The INR’s Agriculture & Rural Livelihoods team is currently implementing two initiatives at Inhlazuka, a rural community near Richmond, KwaZulu-Natal. The first is part of the SANBI-funded Umgeni Resilience Project…
The Chyulu Hills are an iconic landscape located in the world-famous Amboseli-Tsavo ecosystem in south Eastern Kenya. These hills provide a variety of ecosystem services which underpin the livelihoods of…
Land degradation is a major issue in Lesotho and has implications for both livelihoods and government. Currently, ecosystem services are being lost through poor management practices and many of the…
All outputs and resources for this project are available at the Buffer Zone Information Hub
This short project aims to identify major impacts to hydrological systems in the Upper Kinyeti River watershed brought about through land use changes in the catchment, and then identify vulnerabilities…
The Institute of Natural Resources (NPC) has been contracted by the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) to undertake a baseline study and environmental water requirements assessment of the Senqu River,…
There is a clear challenge with respect to the link between development and sustainable wetland management. The challenge is to maintain and reinstate the functions of South Africa’s wetlands in…
This project is a very brief assessment of water security and water insecurity in the Greater uMngeni River Basin – the main issues; the causes and consequences of these issues,…
Strategic Water Source Areas (SWSA) are areas that supply a disproportionally high volume of surface runoff relative to the area they occupy. These “Water Towers” cover 8% of South Africa…
The INR was awarded a research project through a Water Research Commission (WRC) solicited call entitled: “CONCEPT NOTE 10 : A Research Framework to accurately determine the financial impact of…