Drivers of Degradation of Croplands and Abandoned Lands: A Case Study of Macubeni Communal Land in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
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sustainable land management; system dynamics; leverage points; multi-criteria analysis; rehabilitation; livelihoods;All these keywords.
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