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Scrutinising Multidimensional Challenges in the Maloti-Drakensberg (Lesotho/South Africa)
Sustainability ( IF 3.9 ) Pub Date : 2021-07-30 , DOI: 10.3390/su13158511
Jess Delves , V. Clark , Stefan Schneiderbauer , Nigel Barker , Jörg Szarzynski , Stefano Tondini , João Vidal , Andrea Membretti

The Maloti-Drakensberg (MD) is the largest and highest-elevation mountain system in southern Africa. Covering 40,000 km2 and reaching 3500 m, the MD provides a range of ecosystem services (ES) to the entire southern African region—benefitting diverse users and extending well beyond the mountains. Rapid socioecological change threatens the provision of ES and presents multidimensional challenges to sustainable development. However, the continued land degradation and persisting socioeconomic problems indicate that development policy has not been effective in tackling these issues. In this paper, a multidisciplinary literature review forms the basis of a discussion which takes an ES framing to scrutinise the multidimensional social, political, economic and cultural issues in the study area. Three critical management systems are presented, and their associated ES are discussed, namely, water transfer, rangelands and conservation and tourism. In particular, the diversity of ES uses and values in the MD is considered. The results reveal the main drivers of continued unsustainable development and highlight important information gaps.

中文翻译:

审视 Maloti-Drakensberg(莱索托/南非)的多维挑战

Maloti-Drakensberg (MD) 是南部非洲最大和海拔最高的山脉系统。覆盖 40,000 公里2MD 达到 3500 m,为整个南部非洲地区提供一系列生态系统服务 (ES),使不同的用户受益并远远超出山脉。快速的社会生态变化威胁着 ES 的提供,并对可持续发展提出了多方面的挑战。然而,持续的土地退化和持续存在的社会经济问题表明,发展政策未能有效解决这些问题。在本文中,多学科文献综述构成了讨论的基础,该讨论采用 ES 框架来审视研究领域中的多维社会、政治、经济和文化问题。介绍了三个关键的管理系统,并讨论了它们相关的 ES,即调水、牧场以及保护和旅游。特别是,考虑了 MD 中 ES 用途和价值的多样性。结果揭示了持续不可持续发展的主要驱动因素,并突出了重要的信息差距。
更新日期:2021-07-30
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