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Essential mineral content of common fish species in Chanoga, Okavango Delta, Botswana
(Academic Jornals, http://www.academicjournals.org, 2015-11-30)
Developing countries remain overwhelmed by nutritional problems caused mainly by poverty, natural disasters and political instabilities. The aim of this study was to determine essential mineral content of some common fish ...
Contending claims over access to fisheries: a case study of the Okavango Delta Panhandle, Botswana
(Canadian Center of Science and Education, http://www.ccsenet.org, 2013-02-26)
Fishing is one of the key livelihood activities in the Okavango Delta in Botswana. Subsistence fishers,
commercial fishers and tourist lodge operators derive material and non-material benefits from fishery. However open ...
Assessment of risk factors associated with malaria transmission in Tubu Village, Northern Botswana
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, http://www.hindawi.com/journals/mrt/, 2014-03-16)
This study investigated potential risk factors associated with malaria transmission in Tubu village, Okavango subdistrict, a malaria endemic area in northern Botswana. Data was derived from a census questionnaire survey, ...
Aquatic ecosystem responses to fire and flood size in the Okavango Delta: observations from the seasonal floodplains
(Springer, http://www.springer.com, 2010-07-19)
The frequency of fires in the Okavango Delta seasonal floodplains peaked at an intermediate frequency of flooding. Floodplains are commonly burnt every 3–5 years. This study showed fundamental changes in ecosystem properties ...
Tropical wetlands: seasonal hydrologic pulsing, carbon sequestration and methane emissions
(Springer, http://www.springer.com, 2010)
This paper summarizes the importance of climate on tropical wetlands. Regional hydrology and carbon dynamics in many of these wetlands could shift with dramatic changes in these major carbon storages if the inter-tropical ...
Relative effects of visualized and verbal presentation methods in communicating environmental information among stakeholders: Okavango Delta, Botswana
(http://www.informaworld.com, 2011-04-12)
The present study examined the relative effectiveness of 2 public instructional
communication methods in improving selected predictors of knowledge-sharing
behaviors among communities in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. A ...
Economic analysis of the preferences and perceptions of tourists in the Okavango Delta, Botswana: implications for rural development
(University of Botswana; www.ub.bw, 2016-08)
The Okavango Delta, Botswana is one of the renowned inland deltas in the world. The Delta was declared a Ramsar and World Heritage sites in 1997 and 2014, respectively. This pristine wilderness habitat attracts international ...
Response of a seasonal floodplain vegetation communities and soil nutrient status to flood variation in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(University of Botswana; www.ub.bw, 2013-05)
Globally many seasonal floodplain ecosystems experience flooding regime variation leading to variation in vegetation community composition and distribution and soil nutrient status. The Okavango Delta natural flooding ...
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 ...
Changes on traditional livelihood activities and lifestyles caused by tourism development in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(Elsevier, 2010-09-05)
The Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) program in Botswana aims at achieving
conservation and rural development. In the Okavango Delta, some communities are involved in tourism
through CBNRM to improve ...