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2014. Young People in Namibia: an analysis of the 2011 Population and Housing Census.
… Young People in Namibia: an analysis of the 2011 Population and Housing Census. Windhoek. … Young People in Namibia an analysis of the 2011 Population and Housing Census …
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| Young People in Namibia.pdf | 6.14 MB |
2004. Number of people per constituency and number of people per household in 2001 in the Kavango region.
… Number of people per constituency and number of people per household in 2001 in the Kavango region. From 2001 population census. Origin: CSO, Namibia. … Number of people per constituency and number of people per household in 2001 in the …
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| People per constituency 2001_Kavango.xls | 17 KB |
1996. The rights of indigenous peoples - the Kxoe people of Namibia.
… The rights of indigenous peoples - the Kxoe people of Namibia …
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| The Kxoe of Namibia.pdf | 26.72 MB |
1998. Wildlife Conservation Strategies in Southern Africa that Empower the People. Human Dimensions of Wildlife (3) 47-58
… When the welfare of people is enhanced by wildlife, then the people cannot afford to live without wildlife. If wildlife is a problem, people will not afford to protect them. Wildlife have been alienated from Africans since the …
Website link:https://doi.org/10.1080/10871209809359114
2013. Indigenous peoples and climate change in Africa - Report on case studies of Namibia's Topnaar and Hai||om Communities.
… This study examines the impact of climate change on indigenous people and their strategies for adapting to climate change. Such a study is necessary because it … research is needed to better understand the particular challenges and changes that indigenous peoples face in relation to climate change, and to understand the local and traditional knowledge that informs their adaptation strategies. Case studies in Namibia were undertaken in partnership with Charapa Consultants for the World Bank's Trust Fund …
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| Indigenous peoples and climate change in Africa.pdf | 1.65 MB |
2004. Overall pressure on natural resources as a result of the combined presence of people, livestock, the clearing of land and frequent burnt in the Kavango Region.
… Overall pressure on natural resources as a result of the combined presence of people, livestock, the clearing of land and frequent burnt in the Kavango Region. Five variables were used: density of people, cattle, goats, land cleared for crops, and frequency of burning. Each variable was … of pressure. The low class was given a value of 1 and allocated to areas with less than 6 people, 4 cattle and 6 goats per square kilometre (km2), that had burnt in less than 4 out of 13 …
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| Kavango pressure on resources_2004.zip | 39.14 KB |
2008. Designing future technologies for disabled people in a developing country. IST-Africa 2008 Conference Proceedings, 07-09 May 2008 2008 14
… Both the physical and virtual aspects of our current society are designed for able-bodied people. This means that very often people with disabilities are excluded from participation and faces barriers to living … paper looks at how current urban environments in a developing country can be altered to include people with disabilities and how future urban environments should be designed to bring about an …
Website link:http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3253
2012. Empowering Local People through Community-based Resource Monitoring: a Comparison of Brazil and Namibia. Ecology and Society 17 (4) 22
… systems are implemented in many countries and often depend on the participation of local people. It has been suggested that these systems empower local participants while promoting … in indigenous lands and sustainable development reserves in Brazilian Amazonia and one in Namibian Caprivi conservancies, analyzing the strategies adopted and conditions that facilitated … communities, and collaboration by stakeholders. The wide range of strategies to empower local people included intensifying local participation, linking them to local education, feeding …
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| Empowering Local People through Community_based Resource Monitoring_a Comparison of Brazil and Namibia.pdf | 134.02 KB |
2003. The impact of nature conservation on the San: A case study of Etosha National Park. San and the State: Contesting Land, Development, Identity and Representation Hohmann T 39-88
… or game reserves during the last century. The national park concept includes the idea that people do not live within the protected area, nor consume its resources. Under the illusion of … tourist attractions. But appearances are deceptive: those areas have become off-limits to local people who have been living on that land for centuries. In Southern Africa, areas of far more … Africa by the establishment of those parks or by nature conservation legislation in general. In Namibia, about 13.6% of the total land area is designated as national parks and game reserves. …
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| The Impact of Nature Conservation on the San_A Case Study of Etosha National Park.pdf | 332.77 KB |
2022. Teaching nonviolent communication to increase empathy between people and toward wildlife to promote human-wildlife coexistence. Conservation Letters e12862
… Promoting human-wildlife coexistence in complex systems where both relationships between people and toward wildlife need to be managed is challenging. We applied nonviolent … of a participatory dialogue program to increase empathic concern toward wildlife and between people to promote human-wildlife coexistence. NVC was developed in the 1960s by Marshal … collaboration, communication, dialogues, empathy, engagement, human-wildlife conflict, Namibia, participation. … Conservation Letters … Teaching nonviolent communication to increase …
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| Teaching nonviolent communication to increase empathy between people and toward wildlife.pdf | 1.17 MB |
