Hydrological modelling of water allocation, ecosystem services and poverty alleviation in the Pongola floodplain, South Africa

2011 ◽  
Vol 54 (9) ◽  
pp. 1237-1260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce Lankford ◽  
Catherine Pringle ◽  
Chris Dickens ◽  
Fonda Lewis ◽  
Myles Mander ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Water Allocation ◽  
Hydrological Modelling

scholarly journals After Mazibuko: Exploring the responses of communities excluded from South Africa's water experiment

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan John Cooper
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Resource Allocation ◽  
Social Engagement ◽  
Water Allocation ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Water Access ◽  
Cultural Phenomenon ◽  
Legal Provisions ◽  
Constitutional Right ◽  
The Right

AbstractDespite a constitutional right to water, challenges remain for access to sufficient water in South Africa. This article considers the degree to which current legal provisions perpetuate approaches that are antithetical to genuinely eco-socio-sustainable water access. Water in South Africa has largely been re-cast as a commodity, exposed to market rules, proving problematic for many and giving rise to various responses, including litigation. In the seminal case of Mazibuko, the Constitutional Court failed to provide robust protection to the right to water, providing impetus for the formation of “commons” strategies for water allocation. Indeed, “commoning” is beginning to represent not only an emerging conceptual strand in urban resource allocation, but also a dynamic, contemporary, eco-sensitive, socio-cultural phenomenon, driving innovative, interactive and inclusive forms of planning and social engagement. Against the backdrop of unequal water access, commoning offers glimpses of an empowering and enfranchising subaltern paradigm.

scholarly journals Elucidating the pathways between climate change, ecosystem services and poverty alleviation

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 102-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Howe ◽  
Helen Suich ◽  
Paul van Gardingen ◽  
Atiq Rahman ◽  
Georgina M Mace
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Poverty Alleviation

Mountains as a critical source of ecosystem services: the case of the Drakensberg, South Africa

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 1035-1052 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. J. Ngwenya ◽  
E. Torquebiau ◽  
J. W. H. Ferguson
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Ecosystem Services

Township Tourism in South Africa – A Successful Tool for Poverty Alleviation?

2015 ◽  
pp. 153-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Sloan ◽  
Claudia Simons-Kaufmann ◽  
Willy Legrand ◽  
Nadine Perlick
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Township Tourism

scholarly journals Exploring Farmers’ Management Practices and Values of Ecosystem Services in an Agroecosystem Context—A Case Study from the Eastern Cape, South Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (23) ◽  
pp. 6567 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis Junior Choruma ◽  
Oghenekaro Nelson Odume
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Crop Yields ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Agricultural Management ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Provisioning Ecosystem Services

Globally, farmers remain the key ecosystem managers responsible for increasing food production while simultaneously reducing the associated negative environmental impacts. However, research investigating how farmers’ agricultural management practices are influenced by the values they assign to ecosystem services is scarce in South Africa. To address this gap, a survey of farmers’ agricultural management practices and the values they assigned towards ecosystem services was conducted in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Results from the survey show that farmers assign a high value on food provisioning ecosystem services compared to other ecosystem services. Irrigation and fertiliser decisions were mostly based on achieving maximum crop yields or good crop quality. The majority of farmers (86%) indicated a willingness to receive payments for ecosystem services (PES) to manage their farms in a more ecosystems-oriented manner. To encourage farmers to shift from managing ecosystems for single ecosystem services such as food provision to managing ecosystems for multiple ecosystem services, market-oriented plans such as PES may be employed. Effective measures for sustainable intensification of food production will depend on the inclusion of farmers in the development of land management strategies and practices as well as increasing farmers’ awareness and knowledge of the ecosystem services concept.

scholarly journals Ecosystem services and poverty alleviation: A review of the empirical links

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 137-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Suich ◽  
Caroline Howe ◽  
Georgina Mace
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Poverty Alleviation
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