Closing address
One theme expressed most often is the idea of a 'go slow' approach. It has been stated in various ways: 'You may be better off to leave the swamp alone until all the necessary research is complete' and 'Don't push the System to produce beyond its normal capabilities; to do so you must add energy, and this tends to degrade the System'. Additional research and planning should be conducted that would support future land-use decisions of the Okavango Delta. This research should be goal-oriented research, arrived at after extensive dialogue between the decision-makers and researchers. It could be aimed at examining what future research should be done to ensure final objective and sustained utilization of the Delta.
Proceedings of the Symposium on the Okavango Delta and its future utilization
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