2004. Indigenous Peoples' Rights in Southern Africa.
… This book is concerned with the first peoples (those people who are considered indigenous by themselves and others) of Southern Africa such as the … It analyses the civil and political rights situation, assessing the extent to which these people benefit from such rights as compared to the wider society. The rights to land and to …
1998. Economic development and cultural change among the Okavango Delta peoples of Botswana. Botswana notes and records
30 27 - 44
… depended on mining and cattle, and has been extractive and export driven. The Okavango Delta peoples are now experiencing the effects of Botswana's impressive gains in economic development, and like indigenous peoples worldwide are finding that these gains bring great challenges. This paper provides important insights into the mechanisms by which the Okavango Delta peoples are encountering substantial cultural, political, and economic change. … Botswana notes …
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| Economic development and cultural change among the Okavango Delta peoples of Botswana_1998.pdf | 143.23 KB |
2007. United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Adopted by General Assembly Resolution 61/295 on 13 September 2007.
… Affirming also that all peoples contribute to the diversity and richness of civilizations and cultures, which constitute … further that all doctrines, policies and practices based on or advocating superiority of peoples or individuals on the basis of national origin or racial, religious, ethnic or cultural … false, legally invalid, morally condemnable and socially unjust; Reaffirming that indigenous peoples, in the exercise of their rights, should be free from discrimination of any kind. … …
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| United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.pdf | 165.85 KB |
2012. Namibia's Coast Chapter 5: People of the Coast. Namibia's Coast: Ocean Riches and Desert Treasures
110-133
… world are often the most densely populated parts of a country, the exact opposite is true in Namibia. In fact, it is only in recent decades that comparatively large numbers of people have settled along the Namibian coast, mainly as immigrants from elsewhere in the … long-standing residents are limited to a few hundred Aonin (colloquially called Topnaar) people in Walvis Bay and along the Kuiseb River. … Namibia's Coast: Ocean Riches and Desert …
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| Namibias_coast_5_2012.pdf | 2.64 MB |
2006. Socio and economic importance of Grewia flava to the people of western parts of Kweneng District and factors affecting its spatial distribution in Botswana. Botswana Notes and Records 38 11-19
… aim of this study was to investigate the socio and economic importance of Grewia flava to the people of western parts of the Kweneng District, and determine the factors that affect its … use of stems for building purposes and selling of berries as a source of income to some people. … Botswana Notes and Records … Socio and economic importance of Grewia flava to the people of western parts of Kweneng Distr... …
Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/41235983
2011. Indigenous knowledge and education – the case of the Nama people in Namibia. Education as Change 15 (1) 81-94
… and evaluates a project that aims to include the indigenous knowledge and skills of the Nama people in rural schools in The Karas Region, Namibia. In the Traditional Life Skills Project (TLSP) parents and grandparents teach children some of the traditional life skills and knowledge of the Nama people in the schools in the afternoons. The paper points out that in successful communities the …
1997. The Okavango Delta Peoples of Botswana. Cultural Overview.
… The Okavango Delta Peoples of Botswana consist of five separate ethnic groups, each with their own language and … Since many Outsiders have contributed to the written history of these groups and people have moved across national boundaries, it is important to recognize this disparate … members of these ethnic groups in Botswana use in referring to themselves. … The Okavango Delta Peoples of Botswana. Cultural Overview …
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| The Okavango Delta People of Botswana_Johnson.pdf | 961.74 KB |
2001. Forests and People: 25 years of Community Forestry.
… mid-1970s. 'Community forestry' is interpreted as "any situation that intimately involves local people in forestry activity" (FAO, 1978). It therefore covers a broad range of linkages among people, forests and the outputs of forests, from forestdwelling communities to populations who … and other local small-scale commercial production and trade of forest products. … Forests and People 25 years of Community Forestry …
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| Forests and people_ 25 years of community forestry.pdf | 5.02 MB |
1999. Namibia's program to combat desertification: a dynamic approach to people and rangelands. Vlth International Rangeland Congress Proceedings
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… Namibia is the driest country in sub-Saharan Africa (country-wide average rainfall <250 mm per year, range 0--700 mm). It has a small but fast growing human population (1.6 Million people, average density 1.7 people/km-, growth rate 3.1%), highly skewed distribution of land and wealth (0.3% of the …
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| Namibias program to combat desertification Brown et al.pdf | 3.72 MB |
