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The removal of forest and undergrowth to increase the surface of arable land or to use the timber for construction or industrial purposes. Forest and its undergrowth possess a very high water-retaining capacity, inhibiting runoff of rainwater. (Source: GILP)
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2004. Site-species matching and planting technique for arid-zone forestry in Namibia.
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| Site_species matching and planting technique for arid_Zone forestry in Namibia.pdf | 257.58 KB |
2005. Forest Outlook studies in Africa (FOSA) - Namibia.
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| Forest Outlook studies in Africa.pdf | 196.04 KB |
IPCC report on definitions and methodological options to inventory emissions from direct human-induced degradation of forests and devegetation of other vegetation types.
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| IPPC Report.pdf | 391.35 KB |
The Ovambo Paradox: Challenging Paradigms of Environmental Change in Africa.
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| Emmanuel Krieke The Owambo paradox.pdf | 172.55 KB |
2013. Continental estimates of forest cover and forest cover changes in the dry ecosystems of Africa between 1990 and 2000. Journal of Biogeography
40 (6) 1036-1047
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| Continental estimates of forest cover and forest cover changes in the dry ecosystems of Africa_2013.pdf | 1.33 MB |
2001. Maximum yield? Sustainable agriculture as a tool for conservation.
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| Maximum_Yield_ sustainable agriculture as a tool for conservation_ R Margoluis.pdf | 838.53 KB |
2008. Deforestation and biodiversity-loss due to cultivation? An interdisciplinary analysis in North-East Namibia.
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| Deforestation and biodiversity loss due to cultivation_2008.pdf | 3.7 MB |
2010. Natural and human dimensions of environmental change in the proximal reaches of Botswana's Okavango Delta.. The Geographical Journal 176 (1) 58-76
2004. Hydrological functions of tropical forests: not seeing the soil for the trees?. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment
104 (1) 185-228
2010. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries: revisiting the assumptions. Climatic Change
100 (3-4) 355-388
2000. Some causes and strategies pertaining to land degradation in southern Africa. South African Journal of Agricultural Extension
29 24-46
2004. Land cover and land use changes in relation to social evolution—a case study from Northern Chile. Journal of Arid Environments 56 (2) 193-211
2001. Grasslands, grazing and biodiversity: editors' introduction. Journal of Applied Ecology 38 (2) 233-237
2003. The effects of communal land resource management on forest conservation in northern and north-eastern Namibia. Development Southern Africa 20 (3) 337 - 359
2018. Deforestation for agricultural expansion in SW Zambia and NE Namibia and the impacts on soil fertility, soil organic carbon- and nutrient levels. Climate change and adaptive land management in southern Africa - assessments, changes, challenges, and solutions 242-250
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| Deforestation for agricultural expansion in SW Zambia and NE Namibia and the impacts on soil fertility_soil organic carbon- and nutrient levels.pdf | 1.95 MB |
2018. Seeing deforestation in Zambia - On the discrepancy between biophysical land-use changes and social perception. Climate change and adaptive land management in southern Africa - assessments, changes, challenges, and solutions 317-323
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| Seeing deforestation in Zambia_On the discrepancy between biophysical land_use changes and social perception.pdf | 1.79 MB |
Agricultural expansion during the post-civil war period in southern Angola based on bi-temporal Landsat data. Environmental Assessments in the Okavango Region 311-319
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| Agricultural expansion during the post_civil war period in southern Angola based on bi_temporal Landsat data.pdf | 4.89 MB |
2013. High-Resolution Global Maps of 21st-Century Forest Cover Change. Science (342) 850-853
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| High_Resolution Global Maps of 21st_Century Forest Cover Change.pdf | 4.41 MB |
Energy-Poverty and its Impacts on Peri-urban Zones of Huambo City, Angola.
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| Charcoal in and around Huambo Thesis Filomena Cornelio.pdf | 2.13 MB |
Impact of emerging charcoal production in the Miombo Woodland of Chitembo - Bié Province, Angola.
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| Charcoal assessment Chitembo Fancisco Maiata.docx | 2.82 MB |
Impacto da desflorestação ao nível edafo-climático e social no planalto central.
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| Deforestation Planalto Centra Angola Virgínia Quartin.doc | 165.5 KB |
2015. Spatial Dynamic and Quantification of Deforestation and Degradation in Miombo Forest of Huambo Province (Angola) during the period 2002-2015.
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| Monitoring deforestation in Huambo SASSCAL Task 137 Final Report.pdf | 235.59 KB |
2015. Sasscal Project Task 137: Deforestation monitoring in Huambo province from 2002 - 2012 using detection technologies and geographic information systems (GIS).
