by the relatively low grass cover associated with intensive grazing of abandoned arable lands, and the prevalence of large area with bare soil where un-controlled grazing continues to predominate.

Elevated CO₂ may also, through atmospheric fertilization of C3 trees and shrubs, lead to an increase in cover of native woody shrubs and trees in the region. There is evidence for this process already occurring as invasive alien plants have increased along the hill-slope seeps, adjacent to woodlots and windbreaks, but primarily into abandoned arable land. Although this land cover classes occupy relatively small areas (~10%) in relation to grass covered land, the accumulative effect of increased alien and indigenous trees and shrubs, and increased land area under settlement, will result in the decline of the land area available for grazing by domestic livestock.

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ISER-ERS-WWF Report

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

The “Participatory course to activate Ecological Infrastructure for Water Security (EI4WS) Learning Networks project”, which is referred to here as Xabisa Indalo for Water0F1 aimed to proactively design and develop a participatory course for supporting EI4WS Change Projects in order to strengthen social learning and knowledge mediation around EI4WS financing, policy, planning and development. This project was implemented in three phases, which also reflect the chapters of this report: 1) a contextual profiling, training needs analysis, and knowledge asset analysis phase to inform development of course materials and tools for mediation of EI4WS practices in the course (Chapter 2); 2) course curriculum deliberations and course piloting (Chapter 3); and 3) drawing on Value Creation M&E (Monitoring and Evaluation) outcomes of phase 1 and 2 (Chapter 4), to inform a consolidated Training of Trainers course that can be scaled into other catchments (Chapter 5)....

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WRC - Ecological Infrastructure Report

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The institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) at Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 undertook a project to conduct and report on research aimed at enhancing future planning and land-use decision making for improved sustainability and resilience of the grass-fed beef value chain in the Matatiele area of the Umzimvubu Water Source Area in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa....

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WFF Summary Report

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Abstract:
Lack of market access by small-scale farmers is one of many challenges facing the land reform project
in South Africa. This paper uses complexity theory to collect, present and analyse data for a model
case of environmental restoration and mobile auction markets in the Eastern Cape province of South
Africa that promises to resolve some of the key challenges of market access. In addition, the case
identifies some potential programmatic work for extension services support that would alleviate land
degradation in the area. The evaluation presents an evolutionary system with initial indicators
showing successful performances regarding land restoration projects, successful sales of village
livestock, high revenues generated for rural households in the period from 2014 to 2021. Since 2022,
however, the performances have been declining due to, among other factors, pricing tensions
between sellers and buyers and rising levels of competition from neighbouring auctions. Nevertheless,
the system remains a case with useful lessons for overcoming some of the key market access
challenges for small-scale farmers, especially on communal lands. Finally, the case presents useful
lessons for the types of extension support services that are environmentally sensitive.

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ISER Working Paper Series number 1/2024

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