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Rural, Non-agricultural Land-use and Rates of Erosion in the Natal Drakensberg

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

Gerald G. Garland
Gerald G. Garland
Affiliation:
Lecturer in Geomorphology, Department of Geography, University of Natal, Durban 4001, Natal, South Africa.
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Land erosion in wilderness, conservation, and recreational, areas may be accelerated by certain non-agricultural land management practices. Examples from the Natal Drakensberg are used to demonstrate how certain types of land modification—such as burning, the construction of unpaved access roads, and the creation of paths and tracks—may result in rapid acceleration of erosion rates.

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Environmental Conservation , Volume 6 , Issue 4 , Winter 1979 , pp. 273 - 276
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Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1979

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