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| Report_I_Task_137.pdf | 24.94 MB |
2019. Chapter 8: Landscape Changes in Angola. Biodiversity of Angola - Science and Conservation: A Modern Synthesis 123-137
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| Landscape Changes in Angola.pdf | 2.79 MB |
2019. Losses in soil organic carbon stocks and soil fertility due to deforestation for low-input agriculture in semi-arid southern Africa. Journal of Arid Environments (165) 88-96
Website link:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2019.02.006
2019. Historical trajectory in vegetation cover in northeastern Namibia based on AVHRR Satellite Imagery (1982–2015). Land (8)
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| Historical trajectory in vegetation cover in northeastern Namibia based on AVHRR Satellite Imagery.pdf | 1.8 MB |
1996. Deforestation in the Owambo Region, north Namibia, since the 1850s. Environment and History 2 (3) 291-308
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| Deforestation in the Owambo Region_north Namibia_ since the 1850s.pdf | 189.97 KB |
Third National Action Programme for Namibia to implement the United Nations Convention to combat desertification 2014 - 2024.
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| Third National Action Programme for Namibia to implement the United Nations Convention to combat desertification 2014_2024.pdf | 1.07 MB |
1994. Namibia's National Policy to combat desertification.
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| Namibia_National_Policy_To_Combat_Desertification_MET_July_1994.pdf | 204.03 KB |
2016. Mapping decadal land cover changes in the woodlands of North Eastern Namibia from 1975 to 2014 using the Landsat Satellite archived data. Remote Sensing 8 (8) 681
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| Mapping decadal land cover changes in the woodlands of north eastern Namibia from 1975 to 2014.pdf | 1.06 MB |
Landscape changes in Angola. Biodiversity of Angola 123-127
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| Landscape changes in Angola.pdf | 1.58 MB |
2023. The human environment in the highlands and escarpments of Angola and Namibia. Namibian Journal of Environment 8 43-51
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| The human environment in the highlands and escarpments of Angola and Namibia.pdf | 2.11 MB |
2024. Namibia: Deforestation and poaching threaten endangered species.
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| NAM_2024_03_Namibia_Deforestation and Poaching Threaten Endangered Species_Namibia Economist.pdf | 1.97 MB |
2024. Namibia warns of wildlife crisis due to deforestation, poaching.
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| NAM_2024_03_Namibia warns of wildlife crisis due to deforestation_poaching_China.org_.cn_.pdf | 690.09 KB |
2024. Wildlife warden decries rise in poaching.
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| SUD_2024_06_Wildlife warden decries rise in poaching_Radio tamazuj.pdf | 116.61 KB |
2024. New illegal logging threatens Liberia's forests amid vague ban.
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| LIB_2024_04_New illegal logging threatens Liberias forests amid vague ban_Conservation News.pdf | 3.23 MB |
2024. 240319003096: The bush thinning activities in the Farm Management Unit (FMU), identified as Farm Troye No. 253, Woltemade No. 254, and Graspan No. 249, located in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia.
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2011. Community Partnerships in Tourism for the Greater Kafue Economic Development (GKED) Project. Programmatic Description of GMA Sub-Activity.
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| Community Partnerships in Tourism for the Greater Kafue Economic Development_2011.pdf | 210.41 KB |
Community Partnerships in Tourism for the Greater Kafue Economic Development (GKED) Project. Programmatic Description of GMA Sub-Activity. Annex A. Model of typical wildlife viewing lodge JV GKED 2011.
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| Community Partnerships in Tourism for the Greater Kafue Economic Development_2011_Addendum 2.pdf | 152.37 KB |
2011. Community Partnerships in Tourism for the Greater Kafue Economic Development (GKED) Project. Programmatic Description of GMA Sub-Activity. Annex K. Settlement Distribution and Zoning Maps.
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| Community Partnerships in Tourism for the Greater Kafue Economic Development_2011_Annex K.pdf | 2.3 MB |
2011. Community Partnerships in Tourism for the Greater Kafue Economic Development (GKED) Project. Programmatic Description of GMA Sub-Activity. Annex A: Field Research Shedule.
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| Community Partnerships in Tourism for the Greater Kafue Economic Development_2011_Annex A_H.pdf | 1.12 MB |
2011. Community Partnerships in Tourism for the Greater Kafue Economic Development (GKED) Project. Programmatic Description of GMA Sub-Activity. Annex I. Resource and Wildlife Distribution Sketch Maps.
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| Community Partnerships in Tourism for the Greater Kafue Economic Development_2011_Annex I_J.pdf | 2.32 MB |
2011. A Forest Research Strategy for Namibia (2011–2015).
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| MAWF_Forest Research Strategy 2011_2015.pdf | 1.18 MB |
2001. Advancing a political ecology of global environmental discourses. Development and Change
32 681-715
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| Advancing a political ecology of global environmental discourses_2001.pdf | 229.59 KB |
2001. Promulgation of Forest Act, 2001 (Act No. 12 of 2001).
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| Forestry Act.pdf | 1.67 MB |
2000. Vegetation degradation trends in the northern Oshikoto Region: IV. The Broad-leafed savannas with associated pans. Dinteria
26 93 - 112
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| Dinteria26F.pdf | 627.25 KB |
2000. Vegetation degradation trends in the northern Oshikoto Region: III. The Terminalia prunioides woodlands and Andoni grasslands. Dinteria
26 77 - 92
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| Dinteria26E.pdf | 506.03 KB |
2000. Vegetation degradation trends in the northern Oshikoto Region: II. The Colophospermum mopane shrublands. Dinteria
26 63 - 75
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| Dinteria26D.pdf | 385.43 KB |