Striking photos of diverse trees and environment in the Kruger National Park and adjacent areas. Trees provide food and shelter for an immense range of life. This large format book portrays the beauty of their forms and colours. Now in a third reprint. SOUTH AFRICA. FERNWOOD PRESS.

Provides practical guidelines for the management of natural rangelands with worldwide application. It will be essential to those who deal with practical management problems like the control of soil erosion, sensitive road maintenance and invasive alien plant control on a regular basis. Farmers, landscape managers, nature and game reserve managers and students of natural resource management will find instruction and remedy within these pages. The ap-proach is one of understanding the natural ecology system and working ethically within it. Index, bib, app, b/w illus, 129pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL PRESS.

An up to the minute review of the state of South Africa's environment. The author looks at air, water, soil urban environment and population to show how the health of an environment touches on every aspect of human existence in the country. Index, notes, b/w illus, colour photographs, x, 374pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JACANA EDUCATION, 1919777938

Intended to serve as a basis foundation/primary source in the application of South African environmental law, this compendium contains a basic overview of the most important national environmental legislation in South Africa. 565pp, SOUTH AFRICA. PRETORIA UNIVERSITY LAW PRESS.

Compositae is by far the largest family of flowering plants in South Africa and this is the first detailed account to cover a whole province. 113 genera and 640 spe-cies are described. Includes keys for their identification. Well illustrated with b/w line drawings. Index, maps, 659pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL PRESS.

Southern Africa's coast is the meeting place of two ocean giants: the Benguela current of the Atlantic Ocean and the Agulhas of the Indian Ocean. They clash fiercely at the continents southern tip, dividing the region into two contrasting marine ecosystems that rank among the richest, most biologically diverse and oceanographically complex on the planet. The waters of the west coast are fed by the Benguela, a cold current that accounts for the enormous volume of marine life found here, while those of the east coast warmed by the Agulhas current are noted for their huge variety of life forms. Photographs appearing in this book were taken specifically for the publication and many feature phenomena never seen or photographed before. Index, bib, 200pp, SOUTH AFRICA. STRUIK. 1770070869

Addresses two integrally related questions. First, how despite their role in the apartheid state, traditional authorities have not only survived, but have won unprecedented powers in rural governance in South Africa's democracy, and, secondly, how they derive their authority. It argues that chieftaincy has always been contested and that it has throughout its history since the advent of colonialism been dependent on the support of the state. The role of traditional authorities in the land allocation process is central to our understanding, not only of their survival, but on how they derived their authority. 326pp, NETHERLANDS. E J BRILL.

A socio-environmental analysis of rural South Africa. Index, notes, app, tables, maps, b/w photographs, 300pp, USA. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 0521010705

An investigation into the spatial politics of separation and division in South Africa, principally during the apartheid years, and the effects of these physical and conceptual barriers on the land. In contrast to the weight of literature focusing on post-apartheid South Africa, the focus of this book includes the spatial, political and cultural landscape practices of the apartheid government and also refers to contemporary work done in Australia, England and the US. It probes the uncertainty and ambiguity of identities and cultures in post-apartheid society in order to gain a deep understanding of the history that individuals and society now confront. 352pp, UK. ROUTLEDGE.

A South African case study of sustainable development. The area of Dwesa-Cwebe in the Transkei region, was witness to one of the first efforts to reintroduce human activity in order to sustain a protected environment. The results of this long term study are put into their historical and political contexts and show the important role played by rural communities in the maintenance of their environment. Index, notes, bib, app, tables, maps, 321pp, SOUTH AFRICA. HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL, 0796919925

Examines how land reform policy and practice in post-apartheid South Africa have been produced and contested. Set in the province of Mpumalanga, the book gives an ethnographic account of local initiatives and conflicts, showing how the poorest sectors of the landless have defied the South African state's attempts to privatize land holdings and create a new class of African farmers. They insist that the 'rights-based' rather than the 'market-driven' version of land reform should prevail and that land restitution was intended to benefit all Africans. However their attempts to gain land access often backfire. Despite state assurances that land reform would benefit all, illegal land selling and 'brokering' are pervasive. Index, bib, b/w photos, 282pp, UK. ROUTLEDGE.

Timely analysis of a forgotten part of South African society, who live on remote arid farms, or who have become unemployed in recent years and have drifted to the towns and cities. It takes the question of farm workers' fortunes beyond the heated land ownership debate, to consider their current and future livelihood, and argues that the question is part of a broader spectrum of economic and social questions. Where should farm workers live? Should rural-urban migration be encouraged? What kind of job prospects can be fostered? How can their participation in the rural and peri-urban economy be promoted? Do farm workers need land, or jobs, or municipal services? Index, bib, notes, 302pp, SOUTH AFRICA. HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL.

Beautifully illustrated full-colour guide that makes it easy for both the layperson and scientist to identify aloes found in the field and in gardens. Detailed species descriptions of all 125 aloes found in South Africa, with information on the plant's features, flowering period, habitat and distribution, conservation status, the origin of its scientific and common names, as well as general notes on cultivation and traditional uses of the plant. More than 400 colour photographs, showing habitat and growth form, as well as close-up photographs of flowers and leaves, and distribution maps of all the species. 304pp, SOUTH AFRICA. BRIZA.

