Addressing land degradation in the basin

Summary

As part of the project “Integrated Transboundary River Basin Management for the Sustainable Development of the Limpopo River Basin,” LIMCOM has identified four pilot sites -- one each in the four Riparian States for the implementation of the Sustainable Land Management (SLM) demonstration pilots.

Land degradation is one of the environmental problems affecting the Limpopo River Basin, resulting in the reduction of ecosystem productivity, widespread poverty, and poor health status of the basin population.

As part of the project “Integrated Transboundary River Basin Management for the Sustainable Development of the Limpopo River Basin,” LIMCOM has identified four pilot sites — one each in the four Riparian States for the implementation of the Sustainable Land Management (SLM) demonstration pilots.

The four pilot sites that have been identified to serve as models for upscaling and replication are the Mogobane Dam in Botswana; the Massingir Dam in Mozambique; the Mapochs in South Africa; and the Guyu-Chelesa in Zimbabwe.

In this interview, Ms. Joyce Dube from Dabane Trust, our local partner in Zimbabwe implementing the SLM activities at Guyu-Chelesa shares some insights and experiences in this critical initiative.