Masters Degrees (Conservation Ecology and Entomology)

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    The influence of mountain catchment area control measures on land management in the groot-Winterhoek area of the Western-Cape : ecological, economic and social implications
    (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1985) Bands, Donald Patrick; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of AgriSciences. Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology.
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study is about conservation of water source areas. The study area comprises the Groot Winterhoek Mountain Catchment Area, as proclaimed in terms of the Mountain Catchment Areas Act (No. 63 of 1970) and the associated State Forest. Physical attributes and location of the area in the western-Cape are described on the basis of published work, unpublished Departmental records and a field survey. Published works and archival material were consulted to determine probable pre-European settlement land use and post-settlement land use up to the present time. Questionnaires and field surveys were used to determine current land use and the effect of past and present use on study area ecosystems. Serious degradation appears to have occurred only over the last 70 to 80 years. Questionnaires and personal interviews provided material for the discussion of attitudes toward Government control in mountain catchments and its social and economic implications. Finally, a procedure for deciding optimum land use in mountain catchments, including a flexible land classification system and a decision model that accommodates both quantifiable and non-quantifiable factors is proposed and demonstrated.