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Potential impacts of biofuel development on food security in Botswana: A contribution to energy policy
(Elsevier, www.elsevier.com/locate/enpol, 2012-04)
Biofuel development continues to be a critical development strategy in Africa because it promises to be an important part of the emerging bio-economy. However, there is a growing concern that the pattern of biofuel development ...
Conflict resolution and management between local fishers and tour operators in the Okavango Delta's panhandle, Botswana
(Scientific Research Publishing, http://www.scirp.org/, 2015-04-22)
Conflicts among different fisher groups are a global concern, and the Okavango Delta fishery is no
exception, which is composed of commercial, subsistence and recreational fishers. Possibly due to
conflicting value/use ...
The tropical African mercury anomaly:lower than expected mercury concentrations in fish and human hair
(Elsevier, 2011)
Mercury is a neurotoxin and global pollutant, and wetlands and newly flooded areas are known to be sites of enhanced production of monomethylmercury, the form of mercury that is readily biomagnified in aquatic food chains ...
The tropical African mercury anomaly: lower than expected mercury concentrations in fish and human hair
(Elsevier, 2011-02-20)
Mercury is a neurotoxin and global pollutant, and wetlands and newly flooded areas are known to be sites of enhanced production of monomethylmercury, the form of mercury that is readily biomagnified in aquatic food chains ...
Influence of the annual flood-pulse on catch per unit effort, condition and reproduction of Clarias gariepinus from the upper Okavango Delta, Botswana
(Tailor and Francis Online; https://www.tandfonline.com, 2016-03-07)
Catch per unit effort (CPUE), length, weight and maturity data for Clarias gariepinus were collected during monthly gillnet surveys in the upper Okavango Delta between 2001 and 2009 to investigate their relationship with ...
Classical fisheries theory and inland (floodplain) fisheries management; is there need for a paradigm shift? lessons from the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(Fisheries and Aquaculture Journal; https://www.omicsonline.org, 2014-07-29)
This paper reviews the fisheries management question of inland (floodplain) systems in the developing world and proposes a paradigm shift in approach. Inland fisheries management is largely based on classical fisheries ...