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Problem: Declining Productivity of Rangeland and Plants
Causes
• Loss of riparian vegetation (riverine forests)
• Loss of reeds and other aquatic plants (e.g., water lilies)
• Too frequent and uncontrolled fires
• Overgrazing
• Local farmers have insufficient control over management of rangelands
• Deforestation
• Loss of trees/plants used for veld products/wild foods
Suggested Solutions
• Protect riparian vegetation along the river banks
• Sustainable management and use of natural resources through community
based approaches and devolution of rights (Le., rights over resources)
• Enforcing of existing traditional and legal mechanisms, rules and regulations
• Improved recruitment, cultivation and propagation of veld producUwild food
plants
• Empowerment of traditional authorities, developing awareness and capacity
with appropriate skills
Problem: Lack of Rights and Appropriate Institutions
Causes
• Insufficient group rights over resources and land at relevant levels of
management (e.g., for reeds, woodlands, grazing, wildlife)
• Lack of empowerment of traditional authorities to enforce rules and
regulations
• Lack of co-ordination between government agencies to allow for integrated
resource management
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