Scrutinising Multidimensional Challenges in the Maloti-Drakensberg (Lesotho/South Africa)
| Autor: | Stefano Tondini, Joerg Szarzynski, Andrea Membretti, Jess L. Delves, João de Deus Vidal, Nigel P. Barker, Stefan Schneiderbauer, V. Ralph Clark |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
media_common.quotation_subject 0208 environmental biotechnology Geography Planning and Development Lesotho Highlands Water Project TJ807-830 02 engineering and technology Management Monitoring Policy and Law TD194-195 01 natural sciences Renewable energy sources Ecosystem services GE1-350 Environmental planning 0105 earth and related environmental sciences media_common Sustainable development Environmental effects of industries and plants Land use traditional authorities Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment land use governance systems 020801 environmental engineering Environmental sciences Framing (social sciences) Geography overgrazing Management system Land degradation Tourism Diversity (politics) |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability; Volume 13; Issue 15; Pages: 8511 Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 8511, p 8511 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/su13158511 |
| Popis: | The Maloti-Drakensberg (MD) is the largest and highest-elevation mountain system in southern Africa. Covering 40,000 km2 and reaching 3500 m, the MD provides a range of ecosystem services (ES) to the entire southern African region—benefitting diverse users and extending well beyond the mountains. Rapid socioecological change threatens the provision of ES and presents multidimensional challenges to sustainable development. However, the continued land degradation and persisting socioeconomic problems indicate that development policy has not been effective in tackling these issues. In this paper, a multidisciplinary literature review forms the basis of a discussion which takes an ES framing to scrutinise the multidimensional social, political, economic and cultural issues in the study area. Three critical management systems are presented, and their associated ES are discussed, namely, water transfer, rangelands and conservation and tourism. In particular, the diversity of ES uses and values in the MD is considered. The results reveal the main drivers of continued unsustainable development and highlight important information gaps. |
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