Over a period of five years (September 2010 – August 2015) 140 researchers from eight countries (Angola, Belgium, Botswana, Brazil, Germany, Namibia, Portugal, South Africa), 23 universities, and additional research institutions – mainly from Angola, Botswana, Namibia, and Germany carried out the integrated transdisciplinary research project ‚The Future Okavango' (TFO) within the whole Basin of the Okavango-Cubango. TFO was part of the international research program 'Sustainable Land Management' funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) which again formed a part of the umbrella initiative 'Research for sustainable development' (FoNa). TFO has been faced with the challenge of analyzing backgrounds and identifying drivers of ecological and social change, with the goal of improving the sustainable use of the natural resources within the catchment. The TFO project aimed to provide data and scientific knowledge, scenarios (narratives based on future projections of various possible developmental pathways), and recommendations which will help to maintain the functioning of the ecosystems, their services, and the well-being of its population. This book is one of the outcomes of this endeavour.