Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2001. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The study traces some of the causes and effects of land degradation in Mutale since it is
an environmentally challenging issue associated with depletion of resources. The
degradation conditions identified by the Provincial Department of Agriculture in the
Northern Province support the aims of this study.
Based on information obtained from the physical survey of the area and through
questionnaires and interviews with the local people, it is evident that the environmental
conditions of Mutale district have worsened due to the influence of land usage. From the
survey made, the physical conditions are shown to be in a state of decline and to impact
negatively on the soil and vegetation.
The perceptions of the local community regarding physical change revealed that a variety
of activities such as gathering fuel wood, fencing, stocking, and cultivating fields,
influence each other and exacerbate the encroachment of degradation conditions. Stock
worsens the conditions through uncontrolled grazing associated with lack of grazing
camps, trampling, and overgrazing. Extension of fields, residential areas, and inescapable
massive harvesting of bush for different purposes are seen as further causes of the
worsening state of the environment.
In the past attempts were made to curb the environmental decline, but such conservation
measures were not fruitful enough as they changed from time to time and land users were
alienated from land on which they depended.
The present study recommends the implementation of LandCare, a programme that the
Department of Agriculture has adopted in other parts of the country, as a possible solution
to some of the environmental problems, and as a conservation measure. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die studie ondersoek sommige van die oorsake en gevolge van omgewingsdegradasie by
Mutale, omdat dit 'n omgewings-uitdagende kwessie is wat met die uitputting van
hulpbronne in verband staan. Die degradasietoestande wat deur die Provinsiale
Landboudepartmente in die Noordelike Provinsie geïdentifiseer is, bied ondersteuning
aan die doelstellings van hierdie studie.
Vanuit die inligting wat deur middel van 'n empiriese ondersoek in die gebied en deur
vraelyste en onderhoude met die plaaslike mense verkry is, is dit duidelik dat
omgewingstoestande in die Mutale distrik vanweë die manier van grondgebruik verswak
het. Vanuit die ondersoek wat gedoen is, word aangetoon dat fisiese toestande
agteruitgaan en 'n negatiewe impak op die grond en plantegroei het.
Waarneming deur die plaaslike gemeenskap met betrekking tot fisiese verandering dui
aan dat 'n verskeidenheid aktiwiteite, soos die versameling van brandhout, bou van
heinings, aanhou van vee en bewerking van landerye mekaar affekteer en die toename van
die degradasietoestande veroorsaak. Vee vererger verder die toestande deur onbeheerde
weiding wat verband hou met die gebrek aan weidingskampe. Die onafwendbare en
grootskaalse afkap van die bos vir 'n verskeidenheid doeleindes word beskou as verdere
oorsake van die toestand waarin die omweging verkeer.
Pogings is in die verlede aangewend om die agteruitgang van die omgewing te keer, maar
die bewaringsmaatreëls het nie genoeg vrug afgewerp nie, daar hulle van tyd tot tyd
gewysig IS en die grondeienaars vervreemd geraak het van die grond waarvan hulle
afhanklik was.
Hierdie ondersoek beveel aan dat "LandCare", 'n program wat deur die Departement van
Landbou vir ander dele van die land goedgekeur is, as ' n moontlike oplossing vir
sommige van die omgewingsprobleme en as bewaringsmaatreël toegepas word.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/52320 |
| Date | 03 1900 |
| Creators | Dzivhani, Mashudu Almond |
| Contributors | Eloff, P. J., Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences . Dept. of Geography and Environmental Studies. |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | en_ZA |
| Detected Language | Unknown |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 70, [10] p. : ill. |
| Rights | Stellenbosch University |
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