ABSTRACT
The Bushbuckridge area of South Africa is a complex and sensitive environment of human settlement, commercial agriculture and nature reserves. The town of Bushbuckridge is a small trading and administrative centre approximately midway on a north-south line between Nelspruit, the capital of Mpumalanga Province, and Tzaneen, a major centre of commerce and agriculture in the lowveld1 of Northern Province. The area is bounded on the east by Kruger National Park, one of the world’s largest game parks, and on the west by the sensitive watershed and forests of the Drakensberg.
