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Veld fire reporting and mapping techniques in the Kruger National Park, South Africa, from 1941 to 2011
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: N Govender --- , South Africa O Mutanga --- Department of Geography, South Africa D Ntsala --- , South AfricaFire has long been regarded as a major determinant of ecosystem structure and function within African savannas. Improvements in fire detection, mapping and recordings of fire activity over the past few years have made it possible to provide more reliable... -
Wearing the T-shirt: an exploration of the ideological underpinnings of visual representations of the African body with HIV or AIDS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: AnnwenE BatesThe article takes a hermeneutic approach to exploring a selection of visual representations of the African body in relation to the issue of HIV and AIDS in Africa. In particular, it argues that the trope of 'deficiency' ('lack'), wherein Africa... -
Place Images and Nation Branding in the African Context: Challenges, Opportunities, and Questions for Policy and Research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Nicolas Papadopoulos --- Sprott School of Business, Canada Leila Hamzaoui-Essoussi --- Telfer School of Management, CanadaThis paper examines nation branding in Africa, based on a comprehensive and integrative review of past research. This considers, among others, current place images on the continent in the context of traditional views, which see it as a poor and... -
Community perceptions of tourism in the Tshivhase area of the Limpopo Province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: C.C. Boonzaaier --- Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, J.H.F. Grobler --- Department of Anthropology and Archaeology,In the past, Third World places and peoples have been promoted largely by First World tourism agents who relied heavily on stereotyped images from a colonial past, consequently depriving local communities of opportunities and the right to define their own... -
Land use change and its drivers in Kurt Bahir wetland, north-western Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: G Shewit --- Bahir Dar University, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Ethiopia M Minwyelet --- Bahir Dar University, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Ethiopia M Tesfaye --- Bahir Dar University, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Ethiopia T Lewoye --- Bahir Dar University, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Ethiopia M Ferehiwot --- Bahir Dar University, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, EthiopiaThe effects of land-use change on ecosystem services in Kurt Bahir wetland were investigated during 2013 to 2014 using LANDSAT satellite images from 1973, 1986, 2002 and 2013 to identify and map changes in land-use classes over time. To understand... -
Migratory movement of photo-identified humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae along the southeastern coast of Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: B Tree --- Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa J Olbers --- , South Africa E Seyboth --- Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa SM Seakamela --- , South Africa VG Cockcroft --- Institute for Coastal and Marine Research, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa E Vermeulen --- Mammal Research Institute Whale Unit, University of Pretoria, South Africa KP Findlay --- Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South AfricaThe global conservation of humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae relies on continuous assessments of the populations’ post-whaling status, which in turn require information on population mixing and movements. One of the seven breeding stocks in the Southern Hemisphere, breeding stock C...