Managing wetlands for disaster risk reduction: A case study of the eastern Free State, South Africa.

摘要: This article investigated the knowledge and practice of a nature-based solution to reduce disaster risks drought, veld fires floods using wetlands in eastern Free State, South Africa. A mixed research method approach was used collect primary data three collection tools, namely questionnaires, interviews field observations. Ninety-five under communal private ownership as well few protected areas were sampled, with their users completing questionnaires. The study showed that more degraded, while commercial farms good ecological state. An extensive literature review reveals healthy are effective buffers reducing such which recurrent area. Therefore, through better land-use management practices, backed by education awareness, could be instruments mitigate natural hazards agriculturally dominated State