Thirty chapters offering a review of current research on policies and practices affecting indigenous forests and woodlands in South Africa. Index, refs, apps, maps, tables, graphs, colour photos, xxiii, 863pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL PRESS.

Kruger National Park in South Africa has one of the most extensive sets of records of any protected area in the world, and throughout its history has supported connections between science and management. This study places the scientific and management experience in Kruger within the framework of modern ecological theory and its practical applications. BNS, 492pp, UK. ISLAND PRESS, 1559639822

The extent to which indigenous people were dispossessed of their land by whites in South Africa under colonial rule and apartheid has no parallels on the African continent. Since the advent of democracy in 1994, issues at the heart of the land question in South Africa are how to reverse this phenomenon and how a large-scale redistribution of land can contribute to the transformation of the economy and the reduction of poverty, both rural and urban. Index, 256pp, SOUTH AFRICA. HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL.

There are many examples of successful land reform projects in South Africa, but emphasis in the public arena has so far fallen on failures or potential failures. This publication intends to concentrate on positive examples of land reform in South Africa in order to find out why the projects were successful and what lessons can be learned from them. Col photos, 88pp, SOUTH AFRICA. KONRAD-ADENAUER-STIFTUNG.

The first complete assessment of South Africa's land degradation problem, taking into account not only agricultural and ecological concerns, but also the so-cio-political and historical context. B/w illus, tables, figs, index, 168pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN PRESS, 1919713549

In the late nineteenth century, South Africa’s Cape Colony completed its incorporation of the area beyond the Kei River, known as the Transkei, and began transforming the region into a labour reserve. It simultaneously restructured popular access to local forests, reserving those resources for the benefit of the white settler economy. This placed new constraints on local Africans in accessing resources for agriculture, livestock management, hunting, building materials, fuel, medicine, and ritual practices. Drawing from a diverse array of oral and written sources, Tropp reveals how bargaining over resources between and among colonial officials, chiefs and headmen, and local African men and women was interwoven with major changes in local political authority, gendered economic relations, and cultural practices as well as with intense struggles over the very meaning and scope of colonial rule itself. 282pp, USA. OHIO U P.

An evaluation of environmental and social issues in the economic development of nature tourism, using KwaZulu Natal as a case study. Index, maps, tables, graphs, xxii, 475pp, USA. WORLD BANK PUBLICATIONS, 0821353500

A critique of the World Bank inspired, top down policy of land and agrarian reform in South Africa which the authors argue should give way to a popular program of radical transformation, incorporating indigenous local knowledge from poor rural areas. Index, 310pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS.

South Africa has a rich flora of around 19 000 different wildflower species. Several of these, especially proteas, gerberas, agapanthus and clivias, are now internationally known, while the brightly coloured flowers of freesias, nerinas, sparaxis and chincherinchees have become favourites in gardens throughout the world. An easy-to-use format divides the country into three main wildflower regions, Grassland and Savannah, Fynbos and Namaqualand, grouping the species into each region. Each of the almost 900 species is illustrated and described, with information on its common and scientific names, habitat, distribution map, flowering times and local uses. 352pp, SOUTH AFRICA. BRIZA.

South Africa boasts more than 1000 species of bird, from the unmistakable ostrich to the secretive Knysna loerie and rare visitors like the tropic birds, which are usually only spotted by the most intrepid of twitchers. This book is a celebration of South Africa's great avian diversity. Arranged in taxonomic order, it provides the reader with fascinating notes about the weird and wonderful lives and habits of many bird families or species. There is information on their appearance, voice, preferred habitat, distribution, feeding behaviour, breeding method and much more. Each family is illustrated with carefully chosen full colour photographs. 208pp, SOUTH AFRICA. BRIZA.

New in paperback. Beinart's major theme is the history of conservationist ideas in South Africa. He focuses largely on the livestock farming districts of the semi-arid Karoo and the neighbouring eastern Cape grasslands, conquered and occupied by white settlers before the middle of the nineteenth century. The Cape, like Australia, became a major exporter of wool. Vast numbers of sheep flooded its plains and rapidly transformed its fragile natural pastures. Cattle also remained vital for ox-wagon transport and internal markets. Concerns about environmental degradation reached a crescendo in the early decades of the twentieth century, when a Dust Bowl of kinds was predicted, and formed the basis for far-reaching state intervention aimed at conserving natural resources. Soil erosion, overstocking, and water supplies stood alongside wildlife protection as the central preoccupations of South African conservationists. The book traces debates about environmental degradation in successive eras of South African history. It offers a reinterpretation of South Africa's economic development, and of aspects of the Cape colonial and South African states. Index, bib, maps, tables, charts, 425pp, UK. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS.

The meanings of the botanical names of South African trees. Gloss, 80pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JACANA MEDIA.

