I.N.K Enviro Consultants 2023. 221031000223: Horticulture irrigation project related activities, Oranjemund Town, //Karas Region, Namibia.… Galore Trading cc intends to construct and operate a horticulture irrigation project, located ±2 km east of Oranjemund, on two bordering agricultural plots … stages and expand to various other crops, pending suitability investigations. The water for the irrigation project is proposed to be abstracted from the Orange River (located ±1 km east of the project site) to the irrigation site via underground pipeline and with the use booster pumps near the river. Bulk …
Kirchhoff CJ, Bulkley JW 2008. Sustainable Water Management in the Zambezi River Basin. The Journal of the International Institute
15 (2) 10… The Zambezi River Basin is home to about 40 million people who rely on the river for drinking water, fisheries, irrigation, hydropower production, mining and industry, ecosystem maintenance, and other uses. … into the basin countries. Protecting and managing the sustainable use and development of the Zambezi is extremely important to the people living in the region. Transboundary management of …
Timberlake J 1998. Biodiversity of the Zambezi Basin Wetlands: Review and preliminary assessment of available information, Phase 1.… in conjunction with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), initiated the Zambezi Basin Wetlands Conservation and Resource Utilisation Project (ZBWCRUP) in 1996. This project is aimed at ensuring wise use of natural resources of the wetlands of the Zambezi Basin, focussing in particular on four project sites (the Barotse floodplains in western … and Botswana, the wetlands of the Lower Shire in southern Malawi and Mozambique, and the Zambezi Delta in Mozambique). One of the project activities is to assess the importance of …
Lines R, Bormpoudakis D, Xofis P, Tzanopoulos J 2021. Modelling multi-species connectivity at the Kafue-Zambezi Interface: Implications for Transboundary Carnivore Conservation. Sustainability 13 (22) 12886… underpinning the scope and performance of proposed corridors. In Southern Africa, the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area seeks to link Kafue National Park to a cluster of … connectivity models to map potential single and multi-species corridors between Kafue and the Zambezi River border with Namibia. Single and multi-species connectivity models selected … follow broadly similar pathways narrowing significantly in central-southern areas of the Kafue-Zambezi interface, indicating a potential connectivity bottleneck. Capturing the full extent of …
Mashebe P, Lyaku JR, Mausse F 2014. Occurrence of Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases of Livestock in Zambezi Region: A Review. Journal of Agricultural Science
6 (2)… In an ecosystem such as Zambezi strip with characteristic patchwork of different land uses, land tenure types and … issues. This review work focused on the current situation of ticks infesting livestock in Zambezi region, typical ticks of livestock, common genera of ticks infesting livestock in Zambezi region, common tick-borne diseases in Zambezi region, habitats and geographical …
Hanssen L, Funston P, Fwelimbi MH, Siyanga O 2016. Human-Lion conflict in the Mudumu South Complex, Zambezi Region, Namibia - Report February 2015.… The Mudumu-South Complex (MSC) lies in the southernmost tip of the east Zambezi Region, Namibia and is made up of national parks, three conservancies and community forests. The MSC is in the heart of the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation area and is important for transboundary movement of many … Namibia is thus a shared custodian of natural resources that it manages and conserves. The Zambezi Region is an especially important area of connectivity of lions, with radio-collared …
Euroconsult Mott MacDonald 2008. Integrated Water Resources Management Strategy and implementation plan for the Zambezi River Basin.… Conference (SADCC), which is now the Southern African Development Community (SADC), adopted the Zambezi River Action Plan (ZACPLAN). The objective of ZACPLAN is to achieve environmentally sound planning and management of water and related sources in the Zambezi River Basin. The Zambezi Action Plan Project 6, Phase II (ZACPRO 6.2) project was designed upon the vision that …
Kalvelage L, Revilla Diez J, Bollig M How much remains? Local value capture from tourism in Zambezi, Namibia. Tourism Geographies… pinned on tourism and its catalytic potential to foster growth in remote rural areas. In the Zambezi region of northeastern Namibia, tourism plays a key role in the design of … (GPN) approach, the objective is, first, to assess how much of the turnover generated in the Zambezi region remains in the region and, second, to examine the extent to which conservancies, … calculation of value capture. Roughly 20% of the value generated by the tourism industry in the Zambezi region is captured locally. In addition, conservancies play a key role in the GPN, …