1997. Parks and Resident Peoples - Linking Namibian Protected Areas with local communities.
… and analyse international approaches to protected area management which involve resident peoples, and to use this analysis to propose practical approaches which the Namibian Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) can include in the development of its own 'parks and resident peoples' policy and strategy. … Parks and Resident Peoples - Linking Namibian Protected Areas …
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| Research Discussion Paper 24_1997.pdf | 2.75 MB |
2004. Number of people in Kavango region in Namibia and Ngamiland district in Botswana 1904-2001, and note on number of people in Cuangar, Mucusso and Dirico.
… Number of people in Kavango region in Namibia and Ngamiland district in Botswana 1904-2001, and note on number of people in Cuangar, Mucusso and Dirico. Origin: Various. … Number of people in Kavango region in …
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| Population data_Kavango _ Ngamiland.xls | 20.5 KB |
2021. On climate and the risk of Onto-Epistemological Chainsaw Massacres: A Study on climate change and indigenous people in Namibia revisited. Negotiating Climate Change in Crisis Böhm S, Sullivan S 189-205
… Legal Assistance Centre in Windhoek undertook a research study on climate change and indigenous people in Namibia. Charapa Consult had itself been commissioned by the World Bank Trust Fund for … acknowledged scientific frameworks, an approach which implies a subordination of indigenous peoples' ontologies to western ontologies. The compartmentalising necessitated by such a …
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| On climate and the risk of Onto_Epistemological Chainsaw Massacres.pdf | 2.36 MB |
2010. Indigenous medicinal knowledge of the San people: the case of Farm Six, Northern Namibia. Information Development 26 (2) 129–140
… The San are among the most marginalized people in Namibia. The San have often relied on indigenous knowledge for survival, particularly since … these remedies as their properties and effects have not been studied in detail. Keywords: San people, indigenous knowledge, traditional medicinal knowledge, indigenous knowledge transfer, …
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| Indigenous medicinal knowledge of the San people_2010.pdf | 334.6 KB |
2009. Tourism Scoping Report - Kunene Peoples Park.
… economic benefits and environmental issues flowing from the formation of the proposed Kunene People's Park. It is the result of a study conducted under a terms of reference prepared by MET in partnership with the UNDP's SPAN project. … Tourism Scoping Report - Kunene Peoples Park …
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| jwwREPKunene Park Tourism Strategy - Final REVISED.pdf | 5.9 MB |
2004. Number of people per household, level of education and main occupation of household members, Okavango.
… Number of people per household, level of education and main occupation of household members in a sample … for Development Policy Analysis (BIDPA), Gaborone, Botswana. Origin: SIAPAC. … Number of people per household, level of education and main occupation of household members, Okavang... …
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| Demography from SIAPAC_Ngamiland.xls | 26 KB |
2010. Interactions between Termite Mounds, trees, and the Zemba People in the Mopane Savanna in northwestern Namibia. African Study Monographs
40 115-128
… Termite mounds comprise a significant part of the landscape in northwestern Namibia. The vegetation type in this area is mopane vegetation, a vegetation type unique to … they could actually have positive effects on the growth of mopane vegetation. Moreover local people use the soil of termite mounds as construction material, and this utilization may have an … change. … African Study Monographs … Interactions between Termite Mounds, trees, and the Zemba People in the Mopane Savanna in northweste... …
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| Interactions between Termite Mounds_2010.pdf | 1.48 MB |
2004. Number of people per census locality in Ngamiland district in 2001 population census.
… Number of people per census locality in Ngamiland district in 2001 population census. Origin: CSO, Botswana. … Number of people per census locality in Ngamiland district in 2001 population census …
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| Population per locality_Ngamiland.xls | 198 KB |
2012. Damara Terns: Development and care of the young. Lanioturdus
45 (1) 3-6
… article (Lanioturdus 44(4) - Ed.), this article will concentrate on the raising and care of the young. The cycle starts with the laying of a single egg in a shallow scrape in gravel or … are between October and December. … Lanioturdus … Damara Terns Development and care of the young …
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| Damara Terns_Development and care of the young.pdf | 1.03 MB |
