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The state of combustion in which inflammable material burns, producing heat, flames and often smoke. (Source: CED)

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Ministry of Agriculture Water and Forestry (MAWF) 2016. Monthly Burned Area Report, August 2016.

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Monthly Burned Area Report_August 2016.pdf	1.4 MB

Ministry of Agriculture Water and Forestry (MAWF) 2016. Monthly Burned Area Report, July 2016.

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Monthly Burned Area Report_July 2016.pdf	1.38 MB

Humphrey GJ 2016. The role of humans in the complex fire, climate and vegetation regimes of North-East Namibia.

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The role of humans in the complex fire_climate and vegetation regimes of North East Namibia.pdf	2.68 MB

Gumbricht T, McCarthy TS, McCarthy J, Roy D, Frost PE, Wessels K 2002. Remote sensing to detect sub-surface peat fires and peat fire scars in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. South Africa Journal of Science 98 (7-8) 351-358

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Remote sensing to detect sub_surface peat fires and peat fire scars in the Okavango Delta.pdf	447.35 KB

Ministry of Agriculture Water and Forestry (MAWF) 2015. Monthly Burned Area Report, October 2015.

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Monthly Burned Area Report_October 2015.pdf	1.74 MB

Ministry of Agriculture Water and Forestry (MAWF) 2015. Monthly Burned Area Report, September 2015.

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Monthly Burned Area Report_September 2015.pdf	1.68 MB

Trollope WSW 2011. Personal perspectives on commercial versus communal African fire paradigms when using fire to manage rangelands for domestic livestock and wildlife in southern and east African ecosystems. Fire Ecology 7 (1) 57-73

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Personal perspectives on commercial versus communal African fire paradigms.pdf	4.07 MB

Ministry of Agriculture Water and Forestry (MAWF) 2015. Monthly Burned Area Report, August 2015.

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Monthly Burned Area Report_August 2015.pdf	1.54 MB

Ministry of Agriculture Water and Forestry (MAWF) 2015. Monthly Burned Area Report, July 2015.

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Monthly Burned Area Report_July 2015.pdf	1.22 MB

Ramberg L, Lindholm M, Bonyongo C, Hessen DO, Heinl M, Murray-Hudson M, Vanderpost C, Wolski P 2008. Aquatic ecosystem responses to fire and flood size in the Okavango Delta: natural experiments on seasonal floodplains.

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Aquatic ecosystem responses to fire and flood size in the Okavango Delta_2008.pdf	948.11 KB

Steenkamp K, Forsyth G, Frost P, Archibald S, McFerren G, van Wilgen B, Scholes RJ Characterising severe fire events in South Africa.

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Characterising severe fire events in South Africa.pdf	2.17 MB

Siegfried WR 1981. The incidence of veld-fire in the Etosha National Park, 1970-1979. Madoqua 12 (4) 225-230

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The incidence of veld_fire_ENP 1970_1979.pdf	342.34 KB

Ministry of Agriculture Water and Forestry (MAWF) 2014. Monthly Burned Area Report, November 2014.

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Monthly Burned Area Report_November 2014.pdf	1.8 MB

Ministry of Agriculture Water and Forestry (MAWF) 2014. Monthly Burned Area Report, October 2014.

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Monthly Burned Area Report_October 2014.pdf	1.75 MB

Ministry of Agriculture Water and Forestry (MAWF) 2014. Monthly Burned Area Report, September 2014.

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Monthly Burned Area Report_September 2014.pdf	1.58 MB

Russel-Smith J, Monagle C, Jacobsohn M, Beatty RL, Bilbao B, Millan A, Vessuri H, Sanchez-Rose I 2013. Can savanna burning projects deliver measurable greenhouse emissions reductions and sustainable livelihood opportunities in fire-prone settings?. Climatic Change

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Climatic_Change_Springer Journal_Article_7Nov2013_Russel Smith.pdf	349.48 KB

Beatty R 2014. Liuana Partial Reserve, Angola and Bwabwata National Park, Namibia. Integrated transfrontier fire management - A proposed approach.

