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Actions for Improved Vegetation Management on the Bokkeveld Plateau

Grantee Name: University of Cape Town

Hotspot
Succulent Karoo
Location
South Africa
Amount
$17,892
Dates
Jul 2007 – Dec 2008
Keywords
Agriculture, Awareness, Livestock
Improve awareness and enhance natural resource management on the Bokkeveld Plateau by producing a veld management booklet for landowners highlighting best practice grazing management for the area and species that can be used as indicators for veld condition assessment. Also assess the current extent and recent historical distribution and expansion of cultivated land on the plateau, with emphasis on Rooibos tea in the Fynbos vegetation types.
Strategic Direction : 3 Retain and restore critical biodiversity in areas under greatest land-use pressure

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