2009. Livelihoods of poor people in the Orange-Fish River Basin.
… The Orange-Fish River Basin (OFRB) is located in the south of Namibia covering parts of Hardap and Karas regions and a small portion of Khomas Region. It … land while a mere 1.6% is represented by the local authorities. Approximately 77,000 people live in the Orange-Fish River basin representing 56% of the population of Hardap and … 53%. Maleheaded households represent 68% of all households in the OFRB. … Livelihoods of poor people in the Orange-Fish River Basin …
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| Livelihoods of poor people in the Orange_Fish River Basin.pdf | 582.56 KB |
2015. Developmental issues facing the San people of Namibia: Road to de-marginalization in formal education. Indigenous knowledge of Namibia Chinsembu K, Cheikhyoussef A, Mumbengegwi D, Kasanda KSC, Kazembe L 311-330
… As for other indigenous people in the world, the living standards of the San in Namibia have drawn attention as they have been viewed as contravening basic human rights. Since … those of the San. … Indigenous knowledge of Namibia … Developmental issues facing the San people of Namibia: Road to de-marginalization in formal education …
Website link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvgc619h
2018. Pollen-interpreted palaeoenvironments associated with the Middle and Late Pleistocene peopling of southern Africa. Quaternary International 1-16
… changes in temperature and moisture patterns,e.g. during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and the Younger Dryas. The data suggest an environmentalbackground against which cultural evolution took …
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| Pollen_interpreted palaeoenvironments associated with the Middle and Late Pleistocene peopling of southern Africa.pdf | 714.49 KB |
2004. Number of cattle in relation to the number of people 1951 to 2001 in Kavango.
… Number of cattle in relation to the number of people 1951 to 2001, from veterinary statistics (see 'Livestock numbers1980-2001,Kavango.xls') … indicators, kavango.xls'). Origin: Various. … Number of cattle in relation to the number of people 1951 to 2001 in Kavango …
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| Cattle-people ratio_Kavango.xls | 13.5 KB |
2006. Wildlife conservation through people-centred approaches to natural resource management programmes and the control of wildlife exploitation. Local Environment (11) 79-93
… paper analyses post-apartheid conservation laws and policies and argues that current plans for people-centred approaches to natural resource management programmes have been unsuccessful in … to take control over wildlife resources. … Local Environment … Wildlife conservation through people-centred approaches to natural resource management programmes and the control of wildlife …
Website link:https://doi.org/10.1080/13549830500396230
2011. Swakop Vision - News for the friends and people of Swakop Uranium.
… Swakop Vision - News for the friends and people of Swakop Uranium, November 2010. … Swakop Vision - News for the friends and people of Swakop Uranium …
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| Swakop Vision_November_2010.pdf | 1.97 MB |
Okavango: a river supporting its people, environment and economic development. Journal of Hydrology 331 (1-2) 3-17
… catchment areas in Angola, in addition to the Kavango-Okavango non-active catchment in northern Namibia and Botswana. The Okavango River water and its ecosystem resources are critically important sources of livelihoods for people in the basin. Pressures from livelihoods and development are already impacting on the … Namibia, Angola, Geosciences. … Journal of Hydrology … Okavango: a river supporting its people, environment and economic development …
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| 080115_The_Hydrology_of_the_Okavango_Basin_and_Delta_in_a_development_perspective.pdf | 1.12 MB |
2004. Population sizes in Kavango Region 1911-2001, dependancy ratios, number of people per household and gender of the head of household.
… Population sizes in Kavango Region 1911-2001, dependancy ratios, number of people per household and gender of the head of household. Sources are given in the file. Origin: CSO, Namibia. … Population sizes in Kavango Region 1911-2001, dependancy ratios, number of people per household and ... …
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| Demographic indicators_ Kavango.xls | 75 KB |
1976. The peopling of the Okavango Delta. Proceedings of the Symposium on the Okavango Delta and its future utilization
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| The peopling of the Okavango Delta_1976.pdf | 5.87 MB |
2004. Number of people employed by different sectors by gender and by urban-rural in Kavango in 1999.
… Number of people employed by different sectors by gender and by urban-rural in Kavango in 1999. From Lux Development household survey. Origin: Lux Development. … Number of people employed by different sectors by gender and by urban-rural in Kavango in 1999 …
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| Employment data from LuxDev surveys_Kavango.xls | 17.5 KB |