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Luiana-Bwabwata Transfrontier IFM Approach_August 2014_GH.pdf	1.6 MB

von Breitenabach F 1968. Long-term plan of forestry development in the Eastern Caprivi Zipfel.

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Von Breitenbach 1968 Long_term Plan Forestry Dev E Caprivi.pdf	42.51 MB

Sinha P, Hobbs PV, Yokelson RJ, Blake DR, Gao S, Kirchstetter TW 2003. Distributions of trace gases and aerosols during the dry biomass burning season in southern Africa. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres (1984-2012) 108 (D17) 16

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2003JD003691/abstract

Stander PE, Nott TB, Mentis MT 1993. Proposed burning strategy for a semi-arid African savanna. African Journal of Ecology 31 (4) 282-289

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2028.1993.tb00542.x/abstract

Heinl M, Frost P, Vanderpost C, Sliva J 2007. Fire activity on drylands and floodplains in the southern Okavango Delta, Botswana. Journal of Arid Environments 68 (1) 77-87

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196306001236

Pricope NG, Binford MW 2012. A spatio-temporal analysis of fire recurrence and extent for semi-arid savanna ecosystems in southern Africa using moderate-resolution satellite imagery. Journal of Environmental Management 100 72-85

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479712000321

Joubert DF, Smit GN, Hoffman MT 2012. The role of fire in preventing transitions from a grass dominated state to a bush thickened state in arid savannas. Journal of Arid Environments 87 (2012) 1-7

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196312001814

Cousins SR, Witkowski ETF 2012. African aloe ecology: A review. Journal of Arid Environments 85 1-17

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196312001280

Seymour CL, Huyser O 2008. Fire and the demography of camelthorn (Acacia erioloba Meyer) in the southern Kalahari – evidence for a bonfire effect?. African Journal of Ecology 46 594-601

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2028.2007.00909.x/abstract

Higgins S, Bond WJ, Trollope WSW 2000. Fire, resprouting and variability: a recipe for grass-tree coexistence in savanna. Journal of Ecology 88 213-229

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/2648525

Midgley JJ, Bond WJ 2001. A Synthesis of the demography of African acacias. Journal of Tropical Ecology 17 (06) 871-886

Website link:http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract;jsessionid=52344CE5821E3BDFCFD6B02645288EBC.journals?fromPage=online&aid=90803

Bond WJ, Midgley JJ 2003. The Evolutionary Ecology of Sprouting in Woody Plants. International Journal of Plant Sciences 164 (3) S103-S114

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.1086/374191?uid=4&sid=21102449507217

Bond WJ, Midgley GF, Woodward FI 2003. The importance of low atmospheric CO2 and fire in promoting the spread of grasslands and savannas. Global Change Biology 9 973-982

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-2486.2003.00577.x/abstract

2004. Wildland Fire Management Handbook for Sub-Sahara Africa.

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Wildland Fire Management Handbook for Sub_Sahara Africa.pdf	10.33 MB

Kasaona MK 2012. Patch-Mosaic Burn in Etosha National Park. AMESD in the SADC Region. Agricultural and Environmental Resource Management.

Website link:http://www.amesdsadc.org/patch-mosaic-burn-in-etosha-national-park-05-15-june-2012

Roy DP, Boschetti L 2009. Southern Africa Validation of the MODIS, L3JRC and GlobCarbon Burned-Area Products. Geoscience and Remote Sensing 47 (4) 1032-1044

Website link:http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=4799182&sortType%3Dasc_p_Sequence%26filter%3DAND%28p_IS_Number%3A4804105%29=

Barbour DJ 1968. Notes on birds attracted when burning firebreaks in the western Okavango. Bokmakierie 20 20

Website link:http://www.hbw.com/journal/bokmakierie

Trollope WSW, Trollope LA 2004. Prescribed burning in African grasslands and savannas for wildlife management.

