useful documentation
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Economic
NSDP Alignment Study: Report Two: 2030 Xhariep Indicative Development Framework (2030 XIDF):
Silimela Development Services (www.silimelaafrica.com) March 2010
Klein Karoo Agricultural Co-operative Annual Report, 2005
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Oudtshoorn Municipality, Economic Profile of Oudtshoorn, 2005
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Baviaanskloof - The initial aims of the assessment were to assess the potential consequences of the proposed expansion and consolidation of the western sector of the Baviaanskloof Wilderness Area. These consequences would include economic, social, conservation and environmental – including water - issues: Baviaanskloof assement
Xhariep SMME Development and Support Plan, Small Enterprise Development Agency (Seda) Date of publication: 2009
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Environmental
XHARIEP District Municipality Capacity Building Programme: Integrated Environmental Programme,
Intatakusa Africa joint venture partnership, Koos de Wet, October 2004
Rajah Thiyagarajah
"Use of waste water for irrigation in arid areas" - Australia
Jack Armour
"Economic impacts of salinisation in arid and semi-arid areas." (For referencing, please contact the author on armourrj.SCI@ufs.ac.za)
Saayman, M., Saayman, A. & Ferreira, M
"The socio-economic impact of the Karoo National Park", 2009, Koedoe 51(1), Art. #158, 10 pages. DOI: 10.4102/ koedoe.v51i1.158
Mmoto L. Masubelele, Llewellyn C. Foxcroft, Suzanne J. Milton
"Alien plant species list and distribution for Camdeboo National Park, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa", 2009, Koedoe 51(1), Art. #515, 10 pages. DOI: 10.4102/koedoe.v51i1.515
Charlie Shackleton
"Links between Ecosystem Services and Poverty Alleviation"
Sheona Shackleton, Kates Gambiza, Ettiene Nel, Kate Rowntree, Penny Urquhart
Ecosystem Services and Poverty Reduction Research
Programme: DFID, NERC, ESRC
January 2008
"Spotlight on Desertification" Download document 17KB
A useful document, based on research in KwaZulu-Natal, suggests community-based methodologies to assess the impact of climate change.
www.oxfam.org.au/world/africa/south_africa/climate-change.pdf
The big empty - "The story of Sibella the cheetah, a resident of Samara private game reserve in the Eastern Cape, South Africa"
Climate change
Zafar Adeel et al
"Rethinking policies to cope with desertification". 2006
Deputy Minister Mabudafhasi's speech
" The Celebration of the World Day to Combat Desertification" at Machubeni, Eastern Cape - 20 June 2007
Van Schalkwyk hails G8 climate change deal – 11 June 2007
Keynote address by Marthinus van Schalkwyk
Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, at the Western Cape Climate Change Summit, Cape Town International Convention Centre - 8 June 2007
Wezi Tjaronda
Namibia - Prepare for Climate Change Havoc - 2007
Bongani Mlangeni
Dept to Finalise National Climate Policy - 2007
Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism
Roadmap for National Climate Policy
Namaqualand
Allsopp et al
Environmental perceptions and practices of livestock keepers on the Namaqualand commons.
Journal of Arid Environments (2007) Volume: 70, Issue: 4, Pages: 740-754
Anseeuw and Laurent
Occupational paths towards commercial agriculture.
Journal of Arid Environments (2007) Volume: 70, Issue: 4, Pages: 659-671
Hendricks et al.
Biodiversity conservation and pastoralism.
Journal of Arid Environments (2007) Volume: 70, Issue: 4, Pages: 718-727
Hoffman et al.
Sustainable land use in Namaqualand.
Journal of Arid Environments (2007) Volume: 70, Issue: 4, Publisher: Academic Press, Pages: 834-846
Katjiua and Ward
Pastoralists perceptions and relaities of vegetation change.
Journal of Arid Environments (2007) Volume: 69, Issue: 4, Pages: 716-730
Klintenberg et al.
Local and national perspectives of environmental change in namibia.
Journal of Arid Environments (2007) Volume: 69, Issue: 3, Publisher: Academic Press, Pages: 506-525
Richardson et al.
Modelling the sustainability and productivity of pastoral systems in the communal areas of namaqualand.
Journal of Arid Environments (2007) Volume: 70, Issue: 4, Pages: 701-717
Berzborn
Household economy of pastoralists and wage-labourers in the Richtersveld.
Journal of Arid Environments (2007) Volume: 70, Issue: 4, Pages: 672-685
Carrick and Kruger
Restoring degraded landscapes in lowland Namaqualand-mining experience.
Journal of Arid Environments (2007) Volume: 70, Issue: 4, Pages: 767-781
Kleinbooi and Lahiff
Die man is die hoof en vat voor Womens attitudes to land and farming.
Journal of Arid Environments (2007) Volume: 70, Issue: 4, Pages: 799-817
Lebert and Rhode
Land reform and the new elite exclusion of the poor from communal land in Namaqualand.
Journal of Arid Environments (2007) Volume: 70, Issue: 4, Pages: 818-833
May and Lahiff
Land reform in Namaqualand.
Journal of Arid Environments (2007) Volume: 70, Issue: 4, Pages: 782-798
Thys et al.
Socio-economic determinants of urban household livestock keeping in semi-arid.
Journal of Arid Environments (2005) Volume: 63, Issue: 2, Pages: 475-496
Desertification
Desertification Day - June 17th
World Day to Combat Desertification - 17 June
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Governance
Mme Dipuo Peters
Keynote address delivered by the Premier of the Northern Cape, on the occasion of the launch of the Pixley Ka Seme District Growth and Development Strategy (DGDS) and the Youth Service Centre.
Ms Sue van der Merwe
South African Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, on the occasion of the Growth and Development Summit of the Central Karoo District Municipality, Beaufort West.
Mme Dipuo Peters
Keynote address by the Premier of the Northern Cape, at the Namaqua District Growth and Development Summit held on 8 to 9 March 2007 in Springbok.
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Heritage
"Public rock art sites of Southern Africa". Sven Ouzman
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Social
Opportunities for international twinning: Richmond (Northern Cape Province) can link with other Richmonds of the world.
J Hinderink and M Titus
"Small Towns and Regional Development".
Urban Stud March 2002 vol. 39 no. 3 379-391
Prof Mike de Jongh
"No fixed abode: The poorest of the poor and elusive identities in rural South Africa" a study of the "karretjie-mense" of the northern Karoo.
Journal of Southern African Studies - Vol. 28, No. 2, Jun 2002
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Tourism
"Why do tourists visit the Little Karoo?" Caroline Gelderblom
Cross-border Tourism Planning and Development: The Case of the Lake !Gariep Initiative
By Marguerite Nicole Crozier December 2011
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