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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 ...
Causes and possible solutions to water resource conflicts in the Okavango River Basin: The case of Angola, Namibia and Botswana
(Elsevier, www.elsevier.com, 2004)
This paper reviews available literature concerning water resources use in the Okavango River Basin (ORB). It describes a number of common arguments regarding possibilities for the emergence of violent conflict in and among ...
A preliminary survey and analysis of the spatial distribution of aquatic invertebrates in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(African Journal of Aquatic Science http://www.nisc.co.za/journals?id=2, 2006)
The spatial distribution of aquatic macroinvertebrates in the Okavango River Delta, Botswana, was investigated during the low-water period in February 2003. This complements an earlier study undertaken during high-water ...
Communicating integrated water resources management: from global discourse to local practice - chronicling an experience from the Boteti river sub-basin, Botswana
(Elsevier, http://www.elsevier.com, 2008)
The Boteti River is an ephemeral outflow of the Okavango River. It lies in the north-western part of Botswana where about 25,000 people reside across a number of widely scattered villages and informal settlements. The ...
Woody vegetation resource changes around selected settlement along aridity gradient in the Kalahari, Botswana
(Elsevier Science Ltd, http://www.elsevier.com/locate/cag, 2002-07-22)
This paper investigated changes in economically important woody vegetation
resources around seven settlements located along an aridity gradient in the Kalahari. Available data at different rainfall levels were analysed ...
Vegetation cover trends along the Botswana Kalahari transect
(Elsevier; www.elsevier.com/locate/jaridenv, 2003)
Vegetative response aspects of climate change studies include the determination of vegetation cover changes across climatic gradients. Vegetation characteristics and soil moisture measurements were obtained from four ...
Social and ecological factors and land-use land-cover diversity in two provinces in southern Asia
(Taylor & Francis, 2009-10-23)
The trend of land cover (LC) and land cover change (LCC), both in time and space, was investigated at the Simen Mountains National Park (SMNP), a World Heritage Site located in northern Ethiopia, between 1984 and 2003 using ...
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 ...