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ArticleJamba (Potchefstroom, South Africa)2019

Assessment of impact of land use change on the wetland in Makhitha village, Limpopo province, South Africa.

Mpho D Phethi, Jabulani R Gumbo

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Article in Jamba (Potchefstroom, South Africa), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Machine learning models for wetland habitat vulnerability in mature Ganges delta.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mpho D PhethiDepartment of Ecology and Resource Management, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9340-6880
Jabulani R GumboDepartment of Hydrology and Water Resource Management, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8967-3858
University of Venda · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Wetlands are essential for the natural function of an ecosystem, by regulating floods and remaining as a source of water supply. However, land use changes are the main forces behind wetland deterioration worldwide, including South Africa. In this article, we report on the impact of land use changes at the Makhitha wetland, Limpopo province, South Africa. The data was collected using techniques such as ecological survey, socio-economic survey and interpretation of satellite images obtained between 1978 and 2004. The study findings revealed that factors such as poverty and population growth were the driving forces behind wetland mismanagement. The cultivation of crops, grazing of livestock and road construction were the main land use activities that were practised in the wetland, which contributed to wetland deterioration, a disaster that can be mitigated. The study then recommended strategies such as environmental education, fencing and land use planning to resolve the problem of land use changes, in order to contribute to sustainable wetland management.

Indexed as

Environmental AwarenessLand UsePovertySubsistence FarmingWetland Degradation

Identifiers

PMID31308888
PMCPMC6620547
OpenAlexW2954594089

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