Is commercial livestock farming environmentally viable within the Orange and Fish River catchment area (OFCA) of Southern Namibia?

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dc.contributor.advisorMeadows, Michael Een_ZA
dc.contributor.authorVan der Merwe, Schalken_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-31T08:02:29Z
dc.date.available2014-07-31T08:02:29Z
dc.date.issued2001en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.
dc.description.abstractThere are neither historical nor current baseline information relating to the productivity of the OFCA veld and a definite link between the current crisis and the possibly that it is suffering from the effects of having farmed the OFCA veld into a state of durable suboptimal productivity remains to be conclusively established. This current study has been undertaken in order to investigate such a possible link, and to reach a more definite conclusion with regards to the contribution of negative environmental feedback which may have arisen from commercial farming. Specifically, the study investigates the relationship between commercial livestock grazing regimes, possible associated resource degradation (losses in veld productivity and adverse structuring of botanical communities due to livestock grazing effects), and the current productive crisis within the sector.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationVan der Merwe, S. (2001). <i>Is commercial livestock farming environmentally viable within the Orange and Fish River catchment area (OFCA) of Southern Namibia?</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Environmental and Geographical Science. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4811en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationVan der Merwe, Schalk. <i>"Is commercial livestock farming environmentally viable within the Orange and Fish River catchment area (OFCA) of Southern Namibia?."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4811en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationVan der Merwe, S. 2001. Is commercial livestock farming environmentally viable within the Orange and Fish River catchment area (OFCA) of Southern Namibia?. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Van der Merwe, Schalk AB - There are neither historical nor current baseline information relating to the productivity of the OFCA veld and a definite link between the current crisis and the possibly that it is suffering from the effects of having farmed the OFCA veld into a state of durable suboptimal productivity remains to be conclusively established. This current study has been undertaken in order to investigate such a possible link, and to reach a more definite conclusion with regards to the contribution of negative environmental feedback which may have arisen from commercial farming. Specifically, the study investigates the relationship between commercial livestock grazing regimes, possible associated resource degradation (losses in veld productivity and adverse structuring of botanical communities due to livestock grazing effects), and the current productive crisis within the sector. DA - 2001 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2001 T1 - Is commercial livestock farming environmentally viable within the Orange and Fish River catchment area (OFCA) of Southern Namibia? TI - Is commercial livestock farming environmentally viable within the Orange and Fish River catchment area (OFCA) of Southern Namibia? UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4811 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/4811
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationVan der Merwe S. Is commercial livestock farming environmentally viable within the Orange and Fish River catchment area (OFCA) of Southern Namibia?. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, 2001 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4811en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Environmental and Geographical Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEnvironmental Scienceen_ZA
dc.titleIs commercial livestock farming environmentally viable within the Orange and Fish River catchment area (OFCA) of Southern Namibia?en_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMPhilen_ZA
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