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Detachment and movement of topsoil or soil material from the upper part of the profile, by the action of wind or running water, especially as a result of changes brought about by human activity, such as unsuitable or mismanaged agriculture. (Source: BJGEO)

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Sweeting MM, Lancaster N 1982. Solutional and wind erosion forms on limestone in the central Namib Desert. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie 26 (2) 197-207

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Solutional and wind erosion forms on limestone in the central Namib Desert.pdf	5.95 MB

Marker ME 1983. Fluvial deposits of the middle Kuiseb valley, Namibia. Journal of Arid Environments 6 (4) 333-348

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Fluvial deposits of the middle Kuiseb valley.pdf	10.59 MB

Zimmermann I, Kauatjirue J, Tjeriko T 2009. The influence of high stocking density followed by rest on grass density and soil moisture in the Camelthorn Savanna.

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The influence of high stocking density followed by rest on grass density and soil moisture in the Camelthorn Savanna.pdf	3.07 MB

Tjilumbu L, Zimmermann I 2009. The influence of patch burning in the Thornbush savanna.

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The influence of patch burning in the Thornbush savanna.pdf	6.05 MB

Leggett K, Fennessy J, Schneider S 2001. Hoanib River Catchment Study, Northwestern Namibia - Soil.

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Hoanib River Catchment Study_Northwestern Namibia_Soil.pdf	7.07 MB

Gehring AU, Riahi N, Kind J, Almqvist BSG, Weidler PG 2014. The formation of the Namib Sand Sea inferred from the spatial pattern of magnetic rock fragments. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 395 168-172

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X14001939

Thomas AD, Dougill AJ 2007. Spatial and temporal distribution of cyanobacterial soil crusts in the Kalahari: Implications for soil surface properties. Geomorphology 85 (1-2) 17-29

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169555X0600290X

Boelhouwers J, Scheepers T 2004. The role of antelope trampling on scarp erosion in a hyper-arid environment, Skeleton Coast, Namibia. Journal of Arid Environments 58 (4) 545-557

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196303001769

Matmon A, Mushkin A, Enzel Y, Grodek T 2013. Erosion of a granite inselberg, Gross Spitzkoppe, Namib Desert. Geomorphology 201 52-59

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169555X13003152

Knetsch G 1938. Aus dem Sedimentstammbaum eines Trockengebietes (Beobachtung aus der südlichen Namib, Südwestafrika). Geologische Rundschau 29 (3-5) 334-347

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01806893

Zobeck TM 1991. Soil properties affecting wind erosion. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 46 (2) 112-118

Website link:http://www.jswconline.org/content/46/2/112.extract

Codilean AT, Bishop P, Stuart FM, Hoey TB, Fabel D, Freeman SPHT 2007. Single-grain cosmogenic 21Ne concentrations in fluvial sediments reveal spatially variable erosion rates. Geology 36 (2) 159-162

Website link:http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/36/2/159.abstract

Ritchie JC, Walling DE, Peters J 2002. Application of geographic information systems and remote sensing for quantifying patterns of erosion and water quality. Hydrological Processes 17 (5) 885-886

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hyp.1167/abstract

Symeonakis E, Drake N 2004. Monitoring deserti?cation and land degradation over sub-Saharan Africa. International Journal of Remote Sensing 25 (3) 573-592

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0143116031000095998

Viles HA, Taylor MP, Nicoll K, Neumann S 2007. Facies evidence of hydroclimatic regime shifts in tufa depositional sequences from the arid Naukluft Mountains, Namibia. Sedimentary Geology 195 (1-2) 39-53

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0037073806002053

Hochschild V, Märker M, Rodolfi G, Staudenrausch H 2003. Delineation of erosion classes in semi-arid southern African grasslands using vegetation indices from optical remote sensing data. Hydrological Processes 17 (5) 917-928

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hyp.1170/abstract

Kapalanga TS 2008. A Review of Land Degraradatation Assessment Methods.

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Klintenberg P, Seely M 2004. Land Degradation Monitoring in Namibia: A First Approximation. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 99 (1 - 3) 5 - 21

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Land Degradation Monitoring in Namibia_A First Approximation.pdf	1.52 MB

Goudie AS, Eckardt F 1999. The evolution of the morphological framework of the central Namib desert, Namibia, since the early Cretaceous. Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography 81 (3) 443 - 458

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-0459.00073/abstract

Eitel B, Eberle J, Kuhn R 2002. Holocene environmental change in the Otjiwarongo thornbush savanna (Northern Namibia): Evidence from soils and sediments. Catena 47 (1) 43 - 62

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0341816201001709

Wilkinson MJ 1988. Tertiary events in the Tumas River basin, central Namib Desert: geology and geomorphology of the Naarip plain. 137-164

Mabbutt JA 1951. The evolution of the middle Ugab Valley, Damaraland, South West Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 33 (3) 333-363

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00359195109519890#.VGs9WVItBHg

Strohbach BJ, Coetzee ME 1993. Soil erosion hazard mapping in Namibia. Proceedings of the 5th AGRISSON Congress

Website link:http://www.nbri.org.na/publications

2018. Metadata for the LandPKS monitoring and herbaceous biomass monitoring carried out by the Rangeland Monitoring Project.

