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41-50 of 57 for the Category : Conservation and the Subcategory : Biodiversity

Monoculture

( Article Type: Explanation )

Monoculture describes the repeated growing of a single crop on a given piece of land over and over again.

National Parks

( Article Type: Explanation )

Commercialisation for Conservation Strategy: How do we ensure financial sustainability using commercialisation as a funding model for protected areas without compromising on the conservation mandate?

Organic Certification

( Article Type: Opinion )

Organic certification in South Africa has been done primarily through formal certification by several certification agencies operating in the country.

Organic farming is the way that our food was grown for thousands of years and is nothing new. What IS new is the indiscriminate use of chemical fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides that are now being used to grow our food.

Ramsar Convention

( Article Type: Explanation )

The Ramsar Convention is an intergovernmental treaty, adopted in Ramsar, Iran, in 1971, and provides a framework for international cooperation for the conservation of wetlands.

Rehabilitation of Land

( Article Type: Explanation )

Land rehabilitation has become a vital part of new mining legislation, which stipulates that mines must develop Environmental Management Plans, which must include reference to closure and rehabilitation of the site.

Resource Efficiency

( Article Type: Explanation )

Globally, we are extracting more resources to produce goods and services than our planet can replenish, while a large share of world population is still struggling to meet basic needs.

Rivers & Wetlands

( Article Type: Overview )

Rivers and wetlands provide a range of goods and services for the benefit of people, but need a healthy ecosystem in order to provide these.

Soil

( Article Type: Explanation )

Soil, along with sunlight and water, is essential for our life here on earth. All the plants that grow on the earth (including all of the crops that we eat and the grass that our animals eat) need soil to grow, and we even need soil to form the br

Stewardship

( Article Type: Explanation )

Land stewardship is an ancient concept which refers to the wise use, management and protection of land that has been entrusted to an owner/user.