CONFLICT OVER CHANGE IN LAND TENURE IN THE RESERVES OF NAMAQUALAND, SOUTH AFRICA: A Role for Integrated Environmental Management

Hill, Richard; Archer, Fiona; Webley, Lita

doi:10.1080/07349165.1990.9726038

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“…While communal farming is an important livelihood source in the Leliefontein communal area, communities typically rely on a combination of several livelihood sources (Benjaminsen, Rohde, Sjaastad, Wisborg & Lebert, 2006) including wage labour (commercial farms, schools, the Working for Wetlands programme, government posts or shops), remittances and government grants, where livestock farming represents a "hedge against fluctuations in other incomes" (Ellis, 2013, oral communication, June 18;Benjaminsen et al, 2006). Due to the arid nature of the region, livestock farmers have long since adopted transhumance strategies in response to seasonal differences in grazing and the scarcity of water resources (Hill, Archer & Webley, 1990), where the wetlands of the Kamiesberg uplands are a key focus-point. The communities rely on the wetlands as a critical support system for livestock owing to their ability to continue to retain water and quality forage throughout the dry summer months of the year (Samuels, 2013;Kotze, Malan, Ellery, Samuals & Saul, 2010).…”

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Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of ecosystem-based adaptation: Kamiesberg wetlands case study

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Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) is increasingly being promoted as a cost-effective means of adaptation to climate change. However, in spite of considerable international press, there is still little evidence to substantiate this claim. This study proposes a method through which the cost-effectiveness of EbA strategies can be evaluated against alternative adaptation options, and contributes to South African literature on the subject. The potential cost-effectiveness of wetland restoration is assessed as a means of securing the carrying capacity of land for pastoralist communities of the Kamiesberg communal area in South Africa under projected future climate conditions. The conventional alternatives would be to respond to increasingly dry conditions by drilling boreholes and using supplemental feed for livestock. It was assumed that the EbA interventions would occur upfront, whereas the alternatives are more likely to be implemented in reaction to droughts over a longer time period. The study found the implementation of conventional alternatives to be more cost-effective than EbA as a means to sustaining livestock stocking rates, with EbA being twice as costly. However, this is framed from the perspective of those directly affected (the landowners), and does not include the benefits to broader society.

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