Understanding Effective Soil Management: Key Practices and Metrics for a Successful Audit.
Effective soil management is essential for boosting farming productivity, supporting crop health, enhancing water retention, and maintaining ecosystem balance. Within the SIZA Environmental Standard, soil management is key in ensuring farm sustainability and audit compliance. While soil enhancement practices can be adapted based on specific conditions, common techniques such as soil health assessments, erosion control, nutrient management, and minimising compaction are widely used to promote soil health and prevent degradation.
Essential Methods, Training, and Planning for Effective Management of Alien Plant Clearing
Alien plant species are introduced, intentionally or unintentionally, to an area where they do not naturally occur. Once these species begin to spread and establish themselves beyond their initial point of introduction, they are classified as invasive alien plant (IAP) species.
Tread carefully when using fire for IAP control
Invasive alien plants (IAPs) can have numerous impacts on biodiversity, ecosystems and society in South Africa.
Invasive Alien Plants – look to the mountains
Invasive Alien Plants (IAPs) have invaded large areas of South Africa, resulting in numerous negative impacts on indigenous biodiversity and local ecosystems.
Break the cycle of illegal windbreaks
Invasive alien plant species (IAPs) are species whose introduction and/or spread outside their natural distribution threaten biological diversity.
Verwydering van uitheemse indringerplante (IAP’s)
Indringerplante, of IAP’s, is plante wat nie natuurlik voorkom in ‘n spesifieke gebied nie en dikwels ‘n beduidende negatiewe impak op die omgewing het deur habitatvernietiging te veroorsaak, die beskikbaarheid van water te verminder, en die risiko en intensiteit van veldbrande te verhoog.
Clearing of invasive alien plants (IAPs)
Invasive alien plants, or IAPs, are plants that are not native to a specific area and often have a significant negative impact on the environment by causing habitat destruction, reducing the availability of water, and increasing the risk and intensity of wildfires.
How do auditors assess compliance in terms of invasive alien plant management?
Auditors should familiarise themselves with the different types of invasive alien plants (IAPs) that are commonly found on farms, and their different categories as defined by the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act 10 of 2004 (NEMBA).
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