scholarly journals Review of water energy food nexus in Africa: Morocco and South Africa as case studies

2020 ◽  
Vol 183 ◽  
pp. 02002
Author(s):  
Lahcen El Youssfi ◽  
Wesley Doorsamy ◽  
Adil Aghzar ◽  
Sidi Imad Cherkaoui ◽  
Ihssan Elouadi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
African Continent ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Agriculture And Food

The population of the African continent is significantly increasing which has given rise to societal, economic and environmental changes. This will generate an increase in demand for food, water and energy. Thus, strategies for sustainable management of natural resources need to be adopted urgently in order to match the future needs and to ensure sustainable development on the continent. The Water Energy Food (WEF) nexus is one the avenues for studying the current and future interactions and interdependencies of the WEF sectors under different scenarios and challenges in the effort towards establishing sustainable use of natural resources. Policies around the nexus approach are few or absent at the continental and countrylevels. This paper is a first review on the adoption of the Nexus in two model African countries, Morocco and South Africa. The review compares the water, energy and food sectors and the related national policies, plans and frameworks. The data related to the WEF Nexus revealed key difficulties of availability in both countries. A comparative analysis of the situation in both countries demonstrated differences in policies relating to the WEF Nexus across the sectors: water, energy, and agriculture. Additionally, the paper explores the relevance of technology-assisted frameworks for the WEF nexus and also analyzed risks to agriculture and food security in the context of the reviewed countries.

scholarly journals The Effectiveness of Plea and Sentence Agreements in Environmental Enforcement in South Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 1-41
Author(s):  
Tumai Murombo ◽  
Isaac Munyuki
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
South African ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Due Diligence ◽  
Environmental Enforcement ◽  
Criminal Sanctions ◽  
Institutional Strengthening

A recent development in South African environmental law is the use of plea and sentencing agreements. The main objective of environmental law is to promote the sustainable use of natural resources while preventing pollution and ecological degradation. Grand environmental due diligence processes could achieve sustainable development; the use of criminal sanctions with sentencing agreements could be more effective. This paper answers the question whether the plea and sentencing agreements in reality achieve the objectives of environmental regulation? This study analyses this recent development by looking at selected recent cases in South Africa. The study found that plea and sentence agreements are potentially effective, subject to the effective monitoring of compliance and enforcement against non-compliance with the undertakings made by the accused person. Without institutional strengthening and effective monitoring, the plea and sentence agreement procedure remains ineffective.

scholarly journals Regional and cross-border co-operation for sustainable development of Serbia

2007 ◽  
Vol 59 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 340-375
Author(s):  
Edita Stojic-Karanovic
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Eu Membership ◽  
Global Connections ◽  
Effective Instrument ◽  
Historical Resources ◽  
Land Water

On its road to EU membership Serbia faces numerous challenges. Among important ones are how to solve the problems of environmental protection and sustainable management of natural resources. After defining sustainable development and its postulates, the author gives an overview of natural resources, this including land, water, air, as well as biodiversity discussing their inter-dependence. She points to the relatedness between cultural and natural resources for sustainable development giving the 'Djerdap' National Park as an example. In the author's opinion, a very effective instrument for coping with these challenges is international co-operation in the field of sustainable use of natural and cultural-historical resources, from global connections and worldwide actions, to regional interconnections and co-operation including cross-border co-operation of neighboring countries in this area.

scholarly journals The vegetation of Tshanini Game Reserve and a comparison with equivalent units in the Tembe Elephant Park in Maputaland, South Africa

Koedoe ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
J.Y. Gaugris ◽  
W.S. Matthews ◽  
M.W. Van Rooyen ◽  
J. Du P. Bothma
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Management Decisions ◽  
The Past ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Renewable Natural Resources ◽  
Game Reserve ◽  
Northern Maputaland

The Tembe Elephant Park was proclaimed in 1983 after negotiations between the then KwaZulu Bureau of Natural Resources and the Tembe Tribal Authority in consultation with the local communities of northern Maputaland, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The park boundaries were subsequently fenced and animal numbers started to increase. The fence has kept the utilisation of renewable natural resources by the local communities at bay for the past 19 years. In this period, the vegetation of the park has been utilised only by the indigenous fauna, but it has been affected by management decisions and possibly also regional environmental changes.