Moeller M-L 2014. Factors affecting lion (Panthero leo) spatial occurrence in the Zambezi Region, Namibia.… are on the decrease and their habitats are fragmenting. Despite their importance in the Zambezi Region in Namibia, very little research has yet been undertaken to understand their occurrence in this area. One of the primary motivations behind this study was the Kavango Zambezi Trans Frontier Conservation Area's (KAZA TFCA) need to identify trans-boundary movement …
Lines R, Tzanopoulos J, MacMillan D 2018. Status of terrestrial mammals at the Kafue-Zambezi interface: implications for transboundary connectivity. Oryx 2018… The Kavango–Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area Programme promotes landscape-level connectivity between … current disturbance levels the Greater Kafue System, Zambia’s majority component in the Kavango–Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area, is becoming increasingly isolated at the trophic scale … wildlife recovery in key areas identified to promote transboundary connectivity in the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area. Keywords: Connectivity, Kafue, Kavango-Zambezi …
Fossing H, Ferdelman TG, Berg P 2000. Sulfate reduction and methane oxidation in continental margin sediments influenced by irrigation (South-East Atlantic off Namibia). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
64 (5) 897-910… direct measurements. Modeled and measured SRR were reconciled by including solute transport by irrigation described by a non-local pore water exchange function (α) which had values of up to 0.3 year −1 in the top sediment, and decreased exponentially to zero (i.e., no irrigation) at 2–3 meters (i.e., above SMT). These results suggested that co-existing sulfate … and linear SO 4 2− -gradients can be maintained by a non-local transport mechanism such as irrigation, by which pore water in tubes or burrows is exchanged with bottom waters by …
Timberlake J 2000. Biodiversity of the Zambezi Basin, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe: Biodiversity Foundation for Africa.… The Zambezi River Basin lies across southern tropical Africa, with significant portions in Angola, … in Namibia, Botswana and Tanzania. Its total extent is approximately 1.33 million km2. The Zambezi River itself rises in northwestern Zambia on the Central African Plateau which covers … the Indian Ocean north of Beira in Mozambique. In this paper an outline of the evolution of the Zambezi Basin is given, followed by an account of our knowledge on the vegetation types, plants, …
Tweddle D, Hay CJ, van der Waal BCW 2009. Integrated Management of Zambezi/Chobe River System - Tansboundary Fishery Resource, Namibia/Zambi/Botswana.… The fish resources of the Zambezi and Chobe rivers and associated Caprivi floodplains are both a vital component of the … and Marine Resources confirmed over-exploitation of the large tilapiine cichlid species. The Zambezi/Chobe fisheries project was thus conceived as a way of empowering the local communities … management of the fisheries by developing a system of integrated co-management and, because the Zambezi fishery is a shared resource with Zambia, harmonisation of activities and cooperation in …
Jones BTB 2008. Developing community-based fish management in the Zambezi-Chobe river systems in Caprivi, Namibia, November 2008.… This report considers how fisheries management in the Zambezi/Chobe river systems can be devolved to the lowest appropriate levels; how fisheries … of the community-based fisheries management (CBFM). It analyses how CBFM can be achieved in the Zambezi/Chobe river systems through the existing provisions of the Inland Fisheries Resources … are provided in Annex 5. There is unsustainable use of the inland fisheries resources in the Zambezi/Chobe river system with widespread use of illegal fishing gear and methods. The Ministry …
Ihemba S, Esterhuyse S 2020. Assessing the sustainability of permitted irrigation from groundwater in the Grootfontein-Tsumeb-Otavi Subterranean Water Control Area in Namibia. Groundwater for Sustainable Development 10… Water Control Area (GTO-WCA) in Namibia. The ever-increasing demand for groundwater for irrigation purposes in the GTO-WCA and for argumentation purposes to the Central Area of Namibia … Proper groundwater management is therefore required to protect this finite resource. This study assessed the sustainability of groundwater use in the GTO-WCA by assessing the behaviour … in their allocation of groundwater to the users. The results indicate that groundwater use for irrigation has increased above the sustainable safe yield for the aquifers in this area. The …
Tweddle D, Hay CJ 2012. Integrated co-management of the Zambezi/Chobe River Fisheries Resources, January 2010 to December 2012.… The fish resources of the Zambezi and Chobe rivers and associated Caprivi floodplains are both a vital component of the … and Marine Resources confirmed over-exploitation of the large tilapiine cichlid species. The Zambezi/Chobe fisheries project was thus conceived as a way of empowering the local communities … management of the fisheries by developing a system of integrated co-management and, because the Zambezi fishery is a shared resource with Zambia, harmonisation of activities and cooperation in …