2022. Pangolin in car: Six people remanded in custody for possession of caged animal.
… Pretoria - Six people have been remanded in custody after they appeared before the Zeerust Magistrate's Court for possession of a pangolin. … Pangolin in car: Six people remanded in custody for possession of caged animal …
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| SA_2022_12_Pangolin in car_Six people remanded in custody for possession of caged animal_IOL.pdf | 349.99 KB |
2005. Changes in the Distribution of the !Nara Plant that affect the life of the Topnaar People in the lower Kuiseb River, Namib Desert. African Study Monographs
30 65-75
… The !Nara plant is endemic to the central Namib Desert. The Topnaar people, who live along the Kuiseb River, use this plant in their daily lives, as it serves as a … Monographs … Changes in the Distribution of the !Nara Plant that affect the life of the Topnaar People in the low... …
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| Changes in the Distribution of the Nara Plant that affect the life of the Topnaar People in the lower Kuiseb River_2005.pdf | 212.7 KB |
2004. Estimates of the number of people in each province in Angola in 1991.
… Estimates of the number of people in each province in Angola in 1991. From IUCN. 1992. Angola: Environment status quo … Regional Office for Southern Africa, Harare 1992. Origin: IUCN. … Estimates of the number of people in each province in Angola in 1991 …
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| Estimates of the number of people in each province in Angola in 1991.xls | 16 KB |
1981. The Kavango peoples.
… Okavango where it flows through the northern Kalahari Desert. Kavango, the names given to the peoples treated in this volume, is not the traditional name for themselves, for they identify … Vambundza, Vagciriku, Vasambyu and Hambukushu. Human environment; Ethnology. … The Kavango peoples …
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| The Kavango Peoples_0.pdf | 9.8 MB |
2004. Namibia Vision 2030. Policy Framework for Long-Term National Development - Chapter 4: People's Quality of Life.
… Namibia Vision 2030. Policy Framework for Long-Term National Development - Chapter 4: People's Quality of Life. … Namibia Vision 2030. Policy Framework for Long-Term National Development - Chapter 4 People's Quali... …
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| Namibia Vision 2030_Chapter 4.pdf | 438.65 KB |
2004. Proportion of people that have ready access to health services.
… around health facilities in Kavango to assess catchment areas and estimate the proportion of people that have ready access to health services. Origin: RAISON & MOHSS. … Proportion of people that have ready access to health services …
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| Buffer of 10km from health facilities_2004.zip | 20.88 KB |
1993. Disassociations between black rhinoceros mothers and young calves: ecologically variable or, as yet, undetected behaviour?. African Journal of Ecology 31 (3) 261-264
… Disassociations between black rhinoceros mothers and young calves: ecologically variable or, as yet, undetected behaviour?. … African Journal of Ecology … Disassociations between black rhinoceros mothers and young calves ecologically variable or, as yet,... …
2004. Estimates of the number of people living in the Angolan part of the Okavango basin.
… Estimates of the number of people living in the Angolan part of the Okavango basin focal area. Origin: RAISON. … Estimates of the number of people living in the Angolan part of the Okavango basin …
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| Estimates of the number of people living in the Angolan part of the Okavango basin.xls | 19.5 KB |
1922. Topnaar or Hottentot? The people on the top revisited. Africa Focus
8 (3-4) 215-221
… gives some sociological, historical and general interest information about these wonderful people. … Africa Focus … Topnaar or Hottentot? The people on the top revisited …
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| The Topnaar which live in the Namib Desert.pdf | 374 KB |
2004. Number of people per household or family in Angola, Botswana and Namibia.
… Number of people per household or family in Angola, Botswana and Namibia. Sources are given in the Excel file. Origin: Various. … Number of people per household or family in Angola, Botswana and Namibia …
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| Household sizes_3countries.xls | 19 KB |
Bwabwata National Park - Wildlife wonders: People and wildlife species co-existing.
… Many overseas visitors to Namibia share back gardens with squirrels, birds, and so on, but in the Bwabwata National Park, garden visitors and neighbours come in larger nd sometimes threatening forms! That people and wildlife can get along so well and in such close proximity is one of triumphs of the Bwabwata National Park. … Bwabwata National Park - Wildlife wonders People and wildlife species co-existing …
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| Bwabwata Fact sheet1.pdf | 211.47 KB |
2015. Messages given to adolescents and young adults during initiation ceremonies and their relation to HIV/AIDS. Indigenous knowledge of Namibia Chinsembu K, Cheikhyoussef A, Mumbengegwi D, Kasanda KSC, Kazembe L 331-360
… According to Namibia's national population census, the total population of the country stood at 2,113,077 people distributed over its 14 political regions (NSA, 2014). Of this, 43.1% of the population … (29.6%) (NSA, 2014). … Indigenous knowledge of Namibia … Messages given to adolescents and young adults during initiation ceremonies and their relation to HIV/AIDS …
Website link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvgc619h