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Water balance and infiltration in a seasonal floodplain in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(Springer link, http://link.springer.com, 2006)
Water balance in a seasonal floodplain in the Okavango Delta, Botswana was determined for three years (1997–1999). There was no surface outflow, and infiltration to ground water was very large (4.7–9.7 m during 90–175 days ...
Water resources management in Botswana: balancing sustainability and economic development
(Springer, http://www.springer.com, 2006)
Botswana is a rapidly developing country in southern Africa. Over the last three decades, diamond mining and tourism have provided double-digit rates of economic growth. Yet most of Botswana’s land is in the Kalahari desert ...
More woody plants? the status of bush encroachment in Botswana's grazing areas
(ScienceDirect, www.sciencedirect.com, 2002)
the cattle-dominated grazing areas of Botswana. Bush encroachment species – for instance Acacia tortilis, A. erubescens,
A. mellifera, Dichrostachys cinerea, Grewia flava, and Terminalia sericea –are increasing in cover ...
Pathways of human sprawl in wilderness buffer zones
(Springer, http://www.springer.com, 2006)
Intensification of human sprawl in buffer zones of globally important African wilderness areas is of worldwide concern. The paper identifies two major conflicting (yet potentially reconcilable) pathways of rural sprawl in ...
Groundwater investigation in semi-arid developing countries, using simple GIS tools to facilitate interdisciplinary decision making under poorly mapped conditions: The Boteti area of the Kalahari region in Botswana
(Elsevier www.elsevier.com/locate/jag, 2007)
Locating additional long-term groundwater resources in semi-arid regions of developing countries with growing populations is
an expensive undertaking. Simple geographic information system (GIS) techniques can be utilised ...
The Okavango: whose Delta is it?
(Elsevier www.elsevier.com/locate/pce, 2009)
The Okavango Delta is amongst the largest Ramsar sites (http://www.ramsar.org/sitelist.pdf) in the world and an important wetland for community livelihoods, conservation and tourism in Botswana. Over the
years, the ...
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 ...
Impact on water quality of land uses along Thamalakane-Boteti River: an outlet of the Okavango Delta
(Elsevier, 2008-07-08)
Botswana is a semiarid
country and yet has one of the world’s famous wetlands:
the Okavango Delta. The Thamalakane-
Boteti River is one of the Delta’s outlets. The water quality of the Thamalakane-Boteti
River was ...
HIV/AIDS, home care and human waste disposal in Botswana
(Botswana Society, 2005)
Batswana have been hard-hit by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The Botswana government has
initiated the Community Home-Based Care programme to provide material support for
HIV/AIDS patients cared for at home by family members ...
Interactions between fire and flooding in a southern African floodplain system (Okavango Delta, Botswana)
(Springer: http://www.springerlink.com, 2006)
A series of 98 satellite images was analysed to reconstruct the fire and flood history of a floodplain system in
southern Africa(Okavango Delta, Botswana). The data was used to investigate interactions between fire and ...