BYSUNESS-ECOSYSTEM CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT

2020 ◽  
pp. 21-27
Author(s):  
Igor Bystryakov ◽  
Dmitry Klynovyi
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Project Management ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Business Ecosystem ◽  
Collaborative Interactions ◽  
Business Ecosystems ◽  
Spatial System ◽  
Assets Management

The purpose of the article is to define an innovative concept of sustainable management based on the analysis of the institutional configuration of business ecosystem entities. The concept of sustainable (SUST) management is outlined as the creation of conditions for multi-entity management of territorial capital on the basis of digital platform technologies and the principles of partnership between government, business and the population. The institutional configuration of territorial business ecosystems is analyzed. It is determined that the business-ecosystem organization of economic activity is a flexible and dynamic system that creates opportunities for the integration of natural resources into economic circulation in territorial communities. It is established that there is a need for a radical restructuring of the institutional configuration of the spatial management system of natural resources in the direction of creating a system of multi-entity management of territorial capital. The main institutions and institutes of the spatial system of natural resources management of the territorial business ecosystem are outlined, in the field of local government, public-private partnership, corporate-platform and structural-project management, etc., within which economic actors of business ecosystems are endowed with appropriate functions and powers.. The structure of the business-ecosystem concept of sustainable management is detailed, including the basic formats of institutionalization of territorial assets management, informational and communicational platform component and management mechanisms of sustainable management, which are focused on creating a system of multi-entity management of sustainable development of territorial communities. Basic formats and forms of institutionalization of territorial assets management in the conditions of decentralization of power are proposed, including communication platforms of collaborative interactions between public authorities, business and population, as well as a set of mechanisms of structural and project management of sustainable development of territorial communities.

scholarly journals Organic agriculture in the system of the sustainable use of natural resources

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 00219
Author(s):  
Tatiana Polushkina ◽  
Yulia Akimova ◽  
Elena Kovalenko ◽  
Olga Yakimova
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Organic Agriculture ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Balance Of Nature ◽  
Agriculture Industry ◽  
The Usa

World experience indicates that the problems of ensuring sustainable development of agriculture have become an urgent need, therefore, the concepts of traditional technology for cultivating crops should be substantially revised not only from the standpoint of environmental management, but also to improve the economic situation in the industry. Greening of agriculture contributes to natural restoration of soil fertility, maintaining the balance of nature, on which agricultural economy largely depends. A growing quantity of farms in the USA, China, Russia, India, Japan and the EU countries conduct their farming in harmony with nature. The ultimate goals of their activities are ecologically balanced farming, animal husbandry and this agriculture industry technology acts as an alternative to traditional (industrial) farming. Development of organic agriculture involves the search and implementation of new technologies from a science-based position and due to the laws of optimal environmental management. In the article, the authors substantiate the need to enhance introduction of organic farming methods in order to ensure sustainable development and sustainable use of natural resources. Based on the study of foreign agriculture experience, the authors developed a number of key measures for the development of organic agriculture in Russian conditions.

scholarly journals Environment and security: The concept of ecological and environmental security

2013 ◽  
pp. 103-118
Author(s):  
Dejana Jovanovic-Popovic
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Environmental Security ◽  
Ecological Security ◽  
Scientific Explanations ◽  
The Creation

The terms environmental and ecological security are often used interchangeably by both scientists and politicians, especially in Serbia. Whereas environmental security refers fundamentally to the threat of environmental degradation to political stability, ecological security refers to the creation of a condition where physical surroundings of a community provides for all its needs without diminishing natural resources. Accordingly, ecological security is embedded in the concept of sustainable development. Various trends in the development of security concept and environmental changes are presented in this paper. Finally, scientific explanations of the terms environmental and ecological security are given.

scholarly journals Farmers and Pastoralists Participation in the Elaboration and Implementation of Sustainable Agro-pastoral Resources Management Plans in Northern Benin

2020 ◽  
pp. 34-44
Author(s):  
Latifou Idrissou ◽  
Léonce Sacca ◽  
Hakimou Imorou ◽  
Morrisson Gouthon
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
West African ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Buffer Zones ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Main Challenge ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
Niger River ◽  
Set Up