Journey through southern Africa's mesmerising landscapes as climate change sets in: from the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, to capture the last faltering calls of a rain frog that was named after the hobbit Bilbo Baggins, to the wading birds of the West Coast, into the high Arctic tundra for their annual breeding season, before returning to a Cape which is crisping over as drought continues to grip the province. These plants and animals, many of which are unique to the region, continue to do what their ancestors have done for millions of years. Yet the world is shifting its shape around them. In places it is warming and drying, elsewhere the rains come in greater deluges. Some are abandoned by the other plants and animals with which they have cohabited, as species retreat before the onslaught of altered weather patterns. Bib, notes, b/w photos, col tables & charts, 251pp, SOUTH AFRICA. WITWATERSRAND UNIVERSITY PRESS.

This is a new edition of this important work, which was first published in 1969, 33 years after Marais's death. Although he worked on this book during the last years of his life and told friends at the time that he considered it to be his masterpiece, the manuscript was considered lost for many years. Eugene Marais was the first man to conduct a prolonged study of primates in the wild. His study of the chacma baboons in Northern Transvaal's Waterberg led him to the conclusion that mankind's unconscious mentality is in fact the primitive, instinctive mind or psyche, which in the evolutionary process has been crowded out by the development of a reasoning intellect. With an introduction by Robert Ardrey (author of ‘African Genesis’). 192pp, SOUTH AFRICA. HUMAN & ROUSSEAU.

New edition. An engaging study of termites which suggests that the nest as a whole behaves in some ways as a complex animal behaves. A classic of South African writing and selected as one of Africa's 100 Best Books of the Twentieth Century. 175pp, SOUTH AFRICA. HUMAN & ROUSSEAU.

The indigenous Plectranthus from the Southern forests and savannahs are among the gems of South African flora. They are also the answer to every gardener's dream in their natural ability to cope with difficult conditions, above all, shade. In this definitive account for gardeners, indigenous plant enthusiasts, botanists and plant lovers, Ernst van Jaarsveld brings together every-thing known about these plants and tells us how to grow them, while Vicki Thomas' delightful watercolours recreate their charm on the page. The group's environmental adaptations, ethnic uses, natural reproduction and distribution in southern Africa are also covered, and a key simplifies the species' identification. Notes on each species explain the derivation of the botanical name and give a short description of the plant, including its flowering time, diagnostic features, habitat and cultivation. 176pp, SOUTH AFRICA. FERNWOOD PRESS.

This is a pioneering study of the impact of humans on the environment in the history of South Africa and the role that the environment has played in shaping the history of human development in the country. It is in two parts: The first is a series of local and particular studies, such as the invasion of prickly pear in the Eastern Cape. The second is a series of regional and continental comparisons that bring out both the similarities and differences in the environmental histories of South Africa on the one hand, and South America, South Asia, Australia and the rest of Africa, on the other. x, 326 pp. maps, notes. USA. OHIO U P, 0821414984

The overall objective of the study was to obtain accurate information on the extent, nature and impact of evictions from farms and for this to be used in developing future legislative and programmatic interventions. Its key finding was the vast scale of the problem: almost 1.7 million people were evicted from farms in the last 21 years from 1984. An important contribution to recording the histories of some of South Africa's most marginalised and oppressed people. Bib, apps, charts, tables, b/w photos, 210pp, SOUTH AFRICA. NKUZI DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION.

This volume contributes to ongoing policy debates and an academic understanding of the shifting roles of tourism, development and empowerment in South Africa. Themes include: pro-poor tourism, tourism education, the use of new technologies, investment, nature-based tourism, new products and current barriers to development tourism. BNS, 494pp, SOUTH AFRICA. AFRICA INSTITUTE OF SOUTH AFRICA.

Contributions on South Africa's responsibilities towards carbon emissions and their reduction. South Africa currently contributes 1.8% of global greenhouse gases, making it one of the worst offenders on the planet and the situation is worsening. 225pp, SOUTH AFRICA. CENTRE FOR CIVIL SOCIETY.

Why can multinationals build Africa's largest dam, and price water at levels that many Johannesburg residents can't afford? Why are illegal electricity connections so common in Soweto? Why is South Africa amongst the world's worst emitters of greenhouse gases? Critical perspectives from ten contributors explore post-apartheid South Africa's 'sustainable development' experience, and on the neo-liberal, market-oriented strategies adopted by central government and most municipalities since democracy dawned in 1994. 475pp, maps, 15 figures & tables, notes, photos, index, SOUTH AFRICA and UK. MERLIN PRESS, 0850365228

South Africa faces a water-shortage and a supply crisis that threatens its development. This detailed study gives up-to-date information on conservation and usage. Index, bib, maps, gloss, 481pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN PRESS.

Covers all the ecological regions, but emphasises the three biomes (the grassland, savannah and karoo) which produce the bulk of the forage supporting the domestic livestock, conservation and game farming industries. Outlines the physiological and ecological principles on which management is based. Tables, glossary, refs, index, 472pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL PRESS.

An overview and analysis of nine coastal and fisheries co-management case studies in South Africa, outlining the concepts and theoretical underpinnings of co-management and examining the policy and legal framework governing coastal and fisheries resource management. x, 358 pp. Glos., index. SOUTH AFRICA. UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN PRESS, 1919713808