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- W2291463936 abstract "The Food, Energy, Water, Land and Biodiversity (FEWLB) Nexus approach provides a framework that captures the increasing demands on shared resources, and emerging constraints to local economic development and the Green Economy in stressed systems such as the Berg River Catchment (BRC) in the Western Cape Province. The BRC is characterized by intensive agricultural production and processing for the local and export market, critical dependence of irrigation agriculture and urban users (including the Greater Cape Town Metropolitan area) on the highly managed water supply system, significantly transformed land and high rates of loss and threat to the exceptional biodiversity of terrestrial, riverine and estuarine ecosystems. High rates of urban expansion and population growth demand strong economic growth and job creation, but this will only be possible and sustainable with careful consideration and analysis of resource needs and impacts, and possible trade-offs – the FEWLB Nexus can form the conceptual basis for the development of strategic integrated decision making tools. In the BRC, agriculture has benefitted greatly from the use of land, water and biodiversity, but has also had negative consequences for these resources. The Nexus approach identifies numerous opportunities for this sector to contribute meaningfully to water quality improvement initiatives, clearing of alien invasive plants on farmland and riverbanks, protection of remaining valuable natural vegetation, use of conservation farming methods, more efficient water use practices, waste-to-energy (biogas) production, and wind/solar power generation for on-farm use and for the grid. In return, agriculture needs an assured supply and quality of water, and an assured supply of energy to sustain production for economic gain and food security. The economically important food and agriculture-related manufacturing value chains are sensitive to supply and reliability of water and energy, and to water quality. Resource scarcity or instability of supply has knock-on impacts from production to the tertiary sector in the rural economy – and significant impacts on jobs. The fact that these sub-sectors have been specifically identified for growth and job creation potential in both District Municipalities (and across the Province) requires careful analysis of the Nexus inter-linkages. Energy generation is low in the BRC but current (under construction and planned) wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) projects will eventually make a significant contribution to provincial energy demand. Agro-processing in the BRC is energy intensive and sensitive to supply and pricing instability. The Western Cape Water Supply System (WCWSS) comprises a complex network of infrastructure with a high reliance on energy for" @default.
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- W2291463936 title "The Food-Energy-Water-Land-Biodiversity (FEWLB) Nexus and Local Economic Development in the Berg River Catchment: Framework and Description" @default.
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