Indigenous forests and woodlands in South Africa : policy, people and practice /
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| Imprint: | Scottsville, South Africa : University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, c2004. |
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| Description: | xxiii, 863 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5578067 |
Table of Contents:
- Map of the distribution of the indigenous forest and woodland biomes in South Africa
- Preface
- List of contributors
- List of abbreviations
- Part 1. South African Context
- 1. Woodlands of South Africa
- 1.1. Differences in the extent and transformation of South Africa's woodland biome as determined from two national databases
- 1.2. Social and environmental changes in the communal rangelands of the Bushbuckridge lowveld savanna
- 2. South Africa's forests: the ecology and sustainable use of indigenous timber resources
- 2.1. Classification of indigenous forests in South Africa From G. von Maltitz et al. 2003
- 2.2. Ecology of climbing plants in southern African forests
- 2.3. Glossary of ecological and harvesting terminology
- 3. Policy frameworks pertaining to the conservation and sustainable use of forests and woodlands in South Africa
- 3.1. Principles, criteria, indicators and standards for sustainable forest management in South Africa
- 4. Use and management of forests and woodlands in South Africa: stakeholders, institutions and processes from past to present
- 4.1. History of the removal of the Tshidzivhe tribe from the Thathe forest, Limpopo Province (from Sikhitha 1999)
- Part 2. Valuing Forests and Woodlands
- 5. Valuation of indigenous forests and woodlands: an international perspective
- 5.1. Selected observations on valuation of forests and associated issues
- 5.2. How demand creates the desire to conserve: an Amazonian example
- 6. The socio-economics of forest and woodland resource use: a hidden economy
- 7. Use of woodland resources for direct household provisioning
- 7.1. Economic valuation of secondary resources in the context of total livelihoods
- 7.2. Household use of resources in the Hoedspruit district, Limpopo Province
- 8. The uses and value of indigenous forest resources in South Africa
- 8.1. Basket-making from lianas, a sustainable industry?
- 8.2. Sacred forests: a cultural refuge
- 8.3. Traditional conservation practices and the use of indigenous forests in the Amatola mountains of the Eastern Cape Province
- 8.4. Community attitudes to forest management
- Part 3. Wood and Timber Use
- 9. Dependence, destruction and development: a history of indigenous timber use in South Africa
- 9.1. Prehistoric use of woodland and forest by farming peoples in South Africa
- 10. Timber harvesting from southern Cape forests: the quest for sustainable levels of resource use
- 10.1. The seven-weeks fern (Rumohra adiantiformis): an economically viable forest product
- 11. Use of South Africa's woodlands for energy and construction
- 11.1. Preferences for kraalwood species in Machibi village, Eastern Cape
- Part 4. Woodcarving and the Craft Industry
- 12. Resource use and conflict in and around Thukela Biosphere Reserve: woodcarvers seeing the wood, farmers the trees
- 12.1. Determining hardwood use in the Thukela Biosphere Reserve: methodology and practical constraints
- 12.2. Determining hardwood supply in the Thukela Biosphere Reserve
- 13. The woodcraft industry in the Mpumalanga-Limpopo Province lowveld
- 13.1. Promoting sustainable resource use among lowveld woodcarvers: approaches and challenges
- 13.2. The woodcarving industry in the Dukuduku forest, St Lucia
- 13.3. The feasibility of harvesting Pterocarpus angolensis from Mawewe Nature Reserve
- 13.4. Towards the sustainable use of mistletoe-produced woodroses in Bushbuckridge, Limpopo Province
- Part 5. Medicinal Plants
- 14. Trade and socio-economic value of forest and woodland resources within the medicinal plant market in Johannesburg
- 14.1. An overview of the medicinal plant market in South Africa
- 14.2. The medicinal plant trade on the western boundary of the Kruger National Park
- 14.3. Sustainable harvesting of medicinal plant resources in the Abe Bailey Nature Reserve, Gauteng
- 15. The trade in medicinal plants from forests in the Eastern Cape Province
- 15.1. Traditional medicines from forest animals
- 16. Bioprospecting of forest and woodland plant species used in Zulu traditional medicine
- 16.1. Indigenous knowledge and medicinal plant product development in South Africa
- 16.2. Indigenous knowledge and the cultural importance of woodland and forest species in southern Africa: the case of ubulawu
- 16.3. Success stories of South African bioprospecting
- 17. Meeting the demand for Ocotea bullata bark: implications for the conservation of high-value and medicinal tree species
- 17.1. Distribution and ecology of Ocotea bullata
- 17.2. Medicinal bark harvesting and yields in woodlands: a case study from southern Maputaland
- Part 6. Foods from Forests and Woodlands
- 18. People and forest fauna: a case study from coastal dune forest in the Transkei region of the Eastern Cape
- 19. Mopane worms as a key woodland resource: the use, trade and conservation of Imbrasia belina
- 20. Woodland grasshoppers as a free source of protein to rural households
- 21. Use of fruits and seeds from indigenous and naturalised plant species
- 21.1. Marulas more popular than apples?
- 22. Toward sustainable use of Hyphaene coriacea in KwaZulu-Natal
- Part 7. Management and Conservation
- 23. Community forestry in South Africa: an overview
- 23.1. Agroforestry in rural farming systems: a case study from the Drakensberg mountains of KwaZulu-Natal
- 23.2. Ethnomedicinal (muthi) plant nurseries
- 23.3. Socio-economic threats to woodland resources on communal lands
- 23.4. Community-based natural resource management in the communal savannas of the Bushbuckridge lowveld
- 24. Participatory Forest Management in South Africa
- 24.1. Potential pitfalls of Participatory Forest Management: the case of illegal timber harvesting from the Gongqo Gongqo forest
- 24.2. Forests amidst informal settlements: there is hope
- 24.3. Guiding principles for the management of indigenous state forests (from DWAF 2001)
- 24.4. Planning for multiple-use management of indigenous state forests in South Africa: the Eastern Cape initiative
- 24.5. Stakeholder participation in planning for multiple-use forest management
- 25. Resource use in the indigenous forests of Maputaland: are conservation strategies working?
- 26. Conservation of woodland biodiversity: a complementary traditional and western approach towards protecting Brackenridgea zanguebarica
- Part 8. Alternative Uses
- 27. Forest-based outdoor recreation and ecotourism in the southern Cape and Tsitsikamma
- 27.1. Hikers conserve dune forest
- 27.2. Community-based tourism: flawed ideology or socioecological imperative?
- 28. The value and costs of wildlife and wildlife-based activities in the eastern lowveld savanna, South Africa
- 29. Carbon storage in southern African woodlands
- 30. South African forests and woodlands: recurring themes in integrating policy, people and practice
- Appendix 1. List of common names of plant species
- Appendix 2. Currency conversion
- Index
