Quantification of the resource base and impact of harvesting of coastal hardwood species by a rural community.
Date
1993
Authors
Cleminson, Tania
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Abstract
The study aimed: (1) to provide baseline data on aspects of wood utilisation in a resource area and a communal area In KwaZulu, (2) to investigate the effects of this wood utilisation on the resource base, and (3) to discuss the sustainability of current wood. utilisation. Wood utilisation in this study refers to the harvesting of dead and
livewood for fuelwood, building poles and fencing posts. (Abbreviation abstract)
Description
Research report submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of Master of Science in
Quantitative Conservation Biology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Keywords
Fuelwood consumption -- South Africa -- Kwazulu., Rural poor -- South Africa -- Kwazulu., Plant ecology., Sustainable forestry -- South Africa -- Kwazulu