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Tourism business operators’ perceptions, knowledge and attitudes towards climate change at Victoria Falls
(AOSIS, 2020)
Climate change remains one of the biggest challenges facing the world today and is characterised by extreme weather events such as heatwaves, extreme droughts and floods. Regardless of the threat posed by climate change ...
The challenges experienced by small-scale fishing communities of Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe
(AOSIS, 2020)
Small-scale fisheries play a significant role in enhancing livelihoods, creating employment and contributing to food security especially in developing countries. Rural fishing communities are highly dependent on natural ...
Environmental Stewardship: Confluence of Law and Religion?
(PER/PELJ, 2022)
Why should we bear responsibility for the degradation of the environment? A wide range of responses is on offer to this question. Common to them all is that they are all rooted in one or the other ontological and epistemic ...
Impact of climate change and variability on traditional farming systems : Farmers’ perceptions from south-west, semi-arid Zimbabwe
(OASIS, 2020)
Despite annual climate variability threats, traditional farming in semi-arid Zimbabwe remains entrenched in unproductive, rain-fed agricultural practices. Adaptation strategies by farmers are seemingly failing to mitigate ...
Economic vulnerability to tropical storms on the southeastern coast of Africa
(OASIS, 2020)
Climate change will hit Africa economically hard, not least Southeast Africa. Understanding the impact of extreme climatic events is important for both economic development and climate change policy. Global climatological ...
Challenges faced by rural people in mitigating the effects of climate change in the Mazungunye communal lands, Zimbabwe
(OASIS, 2019)
The phenomenon of climate change is one of the most contested and debated concepts globally. Some governments still deny the existence of climate change and its impact on rural–urban areas around the world. However, the ...
Adapting to climate change: reflections of peasant farmers in Mashonaland West Province of Zimbabwe
(OASIS, 2019)
Climate change is projected to have negative impacts on agricultural production in sub-Saharan Africa and this is likely to continue for decades, unless adaptation measures are implemented. The changing climate is a global ...
Psychological capital and climate change adaptation : empirical evidence from smallholder farmers in South Africa
(OASIS, 2021)
There are calls for better empirical models to inform climate change adaptation in smallholder
agriculture. Hitherto adaptation studies have failed to comprehensively integrate non-cognitive
behavioural factors (e.g. ...
Aligning SDG 13 with South Africa’s development agenda : adaptation policies and institutional frameworks
(OASIS, 2022)
The alignment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with national development
agendas has gained traction since the ratification of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development in September 2015. This article ...
Analysis of trends, recurrences, severity and frequency of droughts using standardised precipitation index : case of OR Tambo District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa
(OASIS, 2022)
South Africa is susceptible to droughts. However, little documentation exists on drought
occurrence in South Africa at national, provincial and municipal administrative boundaries.
This study profiles hydrological drought ...