ABSTRACT
The Stimulating Community Initiatives in Sustainable Land Management (SCI-SLM) project in South Africa sought to identify ways in which communities are managing their natural resources creatively without significant assistance from external sources. Communities practice their own initiatives that contribute to effective SLM whilst unknowingly following certain rules and regulations set by government on improved SLM approaches. This chapter looks at the four community initiatives, and includes the methodology used in selecting and upscaling the initiatives. It provides three case studies: first one describes two closely related community initiatives the productive management of an invasive tree species in KwaSobabili and the resultant adoption of the same practice by the neighbouring Mathamo Community. The second one examines the rehabilitation and protection of indigenous forest in Gudwini community. The third explains regarding improved grazing land management and its effects on the control of cattle theft by Amavimbela.
