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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 ...
The challenges of supplying water to small, scattered communities in the Lower Okavango Basin (LOB), Ngamiland, Botswana: An evaluation of government policy and performance
(Elsevier, www.elsevier.com/locate/pce, 2007)
Supplying adequate water and sanitation facilities to small, scattered rural communities and/or large, fast growing settlements in
remote areas is a challenge not easily met anywhere in the world. This article focuses on ...
Communicating integrated water resources management: From global discourse to local practice – Chronicling an experience from the Boteti River sub-Basin, Botswana
(Elsevier, www.elsevier.com/locate/pce, 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 ...
Access to water in gazetted and ungazetted rural settlements in Ngamiland, Botswana
(Elsevier, www.elsevier.com/locate/pce, 2006)
Lack of access to safe or improved water supply in developing countries is a major global concern, since water is a basic need for
sustenance. Programmes aimed at improving access to safe water have been implemented in ...
Community based natural resource management and social sustainability in Ngamiland, Botswana
(Botswana Society, http://www.botsoc.org.bw, 2005)
This paper examines the impact of Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) in Ngamiland over the past ten years. It shows that CBNRM has made some strides in strengthening and creating new organisations/ ...
Transactional sex relations among tertiary education students in the urban-village of Maun, Botswana
(Botswana Notes and Records;http://journals.ub.bw/index.php/bnr/, 2017-07-05)
In southern Africa, multiple factors in given societal contexts motivate transactional sexual relations among women and men. The purpose of this study is to assess socio-economic and cultural factors that influence ...
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 ...
Traditional innovations: an analysis of traditional land-use and management institutions of Ngamiland, Botswana
(University of Botswana, www.ub.ac.bw, 2019-10)
Mounting global dependence on natural resources has exacerbated natural resource depletion,
land degradation and poverty levels worldwide. Scientists and planners acknowledging that
science does not have all the answers ...