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Expanding Biodiversity Conservation Beyond the Official Mandate of the Dwesa-Cwebe Nature Reserve of South Africa: qualitative assessment based on Nqabara administrative area

Conference Papers & Reports
September, 2010
South Africa, Southern Africa
This paper addresses the problem of extending biodiversity conservation onto thecommunal lands of the Dwesa-Cwebe conservation area in the Eastern Cape, SouthAfrica, by investigating the conditions that must be fulfilled for any success to beregistered. These conditions were derived based on a qualitative survey conducted in theNqabara Administrative Area. The study developed a conceptual framework to unravelthe complex nature of the whole community conservation initiative.
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The 'Trickle Down' of IWRM: a case study of local-level realities in the Inkomati Water Management Area, South Africa

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2016
South Africa, Southern Africa
decentralization
water management
land reform
agriculture
farmers
The historical legacy in South Africa of apartheid and the resulting discriminatory policies and power imbalances are critical to understanding how water is managed and allocated, and how people participate in designated water governance structures. The progressive post-apartheid National Water Act (NWA) is the principal legal instrument related to water governance which has broadly embraced the principles of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM).
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A PARTICIPATORY ZONING PROCESS AT REGION LEVEL: THE AMATOLA DISTRICT ZONING PROJECT (EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA)

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2000
South Africa, Southern Africa
land use
land economics
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A long way home

Following 26 years of core housing consolidation and the struggle to achieve a sense of dignity

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2013
South Africa
Urban Tenure
land
housing rights
informal settlements
urbanization
land-use planning
urban population
urban areas
This working paper by Tikvah Breimer previously of the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS) and Mark Napier previously of Urban LandMark, analyses the provision of core housing in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, specifically taking into account the residents' response to the state's delivery of core housing. It aims to explore to what extent the South African government's approach to providing large-scale housing addresses the relevant demands in the context of rapid urbanisation.
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FAO and Traditional Knowledge: The Linkages with Sustainability, Food Security and Climate Change Impacts

Reports & Research
July, 2018
Mozambique, Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Honduras, Philippines, South Africa, Italy, Iran, Argentina, India, Niger
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
customary law
customary tenure
climate change
land governance
land tenure
Indigenous Peoples
land tenure systems
indigenous people's tenure
In developed and developing countries all over the world, farmers and indigenous and local communities have traditional knowledge, expertise, skills and practices related to food security and to food and agricultural production and diversity. Since its creation in 1945, FAO has recognized the significant contributions these make to food and agriculture, and the relevance of on-farm/in situ and ex situ conservation of genetic resources for food and agriculture.
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The role of legislation in land use planning for developing countries

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2019
Algeria, United States of America, Samoa, Peru, Indonesia, Tonga, Côte d'Ivoire, Congo, Guyana, Cameroon, Cyprus, Malaysia, Belize, Tanzania, Botswana, Ethiopia, Gabon, Rwanda, Uruguay, Nepal, Italy, Sudan
land-use planning
land use
The present study, by the Chief of the Agrarian and Water Law Section of the FAO Legislation Branch, is intended to explore in greater depth the value of legislation to the land use planning process. It is, on the one hand, an exploration of the ways in which legislation serves to provide the structural underpinnings for and connections between the technical disciplines which have long been associated with the land use planning effort.
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Gender and Land Statistics

Institutional & promotional materials
February, 2018
Nepal, Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Malawi, Rwanda, Lesotho, Vietnam, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Ecuador, Senegal, Ethiopia, Niger, Uganda, Tajikistan
Land & Food Security
agricultural land management
food security
land rights
rural development
Secure tenure rights and control over land for women and men farmers are key to boosting smallholder productivity, rural development and food security. However, in many parts of the world, men and women have inadequate access to secure property rights over land. Women are particularly disadvantaged: even though they constitute on average 43 percent of the agricultural labour force in developing countries, women’s ownership of agricultural land remains significantly lower than that of men.
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Namibia and FAO

Institutional & promotional materials
January, 2018
South Africa, Namibia
Land & Food Security
natural resources management
food security
sustainable development
FAO and Namibia have had an established partnership for more than 25 years. The most important objectives of the FAOin Namibia are to help eliminate hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition; to make agriculture, forestry and fisheries moreproductive and sustainable; and to reduce rural poverty. In Namibia, FAO supports the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestryin the development of programmes that will lead to sustainable food security, nutrition and the eradication of poverty.
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Nature-Based Solutions for Agricultural Water Management and Food Security

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2018
Nepal, Egypt, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, El Salvador, Japan, Burundi, Peru, Mexico, Tanzania, Ecuador, Colombia, Iran, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya
Land & Food Security
water management
food security
Accessibility to clean and sufficient water resources for agriculture is key in feeding the steadily increasing world population in a sustainable manner. Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) offer a promising contribution to enhance availability and quality of water for productive purposes and human consumption, while simultaneously striving to preserve the integrity and intrinsic value of the ecosystems. Implementing successful NBS for water management, however, is not an easy task since many ecosystems are already severely degraded, and exploited beyond their regenerative capacity.
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Sustainable Wildlife Management - Unasylva 249

Journal Articles & Books
September, 2018
Tanzania, Switzerland, United States of America, Kenya, South Africa, Tajikistan, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Indonesia, Botswana, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Pakistan, Finland, Mexico, Mongolia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
sustainable land management
forest land
Indigenous Peoples
Wildlife management is the focus of considerable international debate because of its importance for biodiversity conservation, human safety, livelihoods and food security. Local people have been managing wildlife for millennia, including through hunting. Sufficient examples are presented in this edition to show that sustainable wildlife management is also feasible in the modern era.