Sustainable heritage development in the South African Cederberg

Keahey, Jennifer

doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2019.06.006

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“…The list includes a series of 14 primary factors and 83 secondary factors. Those factors have caused changes of the ecosystem structure and processes, threatened the integrity and compromised values, and posed great threats to the sustainable development of NWHSs [10][11][12]. At present, 17 NWHSs are inscribed in the List of World Heritage in Danger because the properties are threatened by serious and specific danger.…”

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Ecological Environment Assessment in World Natural Heritage Site Based on Remote-Sensing Data. A Case Study from the Bayinbuluke

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Ecological environment assessment would be helpful for a rapid and systematic understanding of ecological status and would contribute to formulate appropriate strategies for the sustainability of heritage sites. A procedure based on spatial principle component analysis was employed to measure the ecological status in Bayinbuluke; exploratory spatial data analysis and geo-detector model were introduced to assess the spatio-temporal distribution characteristics and detect the driving factors of the ecological environment. Five results are presented: (1) During 2007–2018, the average values of moisture, greenness, and heat increased by 51.72%, 23.10%, and 4.99% respectively, and the average values of dryness decreased by 56.70%. However, the fluctuation of each indicator increased. (2) The ecological environment of Bayinbuluke was improved from 2007 to 2018, and presented a distribution pattern that the heritage site was better than the buffer zone, and the southeast area was better than the northwest area. (3) The ecological environment presented a significant spatial clustering characteristic, and four types of spatial associations were proposed for assessing spatial dependence among the samples. (4) Elevation, protection partition, temperature, river, road, tourism, precipitation, community resident, and slope were statistically significant with respect to the changes in ecological status, and the interaction of any two factors was higher than the effect of one factor alone. (5) The remote-sensing ecological index (RSEI) could reflect the vegetation growth to a certain extent, but has limited ability to respond to species structure. Overall, the framework presented in this paper realized a visual and measurable approach for a detailed monitoring of the ecological environment and provided valuable information for the protection and management of heritage sites.

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“…Celebrating and promoting this diversity and its dynamic nature could serve as a strategic path for the future of rural and marginal regions, driven by various interconnected reasons [78]. Notably, food and cultural heritage constitute potential assets in fostering the sustainable development of local foodscapes, especially for rural and marginal regions [15,21,33,79].…”

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“…Particular emphasis has been placed on the importance of documenting food heritage and associated biocultural diversity to guide strategies and potential solutions to foster sustainable development and enhance local communities resilience. Such initiatives can, on one hand, help in the preservation and transmission of cultural practices and knowledge to future generations and on the other hand, contribute to improving the food security and food sovereignty of local communities [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21].…”

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Local Wild Food Plants and Food Products in a Multi-Cultural Region: An Exploratory Study among Diverse Ethnic Groups in Bessarabia, Southern Moldova

Zocchi,

Sulaiman,

Prakofjewa

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A growing number of studies have acknowledged that food and ethnobotanical heritage have traditionally played a crucial role in the resilience of local communities, and their potentially crucial role in addressing future challenges posed by the turbulent changes affecting food systems worldwide. However, the issue of how and why food heritage changes across cultures within the same or similar foodscapes is still largely under-investigated. To partially contribute to this debate, we conducted exploratory fieldwork research in 15 villages in the Bessarabia region in the southern part of Moldova. We aim to record this multiethnic region’s contemporary food and ethnobotanical heritage, focusing on the culinary uses and knowledge of plants, dishes, and artisanal food products. A total of 91 persons (37 men and 54 women) belonging to some of the most representative ethnic groups of the area (i.e., Moldovans, Gagauz, Bulgarians, and Ukrainians) were involved in this study. Among these groups, we recorded 66 plant and fungal taxa, as well as 42 traditional artisanal home-produced local food products and dishes. Overall, Moldovans showed a more vigorous food and ethnobotanical diversity in terms of the mentioned items than the other groups. Based on our exploratory field study, we identified possible factors that could be investigated to better explain the less biodiverse food heritage among the other three considered groups.

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“…In the case of the Moravian farmers in Wupperthal, South Africa for example, their historical connection to the Cederberg and the historical cultivation of Rooibos led to their adaptation to engage in market-based production. They also have coupled these efforts with claims of social justice, racial reparation and sociocultural healing (Keahey, 2019). And while community gardens are not commonly studied as sites of resistance, these projects do empower women and their families.…”

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Analysis of the Imaginative Geographies of Climate Smart Mining and their re‐imagination by the Khuthala environmental care group (KECG) in Mpumalanga province, South Africa

Nair

2023

J of Intl Development

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The World Bank has been inserting capital in various developing states at the onset of the decolonization period. The nature of this involvement within the context of extractives in these spaces remains understudied through the postcolonial lens. This study fills this void by examining the World Bank's Climate Smart Mining and counter‐responses by the Khuthala Environmental Care Group. Utilizing Said's Imaginative Geographies and discourse analysis, this study shows that the World Bank's CSM documents reproduce the development rhetoric of the 1950s and these values are not shared by local communities. This research suggests that the World Bank needs to substantively alter its agenda for meaningful social and ecological reform.

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Sustainable heritage development in the South African Cederberg

Cited by 8 publications

References 22 publications

Ecological Environment Assessment in World Natural Heritage Site Based on Remote-Sensing Data. A Case Study from the Bayinbuluke

Ecological Environment Assessment in World Natural Heritage Site Based on Remote-Sensing Data. A Case Study from the Bayinbuluke

Local Wild Food Plants and Food Products in a Multi-Cultural Region: An Exploratory Study among Diverse Ethnic Groups in Bessarabia, Southern Moldova

Analysis of the Imaginative Geographies of Climate Smart Mining and their re‐imagination by the Khuthala environmental care group (KECG) in Mpumalanga province, South Africa

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