- Title
- Woodlands in South Africa and the national forests act
- Creator
- Shackleton, Charlie M
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2000
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/182065
- Identifier
- vital:43796
- Identifier
- xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1080/10295925.2000.9631252"
- Description
- The development of the National Forestry Action Programme (NFAP) and promulgation of the National Forests Act (NFA) have established a new vision for the care, management and distribution of benefits from South Africa's woodlands. The Department of water Affairs and Forestry is mandated with ensuring this vision is put into practice. However, historically the Department has had little to do with woodlands, and suffers from a lack of capacity and expertise, a situation which it readily acknowledges. Additionally, the legal definition of a woodland within the NFA is problematic. Within this context, this paper examines oft cited definitions of woodlands and seeks to find an appropriate one for the South African context. It then briefly reviews the major classifications of woodland types at a national scale, as the minimum basis for homogenous reporting units for which monitoring of the success of the NFAP and the NFA should be pursued. Finally, a brief description of moist/dystrophic and arid/eutrophic woodlands is presented.
- Format
- computer, online resource, application/pdf, 1 online resource (11 pages), pdf
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis Online
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Southern African Forestry Journal, Shackleton, C.M., 2000. Woodlands in South Africa and the national forests act. Southern African Forestry Journal, 187(1), pp.19-28, Southern African Forestry Journal volume 187 number 1 p. 19 2000 0038-2167
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- Rights
- Open Access
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