Exploring the potential for green growth uptake in the South African forest sector

Ofoegbu, Chidiebere; Chirwa, Paxie W.

doi:10.1007/s10113-019-01490-y

“…The same assessment stated that Africa is one of the most vulnerable continents to climate change (2014a). This vulnerability of Africa to climate change is driven by several factors of which weak/poor adaptation capacity is one (Ofoegbu and Chirwa 2019). Other studies revealed that the vulnerability of Africa can also be attributed to inadequate access to climate data, institutions, finance resources, and poverty (Ojomo et al 2015).…”

Section: Climate Change In Nigeriamentioning

confidence: 99%

Climate Change Adaptation and Community Development in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Greenwalt

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Dede²,

Johnson³

et al. 2021

African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation

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Port Harcourt, Nigeria, as with many cities in Africa, is already experiencing impacts from climate change while also facing development challenges and compounding vulnerabilities. There is often a gap between the adaptation recommendations of academia and international organizations and the conditions needed to achieve these recommendations given the realities on the ground in cities with vulnerable populations, pressing challenges, and minimal capacity. This gap can make it difficult to translate theoretically persuasive plans and guidance into practically sustainable actions. This chapter builds on the experience of CMAP, a Port Harcourt-based NGO leading participatory mapping, community media, and public space design programs in the city’s informal waterfront settlements. Drawing on the perspectives of Chicoco Collective, the youth-led volunteer network which CMAP supports, and the datasets that they have built, the chapter explores local awareness and skills for climate change adaptation. This chapter concludes with recommendations relevant for Port Harcourt and similar African cities to build on such local skills and experiences and advocates for a partnership-based approach that brings together adaptation professionals and community-based actors for more effective critical analysis of local conditions and prioritization of actions to meet the development and climate change needs of local communities.

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“…This has stimulated research aimed at understanding the socio-ecological determinants (SEDs) of PESs harvesting and use (Augustynczik et al 2020;Hovek et al 2020;Musakwa et al 2020), specifically to investigate factors that influence the harvesting of PESs (Kutal et al 2021). Some of these studies have shown, for example, that elevation, accessibility, socioeconomic status, availability, culture, and distance are major socio-economic ecological determinants that influence the extent of harvesting of PESs (Araia and Chirwa 2019;Ofoegbu and Chirwa 2019;Araia et al 2020;Gomes et al 2020;Musakwa et al 2020;Kutal et al 2021). However, there is a paucity of information on which factors pre-dominate to inform sustainable forest conservation and management strategies and policies.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The unprecedented rise in the unsustainable utilisation and management of PESs in the Traditional Agroforestry Landscape (TAL) of South Africa has contributed to forest degradation and consequently impacts on livelihoods efforts (Ofoegbu and Chirwa 2019). A detailed understanding of foragers' behaviour will likely be the key to successful forest utilization planning and management in traditional agroforestry landscapes.…”

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The influence of forest proximity to harvesting and use of provisioning ecosystem services from tree species in traditional agroforestry landscapes

Makhubele

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,

Chirwa

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Araia³

2022

International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ec

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Traditional agroforestry landscapes play a critical role in conserving biodiversity and sustaining rural livelihoods through multiple products and services. However, an unprecedented rise in the unsustainable utilisation and management of provisioning ecosystem services from these landscapes contributes to forest biodiversity loss and impacts livelihood efforts. The objective was to evaluate the link between distance and socio-ecological determinants and the provisioning ecosystem services consumption behaviour. This study tested whether "rural people's preferences and extent of PESs harvesting decrease as the distance from the village to forest patches increase, regardless of the prevalent socioecological conditions'. Using a structured questionnaire survey, data were collected in 882 households in four villages of Thulamela Municipality, Limpopo Province in South Africa. The data were analysed using Chi-square, Fidelity level, Use-value, Friedman test, and Generalised linear model. Consistent with the hypothesis, the results showed that local people harvest most of the provisioning ecosystem services at an immediate (1 st ) level, followed by intermediate (2 nd ) and far distance (3 rd ) levels. This study further revealed the existence of 108 useful tree species in the study areas. This study also found that although socio-ecological determinants influence consumption behaviour, the influence of specific socio-ecological determinants was not consistent across the different regimes of distance from the forest resources. The fact that there is a preference to use and harvest provisioning ecosystem services from the distance regime closest to the household, shows a concerted effort to conserve and enhance the abundance of multipurpose tree species in homesteads and the immediate areas.

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Climate Change Adaptation and Community Development in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Greenwalt

¹

,

Dede²,

Johnson³

et al. 2020

African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation

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Port Harcourt, Nigeria, as with many cities in Africa, is already experiencing impacts from climate change while also facing development challenges and compounding vulnerabilities. There is often a gap between the adaptation recommendations of academia and international organizations and the conditions needed to achieve these recommendations given the realities on the ground in cities with vulnerable populations, pressing challenges, and minimal capacity. This gap can make it difficult to translate theoretically persuasive plans and guidance into practically sustainable actions. This chapter builds on the experience of CMAP, a Port Harcourt-based NGO leading participatory mapping, community media, and public space design programs in the city’s informal waterfront settlements. Drawing on the perspectives of Chicoco Collective, the youth-led volunteer network which CMAP supports, and the datasets that they have built, the chapter explores local awareness and skills for climate change adaptation. This chapter concludes with recommendations relevant for Port Harcourt and similar African cities to build on such local skills and experiences and advocates for a partnership-based approach that brings together adaptation professionals and community-based actors for more effective critical analysis of local conditions and prioritization of actions to meet the development and climate change needs of local communities.

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Exploring the potential for green growth uptake in the South African forest sector

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