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Sustainable development: What's land got to do with it?
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2001)
Ahead of the September 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa is reviewing its plans and
progress towards sustainable development. This paper argues that more attention needs to be given ...
Community-based natural resources management: Experiences and lessons linking communities to sustainable resource use in different social, economic and ecological conditions in South Africa
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2002)
The project, which started in 1996
in partnership with the South
African Department of Land
Affairs (DLA), supports
communities that have a stake in nature
conservation areas through ownership, or a
claim to ownership, ...
Cattle ownership and production in the communal areas of the Eastern Cape, South Africa
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2002)
This report documents a study of
the social and economic structure
of cattle ownership and production
in the communal tenure
areas of the Eastern Cape (i.e. the former
Bantustans of Transkei and Ciskei).
The report ...
Land and agrarian reform in South Africa: A status report, 2002
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2002)
In 1994, South Africa started a new life as a democratic nation. It
faced immense challenges. Multiple economic, social and political
transformations were needed to overcome the legacy of colonialism and
apartheid. The ...
Community-based natural resources management: Experiences and lessons linking communities to sustainable resource use in different social, economic and ecological conditions in South Africa
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2002)
The project, which started in 1996
in partnership with the South
African Department of Land
Affairs (DLA), supports
communities that have a stake in nature
conservation areas through ownership, or a
claim to ownership, ...
Commons governance in Southern Africa
(PLAAS, University of the Western Cape, 2009-06-28)
This Policy Brief is based on synthetic
studies undertaken by participants in
the Cross Sectoral Commons Governance
in Southern Africa (CROSCOG)
project between 2007 and 2009,
funded by the European Commission
(European ...
Livelihoods and sharing: Trends in a Lesotho village, 1976–2004
(PLAAS, University of the Western Cape & Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc. (CARE), 2005-10)
The study compares the livelihoods and inter-household sharing mechanisms in a Lesotho village across a 28 year period. The report examines the complex socio-economic structures and systems that are in place in the rural ...