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dc.contributor.authorDarkoh, Michael B.K.
dc.contributor.authorMbaiwa, Joseph E.
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-26T12:35:02Z
dc.date.available2023-06-26T12:35:02Z
dc.date.issued2014-10-15
dc.identifier.citationDarkoh M.B.K.& Mbaiwa J.E. (2014) Okavango Delta – A Kalahari oasis under environmental threats. Journal of Biodiversity & Endangered Species, Vo.2, No.4, pp. 1-6en_US
dc.identifier.issn2332 2543 (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10311/2493
dc.description.abstractWetlands all over the world are continuously faced with enormous environmental threats. The Okavango, a Kalahari hotspot, is not an exception. This research article provides a description of the environmental threats facing the Okavango Delta, a major wetland in northern Botswana. The article is based on field evidence and synthesis of available information on the past and current state of the environment in the Delta. It is argued that the Okavango Delta has during the last few decades attracted many stakeholders with divergent interests and land use activities which together with the added impact of natural factors such as climate variability, climate change and tectonic activities in the area have slowly been transforming and causing damage to the ecosystem and its sustainability. It is emphasised that there is an urgent need to expedite the implementation of the Okavango Delta Management Plan (ODMP), if the Okavango Delta is not to end up becoming a salt pan.en_US
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dc.publisherOmics International, https://www.omicsonline.orgen_US
dc.rightsThis is an open-access editorial distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.en_US
dc.subjectWetlandsen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental threatsen_US
dc.subjectKalahari oasisen_US
dc.subjectHotspoten_US
dc.subjectOkavango deltaen_US
dc.subjectODMPen_US
dc.titleOkavango Delta – A Kalahari oasis under environmental threatsen_US
dc.typePublished Articleen_US
dc.rights.holderThe authorsen_US
dc.linkhttps://www.omicsonline.org/peer-reviewed/okavango-delta-a-kalahari-oasis-under-environmental-threats-33685.htmlen_US


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