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The role of human factors in the degradation of natural resources in and around the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(Taylor & Francis, http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00207233.asp, 2007)
This paper draws on archival information, anecdotal evidence from local communities, in situ observations
during field investigation and multi-date remotely sensed satellite imagery. The authors
investigated the role of ...
Fire and its influence on microbial community structure and soil biochemical properties in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(Academic Journals. http://www.academicjournals.org/SRE, 2007)
The influence of wild fires on microbial community structure, soil organic matter, sulphur oxidising and
nitrifying microbial populations in the floodplains of the Okavango Delta of Botswana was assessed.
Microbial ...
Deltamethrin in sediment samples of the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(Water SA Pretoria; Water Research Commission; http://www.wrc.org.za/, 2006-10)
Deltamethrin concentrations were determined in 35 sediment samples collected from three different habitats: channel, lagoon and pool sites from Xakanaxa in the Okavango Delta, NW Botswana. The samples were Soxhlet-extracted ...
Enclave tourism and its socio-economic impacts in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(Elsevier http://www.doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2003.11.005, 2005)
This paper draws on the dependency paradigm to explain the development of enclave tourism and its socio-economic impacts in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Using both primary and secondary data source, the study indicates ...
Cryptic indicators of provenance from the geochemistry of the Okavango Delta sediments, Botswana
(Elsevier www.elsevier.com/locate/sedgeo, 2005)
The siliciclastic sediments of the Okavango inland Delta of northwest Botswana have a modal composition of quartz arenites
and result from a complex history, including transport by river and deposition in a nascent rift ...
Desiccation of the Gomoti River: Biophysical process and indigenous resource management in Northern Botswana
(Elsevier http://www.doi:10.1016/j.jaridenv.2005.02.001, 2005)
For at least 200 years, Gomoti River people and their neighbours lived interactively with the Okavango flood pulse system, travelling widely in dugout canoes, practicing flood recession agriculture, fishing, hunting, and ...