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“Where there is water there is fish” – Small-scale inland fisheries in Africa: dynamics and importance
(2015)
The importance of fish, and in particular small fish, for sustainable and healthy livelihoods in Africa, as well as their strong relationship with climate driven water dynamics are generally undervalued and little understood ...
Water abstraction of invasive Prosopis juliflora and native Senegalia senegal trees: A comparative study in the Great Rift Valley Area, Ethiopia
(Elservier, 2023)
Besides direct water abstraction, natural water scarcity in semi-arid and arid regions may be further exacerbated by human-assisted changes in vegetation composition, including the invasion by non-native plant species. ...
Allometric models for estimating biomass storage and carbon stock potential of Oldeania alpina (K. Schum.) Stapleton forests of south-western Ethiopia.
(Elsevier, 2023-02)
Ethiopia has the largest bamboo resource base in Africa. However, due to the lack of species-specific models, little is known about the biomass storage, carbon stock and sequestration potential of bamboo forests. Here, ...
Community Perspective on State Forest Management Regime and its Implication on Forest Sustainability: A Case Study of Chobe Forest Reserve, Botswana
(Taylor & Francis Online, 2020-01-31)
Forest management regimes have evolved worldwide over time in a quest to protect and conserve forests. This paper analysed local communities’ perspectives on the existing management regime for the Chobe Forest Reserve, ...
Livestock predation, household adaptation and compensation policy: a case study of Shorobe village in Northern Botswana
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2012)
Human-wildlife conflict is a worldwide phenomenon. Through a household survey supplemented by informal interviews, this study attempts to understand the dynamics of livestock predation by carnivores at village level in ...
Firewood Utilisation and Its Implication on Trees around Mopipi Village in Boteti Sub-District of Botswana.
(2018-09-13)
A household survey was done to assess the number of people using firewood in order to determine the amount of available firewood, its rate of utilisation and the distance travelled per selected household. There are a total ...
Bee species diversity and nesting sites in cultivated savannah, northern Zimbabwe.
(Taylor & Francis Online, 2022-06-09)
Bees play key roles in savannah ecosystems but face myriad threats. A combination of flower sweep netting and visual observations was used to determine bee-species diversity and preferred nesting sites in five villages in ...
Spatial refuges buffer landscapes against homogenisation and degradation by large herbivore populations and facilitate vegetation heterogeneity.
(Sabinet African Journals, 2017-08-16)
Environmental heterogeneity across savanna landscapes, including different seasonal resources at different distances to water, may play a critical role in maintaining the size and diversity of wildlife populations and the ...
Evaluation of national disaster management strategy and planning for flood management and impact reduction in Gaborone, Botswana
(Elsevier, 2022-05)
Floods and droughts are the most common natural disasters that have and continue to result in huge economic losses and loss of life across southern Africa. Flood disasters come about due to intersection of flood waters ...
Germination studies on seeds of Burkea africana and Erythrophleum africanum from Kazuma Forest Reserve, Northern Botswana
(Academic Journals, 2020-09)
Burkea africana and Erythrophleum africanum are characterized by seed coat-imposed dormancy that prevents water entry and gaseous exchange, which are essential for the germination process. The objective of this study was ...