Browsing Research articles (ORI) by Subject "Southern Africa"
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Community based natural resource management, tourism and poverty alleviation in southern Africa: what works and what doesn’t work
(David Publishers, http://www.davidpublishing.com, 2013)Community based natural resource management (CBNRM) is perhaps the most important tool for driving community and rural development in southern Africa. The paper therefore analyses the CBNRM framework as a strategy for ... -
Fire activity on drylands and floodplains in the southern Okavango Delta, Botswana
(Elsevier; http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/622855/description#description, 2006-05-08)Satellite imagery derived fire history data for the southern Okavango Delta, Botswana from 1989 to 2003 were used to analyse the temporal and spatial distribution of fires and to assess changes in fire activity. Maximum ... -
A review of the sustainability of Jatropha cultivating projects for biodiesel production in Sothern Africa: implication for energy policy in Botswana
(Science Direct, https://www.sciencedirect.com, 2017-06-09)Jatropha curcas L. biofuel development is considered a strategy for achieving energy security, climate change mitigation, foreign exchange savings and economic development. This paper reviews the experiences of some southern ... -
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 ... -
The tropical African mercury anomaly:lower than expected mercury concentrations in fish and human hair
(Elsevier, 2011)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 ...