Like its predecessor, Biodiversity and the ancestors: Challenges to customary law and environmental law, published in 2008, Knowledge lives in the lake is supported by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and presents research within the framework of the international Biodiversity Monitoring Transect Analysis in Africa Project (BIOTA). The BIOTA project was inspired by the movement to translate the demand for sustainable development into international and national policies. Several contributions in this volume mark the interface between BIOTA research and The Future of the Okavango (TFO) Project. This publication will be of special value to lawyers, anthropologists, students, policymakers and all members of the public interested in sustainable development in Africa.