Website link:http://ag.arizona.edu/oals/ALN/aln55/trollope.html

Trollope WSW Effects and use of fire in southern African savannas.

Website link:http://www.researchgate.net/publication/268415664_EFFECTS_AND_USE_OF_FIRE_IN_SOUTHERN_AFRICAN_SAVANNAS

Trigg S, Flasse S 2000. Characterizing the spectral-temporal response of burned savannah using in situ spectroradiometry and infrared thermometry. International Journal of Remote Sensing 21 (16) 3161 - 3168

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01431160050145045

Kamminga EM 2001. Impact of the Integrated Forest Fire Management Program on Rural Livelihoods in East Caprivi Region, Namibia. 1-29

Website link:http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/iffn/country/na/na_6d.htm

Goldammer JG 1999. Namibia Round Table Meeting on Fire, Windhoek 10-11 November 1998. Report. 10 - 11

Website link:http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/iffn/country/na/na_7b.htm

2001. International Forest Fire News. 25

Website link:http://gfmc.online/iffn/iffn_25/content25.html

2011. Community-based fire management. A Review.

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Community_based fire management.pdf	1.29 MB

Wiegand K, Saltz D, Ward D 2006. A patch-dynamics approach to savanna dynamics and woody plant encroachment - Insights from an arid savanna. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 7 (4) 229 - 242

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A patch_dynamics approach to savanna dynamics and woody plant encroachment_Insights from an arid savanna.pdf	415.07 KB

Yensen E, Quinney DL, Johnson K, Timmerman K, Steenhof K 1992. Fire, vegetation changes, and population fluctuations of Townsend Ground-squirrels. American Midland Naturalist 128 (2) 299 – 312

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/2426464

Skarpe C 1991. Spatial patterns and dynamics of woody vegetation in an arid savanna. Journal of Vegetation Science 2 565 - 572

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.2307/3236039/abstract

Siljander M 2009. Predictive fire occurrence modelling to improve burned area estimation at a regional scale: A case study in East Caprivi, Namibia. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 11 (6) 380 - 393

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0303243409000506

Sannier CAD, Taylor JC, du Plessis W 2002. Real-time monitoring of vegetation biomass with NOAA-AVHRR in Etosha National Park, Namibia, for fire risk assessment. International Journal of Remote Sensing 23 (1) 71 - 89

Website link:http://www.mendeley.com/research/realtime-monitoring-of-vegetation-biomass-with-noaaavhrr-in-etosha-national-park-namibia-for-fire-risk-assessment/

Robertson F 2005. Ecological processes within the Four Corners Area, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe: Biodiversity Foundation for Africa.

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Ecological processes within the Four Corners Area_Bulawayo_Zimbabwe.pdf	879.89 KB

Joubert DF, Rothauge A, Smit GN 2008. A conceptual model of vegetation dynamics in the semiarid Highland savanna of Namibia, with particular reference to bush thickening by Acacia mellifera. Journal of Arid Environments 72 (12) 2201 - 2210

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196308001900

Hély C, Caylor K, Alleaume S, Swap RJ, Shugart HH 2003. Release of gaseous and particulate carbonaceous compounds from biomass burning during the SAFARI 2000 dry season field campaign. Journal of Geophysical Research 108 (D13) 8470

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Release of gaseous and particulate carbonaceous compounds from biomass burning during the SAFARI 2000 dry season field campaign.pdf	1.12 MB

Geldenhuys CJ 1977. The effect of different regimes of annual burning on two woodland communities in Kavango. South African Forestry Journal 103 (1) 32 - 42

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00382167.1977.9629467

Bucini G, Hanan NP 2007. A continental-scale analysis of tree cover in African savannas. Global Ecology and Biogeography 16 (5) 93 - 605

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2007.00325.x/full