Tweddle D, Peel RA, Taylor GC, Murphy C, Weyl OLF 2018. Climate, fish, and people in Zambezian fisheries, with emphasis on a natural flood cycle in the ephemeral Lake Liambezi. Climate change and adaptive land management in southern Africa - assessments, changes, challenges, and solutions Revermann R, Krewenka KM, Schmiedel U, Olwoch JM, Helmschrot J, Jürgens N 466-479… Northern Namibia is fed by the Kavango, the Kwando, and the Zambezi Rivers, which fl ow from Angola and Zambia. Flows fluctuate in both the short and long … recession cycle between 2009 and 2016. The fish population of the lake, after filling from the Zambezi in 2009, was initially dominated by small cyprinids, mainly Enteromius paludinosus, and … negligible inflow to the lake after 2011. In contrast to the productive Liambezi fishery, other Zambezian riverine fisheries experienced economic collapse over the same period due to rapid and …
Lines R, Bormpoudakis D, Xofis P, MacMillan DC, Pieterse L, Tzanopoulos J 2022. Utility of human footprint pressure mapping for large carnivore conservation: The Kafue-Zambezi Interface. Sustainability 14 116… fine scale Human Footprint Pressure map for 39,000 km2 of rangelands at the Kafue-Zambezi interface-a key linkage in the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area. We then modelled Human Footprint Pressure against … persisting or extirpated within ten wildlife managed areas linking Kafue National Park to the Zambezi River. Results overcame many limitations inherent in existing large-scale Human …
Ruppel OC, Bethune S 2007. Review of Policy and Legislative Support to the Sustainable use of Wetlands in the Zambezi Basin Final Report (Namibia).… management and utilisation that are pertinent to the conservation and management of the Zambezi River Basin. Many current Government initiatives such as the Green Scheme, Aquaculture, … manage wetlands also take into consideration impacts to neighbouring countries that share the Zambezi River Basin. Emerging legislation takes account of the vulnerability of Namibia's … traces the status of policy and legislative support to the sustainable use of wetlands in the Zambezi River Basin from a Namibian as well as from an international perspective in order to …
Angula V 2022. Illegal timber harvesting plagues Zambezi region.… who were suspected of engaging in the illegal harvesting of protected wood species in the Zambezi region. Namibia Police (Nampol), Zambezi regional Commander, Andreas Shilelo told Confidente the immigrants were charged under … can do that. It is only them," Shilelo informed Confidente. … Illegal timber harvesting plagues Zambezi region …
LM Environmental Consulting 2022. APP-003456: Environmental Assessment for the Otavifontein Irrigation Project, Farm Otavifontein No. 794, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia.… The abstraction of ground or surface water for industrial or commercial purposes. 8.7 Irrigation schemes for agriculture excluding domestic irrigation. Hazardous substance treatment, handling and storage 9.1 The manufacturing, storage, … Substances Ordinance, 1974. … APP-003456: Environmental Assessment for the Otavifontein Irrigation Project, Farm Otavifontein No. 794, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia …
2023. Elephant movements and connectivity in the Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Area (KAZA TFCA).… The Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA) is home to the largest population of … a Strategic Planning Framework for the Conservation and Management of Elephants in the Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area was developed and endorsed by the partner states, with … within a diverse and productive landscape". … lephant movements and connectivity in the Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Area (KAZA TFCA) …
Shela ON 2000. Management of shared river basins: the case of the Zambezi River. Water Policy
2 65-81… The Zambezi River, lying wholly within the SADC, is the largest watercourse system in the region. … Kafue and Kabompo river basins lying wholly within the territory of Zambia, the Luena/main Zambezi river from the territory of Angola while the Cuando/Chobe River is in the territories of … Namibia and Botswana. … Water Policy … Management of shared river basins the case of the Zambezi River …
Thorstad EB, Hay CJ, Naesje TF, Okland F 2001. Movements and habitat utilization of three cichlid species in the Zambezi River, Namibia. Ecology of Freshwater Fish
10 (4) 238-246… During 5-7 October 1999, 16 cichlids (30.5-51.0 cm) were tagged with radio transmitters in the Zambezi River in Namibia (eight threespot tilapia Oreochromis andersonii, seven pink happy … giardi and one humpback largemouth Serranochromis altus). The main objectives of this pilot study were 1) to assess whether and how telemetry can be used to follow the movements of larger cichlids in the upper Zambezi River and 2) to study the movements, habitat preferences and homing behavior of three …