Halting degradation of Southern Cape peatlands in agricultural landscapes

Title: Halting degradation of Southern Cape peatlands in agricultural landscapes
Title: Policy brief, number 8, 2013
Creator: Job, Nancy, Ellery, William F N
Subject: Peatlands -- South Africa -- Southern Cape Wetland ecology -- South Africa -- Southern Cape South Africa -- Social conditions
Date: 2013
Type: text
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/50013
Identifier: vital:25951
Description: Palmiet peatlands in the agricultural landscape are viewed by farmers as problematic. They obstruct the effective passage of water along watercourses and therefore promote localized flooding of lands and infrastructure, and they trap sediment delivered along watercourses that drowns fields and infrastructure with sedimentary deposits. These events are problematic for farmers trying to make a living off the land. Wetlands are also often viewed as wastelands that should be put to more productive use. The obvious thing to do is to bring in machinery to drain the wetlands and improve the flow of water and sediment through these wetlands.
Format: 8 pages, pdf
Publisher: Rhodes University, Faculty of Science, Environmental Science
Language: English
Relation: Policy brief, Policy brief Number 8 Department of Environmental Science, Rhodes University
Rights: Rhodes University

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