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86 Kruger Gardens, Summerstrand, Port Elizabeth

- Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)

Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
Date: 1998-08-28
Subjects: Felicia echinata -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Polygala -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Gazania krebsiana -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Plants -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Gardens -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
Type: still image
Identifier: vital:13374 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1016886
Description: Successful use of Gazania krebsiana (original text "krebzii") as a border plant. To its right a Felicia echinata in full flower. In background between post-box and cottage is a Polygala in full flower.
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Date Issued: 1998-08-28

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A case study of the opportunities and trade-offs associated with deproclamation of a protected area following a land claim in South Africa

- Krüger, Ruth, Cundill, Georgina, Thondhlana, Gladman

Authors: Krüger, Ruth , Cundill, Georgina , Thondhlana, Gladman
Date: 2016
Language: English
Type: text , article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/67791 , vital:29145 , https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2015.1065804
Description: Publisher version , Reconciling conservation and social justice imperatives is a major challenge facing many postcolonial states worldwide. Where historically disenfranchised communities have laid legal claim to protected areas, the typical resolution has been collaborative management agreements between the state and claimant communities. The real outcomes of such strategies for people and ecosystems have been seriously questioned, although alternative approaches are seldom explored. Here, we reflect on one such alternative that was pursued in a case in South Africa, where the land was handed back to the community and a replacement protected area created. Our objective was to explore the opportunities and trade-offs associated with this approach for communities and conservation agencies alike, and to compare these to typical collaborative management outcomes. Methods included key informant interviews, focus group discussions and household surveys. We find that, surprisingly, this approach created more benefits for the conservation agency than for claimant communities. Indeed, the community experiences bore a striking resemblance to those experienced in collaborative management settings: intra-community conflict, confusion over leadership and serious questions about the boundaries of the “community”. Processes aimed at redressing past injustice in disputes over conservation land, regardless of the approach adopted, must bring with them a strong commitment to building institutional and leadership capacities within communities, and pay serious attention to the ways in which equity and social justice can be fostered after the settlement of a land claim. Settlement agreements are frequently treated as the final step towards social justice, but are in fact just the beginning.
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Date Issued: 2016

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A case study on the health risks related to flood disasters in South Africa

- Tandlich, Roman, Ncube, Mbonisi, Khamanga, Sandile M, Zuma, Bongumusa M

Authors: Tandlich, Roman , Ncube, Mbonisi , Khamanga, Sandile M , Zuma, Bongumusa M
Date: 2016
Language: English
Type: text , article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/75917 , vital:30482 , DOI: 10.20965/jdr.2016.p0732
Description: Floods occurred in the Ndlambe Local Municipality in South Africa in October 2012. During various stages of the post-disaster recovery, bacterial concentrations were measured in water and soil samples from the flood zone. All drinking water concentrations of E. coli were below 1–3 colony forming units per 100 millilitres (CFUs/100 mL). The flood waters contained between 46500 to more than 100000 CFUs/100 mL of E. coli. {The concentrations of Salmonella spp. in the flood waters varied from 5000 to 250000 CFUs/100 mL. The presumptive Vibrio spp. concentrations in flood waters ranged from 1000 to over 150000 CFUs/100 mL. {The soil concentrations for E. coli ranged from 1 to above 330 colony-forming units per 1 g of soil dry weight (CFUs/g). The soil concentrations of Salmonella spp. varied from below 1 to 22 CFUs/g. The estimated airborne fungal concentrations ranged from 16820 to 28540 colony-forming units per 1 cubic meter. An outbreak of an infectious disease was recorded among the volunteers who assisted with the post-disaster recovery. The likely bacterial causative agents included strains of Aeromonas spp. and Vibrio cholerae. Any human contact with either the contaminated flood waters or of flooded dwellings should only occur, if the individuals in questions are equipped with the full-body personal protective gear. Non-governmental stakeholders performed majority of the post-disaster recovery operations, as the local government could only cover 11% of the required costs. Applying sanitation funds to disaster recovery and increased use of the low-cost flood defence products in high risk areas could provide a solution for the future.
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Date Issued: 2016

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