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Title: | Sustainability of Commercial Forestry in a Changing Socioeconomic and Legal Environment: A Case Study of South Africa |
Author: | Tewari, D.D. |
Year: | 2001 |
Periodical: | Africa Today |
Volume: | 48 |
Issue: | 1 |
Period: | Spring |
Pages: | 51-74 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | South Africa |
Subjects: | environmental policy environment forestry Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment Development and Technology Law, Human Rights and Violence |
External link: | http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/africa_today/v048/48.1tewari.pdf |
Abstract: | Commercial forestry in South Africa is a success so long as only its profit, foreign exchange and employment-generating potentials alone are considered. However, over the years, the industry has caused great damage to the environment, primarily in terms of land degradation, loss of both water yield and biodiversity, deterioration of scenic beauty, and loss of habitat for many animals and birds. Rising public awareness about the environment in postapartheid South Africa has engendered concerns among environmentalists, activists, and policymakers. Furthermore, since the transition to democracy, various new groups and entities have joined the ranks of stakeholders in the forestry industry. All this has created a need for a new set of institutional and policy changes. Five broad policy principles are suggested: the implementation of the water pricing principle, the biodiversity protection principle, the value addition principle, the multiple-use forestry management principle, and the smallholder promotion principle. To a greater extent, these principles are being implemented in some ways, but there needs to be more focused and balanced coordination between policymakers and implementers. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. |