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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 ... -
Water use practices, water quality, and households' diarrheal encounters in communities along the Boro-Thamalakane-Boteti river system, Northern Botswana
(BioMed Central; https://jhpn.biomedcentral.com, 2015-11-18)Abstract Background: Some rural African communities residing along rivers use the untreated river water for domestic purposes, making them vulnerable to waterborne diseases such as diarrhea. Methods: We determined water ... -
Weed species composition and diversity in flood recession farming in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2019-02)Globally, flood recession farming is practiced in wetlands such as lakes, floodplains, swamps and rivers. Major wetlands where flood recession is practiced include the Dianchi and Kunming lakes in China, the Yunnan ... -
What difference does literacy make among adult learners? impact of adult basic education programme in a rural community in Botswana
(Sage; https://journals.sagepub.com/, 2021-04-19)Functional education and human development are not mutually exclusive. To achieve an all-round development, the fourth Sustainable Development Goal partly emphasizes the need to ‘...promote lifelong learning opportunities ... -
What difference does literacy make among adult learners? Impact of adult basic education programme in a rural community in Botswana
(Sage; https://journals.sagepub.com/, 2021-04-19)Functional education and human development are not mutually exclusive. To achieve an all-round development, the fourth Sustainable Development Goal partly emphasizes the need to ‘. . . promote lifelong learning opportunities ... -
Whither sustainable rural development?: A critical exploration of remote communities in and around the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(Galician Association of Researchers for Rural Development, http://www.sjruraldevelopment.org (Asociación Gallega de Investigadores para el Desarrollo Rural (AGAIDERU).), 2014)Rural areas constitute the critical mass, which drives economic growth and development in many developing countries. They contribute mainly to manpower and the production of industrial raw materials needed in urban centers. ... -
Will reconnecting ecosystems allow long-distance mammal migrations to resume? A case study of a zebra Equus burchelli migration in Botswana
(Fauna & Flora International, 2010-04-07)Terrestrial wildlife migrations, once common, are now rare because of ecosystem fragmentation and uncontrolled hunting. Botswana historically contained migratory populations of many species but habitat fragmentation, ... -
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 ... -
Youth and environmentally responsible consumer behaviour: the case of plastic bag usage in Botswana
(Botswana Journal of African Studies, https://journals.ub.bw/, 2019-05-13)Plastic bags are versatile, lightweight and flexible, and this has led to consumers having an insatiable appetite for the consumption of plastic shopping bags. To influence consumer behaviour, the Government of Botswana ...