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1) The development of desert conditions as a result of human activity or climatic changes. 2) The process of land damage which allows the soil to spread like a desert in arid and semi-arid regions. There is a loss of vegetative cover and the soil deteriorates in texture, nutrient content and fertility. Desertification affects the lives of three-quarters of the world's population, 70% of all drylands and one quarter of the total land area of the planet. There are many reasons for desertification, but the majority are caused by human activities, overgrazing, deforestation, poor land management and over-exploitation. Agenda 21 states that the priority in combating desertification should be establishing preventive measures for lands that are not yet, or are only slightly, degraded. (Source: LBC / WRIGHT)

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Dewdney R 1996. Namibian Programme to Combat Desertification (NAPCOD): Policy factors and desertification - Analysis and Proposals.

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Policy_Factors_and_Desertification-Analysis_and_Proposals.pdf	1.69 MB

2012. Solutions for a Changing Climate. The African Development Bank's Response to Impacts in Africa.

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The Solutions for a Changing Climate The African Development Banks Response to Impacts in Africa_2012.pdf	2.53 MB

Feller S, Mahony J, Sazanowicz R, Wise J 2006. Development of the Bushblok Industry in Namibia. An Interactive Qualifying Project Report.

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Development of the Bushblok Industry in Namibia_2006.pdf	2.24 MB

Jensen S, //Gaseb A, /Nawaseb G 2002. An Overview of Desertification Issues in the #Khoadi //Hoas Conservancy. Namibia's Programme to Combat Desertification (NAPCOD).

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An Overview of Desertification Issues in the Khoadi Hoas Conservancy_2002.pdf	283.04 KB

Brown CJ, Seely MK, Kruger AS, Woehl H 1999. Namibia's program to combat desertification: a dynamic approach to people and rangelands. Vlth International Rangeland Congress Proceedings 1

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Namibias program to combat desertification Brown et al.pdf	3.72 MB

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 2005. Facts on Desertification-A Summary of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Desertification Synthesis.

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Facts on Desertification_2005.pdf	739.88 KB

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 2005. Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Desertification Synthesis.

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Ecosystems and Human Well-being_Desertification Synthesis_2005.pdf	3 MB

Imbamba SK 1996. A case study in land degradation and human vulnerability in the drylands of northern Namibia.

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Land degradationand human vulnerability in the drylands of northern Namibia.pdf	1.15 MB

Sullivan S, Rohde R 2002. On non-equilibrium in arid and semi-arid grazing systems. Journal of Biogeography 29 1595-1618

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On non-equilibrium in arid and semi-arid grazing_2002.pdf	196.57 KB

Solomon A 2001. The consequences of structural adjustment and debt for desertification and food security in Africa - A literature review and discussion. International Journal of Economic Development 3 (4)

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THE CONSEQUENCES OF STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT AND DEBT FOR DESERTIFICATION AND FOOD SECURITY IN AFRICA_2001.pdf	310 KB

Jobst P, Kakukuru E, Kambutuku JR, Mouton D, Netha L, Nghitila TM, Shanyengana ES, Siyambango MS 1994. SDP 3: An investigation into the biophysical aspects and socio-economics of desertification in north western Namibia. (Climate variability, desertification and loss of biodiversity).

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SDP3.pdf	1.37 MB

Desert Research Foundation of Namibia (DRFN) 2007. SDP 2: Water Usage Patterns in the Kuiseb River.

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Water Usage Patterns in the Kuiseb River.pdf	26.82 KB

Adger WN, Benjaminsen TA, Brown K, Svarstad H 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

Desert Research Foundation of Namibia (DRFN) 2007. SDP 2: An Investigation into the Biophysical Aspects and Socio-economics of Desertification in North-western Namibia.

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DRFN_Biophysical Aspects and Socio-economics of Desertification 2007.pdf	21.82 KB

Kniivila M 2004. Land Degradation and Land Use/Cover Data Sources.

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Land degredation Kniivila_2004.pdf	172.61 KB

de Klerk NJ 2004. Bush encroachment in Namibia. Report on Phase 1 of the Bush Encroachment Research, Monitoring and Management Project.

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Bush Encoachment in Namibia_deKlerk2004_1.pdf	3.02 MB

Quan J, Barton D, Conroy C 1994. A preliminary assessment of the economic impact of desertification in Namiba.

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Research Discussion Paper 3_1994.pdf	4.13 MB

Strohbach BJ 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

Strohbach BJ 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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Strohbach BJ 2000. Vegetation degradation trends in the northern Oshikoto Region: II. The Colophospermum mopane shrublands. Dinteria 26 63 - 75

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Strohbach BJ 2000. Vegetation degradation trends in the northern Oshikoto Region: I. The Hyphaene petersiana plains. Dinteria 26 45 - 62

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Dinteria26C.pdf	253.83 KB

Burke A 2012. Determining carrying capacities in highly variable and unpredictable environments - A Namibian perspective. Dinteria 32 70 - 77

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Determining carrying capacities in highly variable and unpredictable environments_2012.pdf	448.29 KB

Seely M 2011. Drought Risk Management and Adaptation Experiences from Community Level Upwards Namibia.

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Drought Risk Management and Adaptation Experiences from Community Level Upwards Namibia_2011.pdf	1.96 MB

Thomas DSG, Knight M, Wiggs GFS 2005. Remobilization of southern African desert dune systems by twenty-first century global warming. Nature 435 1218 - 1221

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Remobilization of southern African desert dune systems by twenty first century global warming.pdf	512.5 KB

van den Bosch S 'At first they laughed at Me'.

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van den Bosch 3.pdf	883.58 KB

van den Bosch S Adapting to Water Shortages in Arid Namibia.

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van den Bosch 2.pdf	1.15 MB

van den Bosch S Improve your Goat and beat climate change.

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van den Bosch.pdf	539.9 KB

Zeidler J 2005. Namibian National Capacity Self Assessment (NCSA) for Global Environmental Management Project. Final NCSA Report, March 2005.

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ncsa-namibia-fr-ap.pdf	429.25 KB

Seely MK, Jacobson M 1994. Desertification and Namibia: A perspective. Journal of African Zoology 108 21–36

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Desertification and Namibia A perspective.pdf	1.13 MB

Kerdiles H, Rembold F, Pérez-Hoyos A Seasonal Monitoring in Namibia: Severe drought affecting cereal production and pastoral areas.

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Seasonal Monitoring in Namibia_2015.pdf	6.28 MB

Garcia-Aloy S, Sanmartin I, Kadereit G, Vitales D, Millanes AM, Roquet C, Vargas P, Alarcon M, Aldasoro JJ 2017. Opposite trends in the genus Monsonia (Geraniaceae): Specialization in the African deserts and range expansions throughout eastern Africa. Scientific Reports 7

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Opposite trends in the genus Monsonia_Geraniaceae.pdf	4.2 MB

Namibia Nature Foundation (NNF) Deserts of Namibia.

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Deserts of Namibia Poster NNF.pdf	7.23 MB