Thesis (PhD (Forest and Wood Science))—University of Stellenbosch, 2007. / It is evident that existing, nominal, functional, national and international policies and
legislation continue to be ineffective in combating the disastrous environmental and socioeconomic
consequences of unsustainable forest management. Several underlying causes to
this failure were identified as: i) the lack of involvement or omission of the full range of
stakeholders, in particular resource users, in the various steps and procedures of policy and
legislation formulation and implementation; ii) these stakeholders are excluded in the review
and updating of obsolete policies and legislation; iii) little emphasis is placed on sustainable
forest management through the scientific understanding of natural forests and woodlands,
including the dynamics of their ecology and socio-economics.
This study identified the key/critical aspects of the development process of policy and
strategy for the sustainable management of non-timber forest products (NTFPs). This research
study reviewed existing policies and legislation and the current status of the NTFP sector,
conducted a series of community consultation meetings on resource use and management,
user surveys and economic valuation, resource surveys and economic valuation, and made
policy recommendations for the development of a concept and strategy for the sustainable
management of NTFPs. The main focus was on the edible and medicinal NTFPs in the four
ecological zones of Swaziland...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/1174 |
| Date | 03 1900 |
| Creators | Dlamini, Cliff Sibusiso |
| Contributors | Geldenhuys, Coert J., University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Agrisciences. Dept. of Forest and Wood Science. |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 2141451 bytes, application/pdf |
| Rights | University of Stellenbosch |
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