Global Change and Southern Africa
The author explores recent climate change scenarios for Southern Africa in terms biodiversity, agriculture and related land uses, water resources and health issues.
Lesotho
The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Rural Households and Land Issues in Southern and Eastern Africa
The paper highlights key issues regarding the impact of the epidemic HIV/AIDS on rural households and their economies, and ultimately on surrounding land. The study focused on Kenya, Lesotho, and South Africa.
A model describing Community Rangelands in Southern Africa (CoRiSA).
The CoRiSA model integrates ecological and socio-economic factors to illustrate the relationships and dependencies between communities, or individual farmers, and the natural resources. The major components of CoRiSA include submodels for both biophysical and socio-economic factors. The model, combined with GIS methods, will be used as a tool to assist in the evaluation of natural resource management systems, environmental impacts, alternative strategies and income sources and policy options available to rural communities. (author's abstract)
