- Title
- Valuing South Africa's savannas: Methodological Issues
- Creator
- Ballance, A, Shackleton, Charlie M, Shackleton, Sheona E, Geach, B S, Crookes, D, De Wit, M, Evans, J, von Maltitz, Graham P, Willis, C B, Kelatwang, S, Havemann, J
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2001
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/182262
- Identifier
- vital:43816
- Identifier
- xlink:href="https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC33860"
- Description
- Natural resource valuation techniques have been applied in recent years to savannas and savanna resources in South and southern Africa. Results from these studies have been used to demonstrate the importance of savannas, and to assist in resource-use planning. Because these studies have been conducted to meet different research objectives a large number of disparities exist between studies. This makes comparison of results difficult and identification of underlying drivers of value is problematic. This paper discusses issues which can lead to differences in estimates of resource value, and makes recommendations for future studies to reduce incompatibilities. In particular, this paper recommends that future studies make full descriptions of the objectives of the study, the background characteristics of the study area (including the social, political, economic, cultural, and biophysical characteristics), the methods used, and assumptions made. In this way, the values reported from case studies may be used in other research and decision-making exercises.
- Format
- computer, online resource, application/pdf, 1 online resource (10 pages), pdf
- Publisher
- Sabinet
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Southern African Forstry Journal, Ballance, A., Shackleton, C.M., Shackleton, S.E., Geach, B., Crookes, D., De Wit, M., Evans, J., Von Maltitz, G., Willis, C., Kelatwang, S. and Havemann, J., 2001. Valuing South Africa's savannas: methodological issues. Southern African Forestry Journal, 2001(191), pp.43-52, Southern African Forstry Journal volume 2001 number 191 p. 43 2001 0038-2167
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