Benin like many other West African countries has its economy mainly based on agriculture and livestock. These activities development depend heavily on natural resources in these countries. In the extreme northern part of Benin in Karimama district, farmers and pastoralists are constrained by the presence of the W park and the Niger river that occupy most of the grazing and arable lands. In order to sustainably manage these resources, the district and the W park management authorities decided to set up these resources’ management plans. This study investigated the involvement of farmers and pastoralists in the elaboration and implementation of the agro-pastoral resources management plans for their sustainable use. Therefore, 40 farmers and 40 pastoralists randomly selected in two villages of the Karimama district and several authorities were surveyed. Results show that both farmers and pastoralists recognized that Karimama district still has agro-pastoral resources for farming and livestock. However, they mostly stressed that they were not sufficiently involved neither in the elaboration nor in the implementation of their management plans. They also perceived negatively the plans set up because according to them beside their low implication, the facilities necessary for a good management of the buffer zones of the park and the Birds Island are not put in place, they are still unfairly arrested and fined and the areas delimitated for their activities is insufficient for them. The study concludes that the main challenge in the elaboration and implementation of agro-pastoral resources management plans is the genuine involvement of the different stakeholder categories in the process.

scholarly journals Forest Concessions and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: Potentials, Challenges and Ways Forward

Forests ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yitagesu Tegegne ◽  
Mathias Cramm ◽  
Jo Van Brusselen ◽  
Thais Linhares-Juvenal
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Natural Forests ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
Forest Concessions ◽  
Development Goals

The Agenda 2030 and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have directed increased political attention to forests and their sustainable management globally. Forest concessions are a predominant instrument for the sustainable management of public production natural forests in the tropics, but the relationship between the SDGs and forest concessions is poorly explored. Knowledge of this relationship could facilitate aligning tropical forest concession regimes with the SDGs. This research was conducted by means of an online survey, expert interviews and four regional stakeholder workshops to examine (i) how forest concessions can support the implementation of the SDGs; and (ii) what are the key barriers hindering the potential contributions of forest concessions to the SDG. The findings revealed three broad pathways through which forest concessions can support the implementation of the SDGs: (i) sustainable use and management of ecosystem goods and services as the core business; (ii) provision of public goods for socioeconomic development; and (iii) contribution to (sub) national economies through income, employment and fiscal obligations. The paper identifies region-specific (Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia) technical, legal, governance and institutional barriers limiting the potential contributions. Among these, the key barriers are unclear and conflicting tenure, and the lack of available technical and qualified personnel. The paper concludes that the contributions of forest concessions to the SDGs depend on governance context and the clear use of the instrument to deliver such objectives as better planned and implemented concessions and binding concession contracts. The paper also provides recommendations for aligning forest concessions with the SDGs.

Expanding Roles and Services of Academic Libraries in Achieving Sustainable Development in South Africa

Mousaion ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maredi Samuel Mojapelo ◽  
Mashilo T. Modiba
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
National Development ◽  
High Standard ◽  
Equitable Access ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Target Date ◽  
Support Students

Education, which is addressed by Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 of the United Nations (UN), is a driving force of nations world-wide. Quality education remains a powerful tool that can be used internationally to entrench socio-economic development. SDGs are particularly significant in enabling poor and developing African countries to work towards achieving these goals by the 2030 target date. In South Africa, the goals of the National Development Plan (NDP) should also be achieved by the same date as SDGs. To achieve the SDGs and chapters of the NDP, equitable access to information is critical. Universities have a fundamental role to play in producing knowledgeable and professional PhD graduates of a high standard, who will work productively to boost weak and slow-performing economies in their respective countries. Academic libraries are mandated to support students in completing their studies. They also need to support researchers in producing impact-based research that is crucial in solving the persistent socio-economic challenges that citizens face daily. Based on the literature review, this study was aimed at highlighting the expanding roles and services that academic libraries can embark on in South Africa in achieving SDG 4 and Chapter 9 of the NDP. The key recommendation is that universities need to provide academic libraries with an increased budget to enable them to expand their roles and services to ensure that SDG 4 and Chapter 9 of the NDP are achieved.

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