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Success factors in community based natural resources management in northern Botswana: Lessons from practice
(Blackwell Publishing, www.blackwellpublishing.com, 2005-08-08)
The article explores and examines challenges and lessons learned from the implementation of community based natural resources management (CBNRM) programmes in Ngamiland, northern Botswana. The article, based largely on ...
Cryptic indicators of provenance from the geochemistry of the Okavango Delta sediments, Botswana
(Elsevier; http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/503361/description#description, 2005)
[Please note that chemical formulae do not display properly]:The siliciclastic sediments of the Okavango inland Delta of northwest Botswana have a modal composition of quartz arenites and result from a complex history, ...
Results from the EO-1 experiment - A comparative study of Earth Observing-1 Advanced Land Imager (ALI) and Landsat ETM+ data for land cover mapping in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(Taylor & Francis; http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/01431161.asp, 2005-10)
The Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite acquired a sequence of data in 2001 and 2002 that highlighted the annual flooding of the lower Okavango Delta. The data were collected as part of the calibration/validation programme ...
The economic contribution of safari hunting to rural livelihoods in the Okavango: The case of Sankuyo village
(Botswana Society, 2005)
This study aimed at assessing the economic contribution of safari hunting to rural livelihoods
in the Okavango Delta in Botswana, using Sankuyo village as a case study. This study was carried out between June and July ...
Early maps of Ngamiland and the Okavango delta
(Botswana Society, http://www.botsoc.org.bw, 2005)
During the years 1849 to 1900 the first maps of (portions of) the Okavango Delta region in
Ngamiland were produced by missionaries, explorers, travellers and adventurers. Considerable
progress was made from the first ...
Preliminary land-use and land-cover mapping in the upper Okavango basin and implications for the Okavango delta
(Botswana Society, 2005)
Image processing in the upper Okavango catchment resulted in ten generalised classes which
may be used as base line data for monitoring future overall land-use/cover change assessments
over the entire upper catchment. ...
Community attitudes and perceptions towards urban ecological issues in Maun and Gaborone, Botswana
(Botswana Society, 2005)
This paper is derived from a broader study that examined community attitudes and perceptions
towards ecological issues in Maun and Gaborone to determine how these could be harnessed
towards ecologically sustainable urban ...
Islands in the Okavango delta as sinks of water-borne nutrients
(Botswana Society, 2005)
Groundwater under islands in the Okavango Delta is a known sink of inorganic dissolved minerals, preventing salinisation of this virtually enclosed evaporation-dominated hydrological system. The Okavango Delta is an ...
Aspects of seasonal dynamics of flooding in the Okavango delta
(Botswana Society, 2005)
Seasonal changes in inundation area and peak flood occurrence in the Okavango Delta are analysed using a multiple regression technique. The multiple regression models developed constitute useful and simple tools for ...
The impact of extreme flooding of the okavango river on the livelihood of the molapo farming community of Tubu village, Ngamiland Sub-district, Botswana
(Botswana Society, 2005)
This paper presents the results of a study carried out on the impact of the recent (2004) severe flooding of the Okavango River on the livelihood of the molapo (flood recession) farming community of Tubu village in Ngamiland ...