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Rangeland Monitoring Project metadata.zip	246.63 KB

Erosion gullies in southern and central Angola.

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Erosion gullies in southern and central Angola.zip	39.25 MB

Mendelsohn JM 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

Compton JS, Herbert CT, Hoffman MT, Schneider RR, Stuut J-B 2010. A tenfold increase in the Orange River mean Holocene mud flux: implications for soil erosion in South Africa. The Holocene (20) 115–122

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A tenfold increase in the Orange River mean Holocene mud flux.pdf	708.34 KB

2018. OPTIMASS, a joint Namibian-German research project.

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OPTIMASS_broschure_final_low.pdf	3.89 MB

Ndhlovu T, Milton SJ, Esler KJ 2015. Effect of Prosopis (mesquite) invasion and clearing on vegetation cover in semi-arid Nama Karoo rangeland, South Africa. African Journal of Range and Forage Science 2015 1-9

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Effect of Prosopis invasion and clearing on vegetation cover in semi_arid Nama Karoo rangeland.pdf	662.88 KB

Strohbach BJ 2000. Soil erosion - causative factors, extent and prevention. Agri-Info 6 (1) 8-14

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Soil erosion_causative factors_extent and prevention.pdf	607.17 KB

Beugler H 1991. Untersuchungen zur Bodenerosion im Etoscha Nationalpark, Namibia - unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Erodierbarkeit der Böden.

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Untersuchungen zur Bodenerosion im Etoscha Nationalpark.pdf	5.54 MB

Buch MW 1990. Soils, soil erosion and vegetation in the Etosha National Park/Northern Namibia - Field and laboratory results of the investigations of the year 1989.

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Soils_soil erosion and vegetation in the Etosha National Park Northern Namibia.pdf	7.34 MB

Brown CJ 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

Strohbach B 2000. Soil erosion - causitive factors, extent and prevention. Agri-Info 6 (1) 8-14

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AgriInfo6_1_2000_Soil erosion.pdf	616.46 KB

1969. Soil Conservation Act 76 of 1969.

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ACT_1969_06_76_Soil Conservation Act.pdf	153.67 KB

Mendelsohn JM Landscape changes in Angola. Biodiversity of Angola 123-127

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Landscape changes in Angola.pdf	1.58 MB

Josling GJ 1988. Watererosie op landerye. Agricola 5 30-34

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Watererosie op landerye.pdf	1.08 MB

Heine K, Völkel J 2010. Soil clay minerals in Namibia and their significance for the terrestrial and marine past global change Research. African Study Monographs 40 31-50

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Soil clay minerals 2010.pdf	1.36 MB

Bierman PR, Caffee M 2001. Slow Rates of Rock Surface Erosion and Sediment Production across the Namib Desert and Escarpment, Southern Africa. Ameriacan Journal of Science 301 326-358

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Slow Rates of Rock Surface Erosion and Sediment Production across the Namib Desert and Escarpment_2001.pdf	2.53 MB

Lubbe L 2009. Namibian Rangeland Forum - The National Rangeland Management Policy and Strategy (NRMPAS).

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The National Rangeland Management Policy and Strategy_Lubbe_2009.pdf	6.64 MB

Oldeman LR, Hakkeling RTA, Sombrock WG 1991. World map of the status of human-induced soil degradation. An explanatory note.

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World map of the status of human-induced soil degradation_1991.pdf	4.87 MB

Tongway D, Hindley N 2000. Understanding more about your landscape. A method for monitoring landscape productivity.

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Understanding more about your landscape_A method for monitoring landscape productivity.pdf	8.96 MB

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

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Land degredation Kniivila_2004.pdf	172.61 KB

Strohbach BJ, Calitz AJ, Coetzee ME 1996. Erosion hazard mapping: Modelling the vegetative cover. Agricola 9 53 - 59

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Erosion hazard mapping_Modelling the vegetative cover_1996.pdf	2.42 MB

Mwazi FN, Shamate K 2007. Assessment of the status of soil macro-elements along a gully at Farm Krumhuk, Khomas Region, Namibia (2007). Agricola 17 38 - 41

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Assessment of the status of soil macro_elements along a gully at Farm Krumhuk_2007.pdf	326.43 KB

Els JF 2002. Weirs: Experience in southern Namibia.

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Spotlight_057.pdf	1009.25 KB

Bester FV, van Eck JAJ, Kölling H, van Rooyen B 2003. The influence of stocking rate on the grass yield in the Camel Thorn Savanna.

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Spotlight_070.pdf	2.7 MB

Reid H, Sahlén L, Stage J, MacGregor J 2007. The economic impact of climate change in Namibia: How climate change will affect the contribution of Namibia's natural resources to its economy.

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Namibia EEP discussion paper.pdf	1.14 MB

MDG 7 - Progress Towards Environmental Sustainability.

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MDG7 Namibia.pdf	445.41 KB

Beugler-Bell H, Buch MW 1997. Soils and soil erosion in the Etosha National Park, northern Namibia. Madoqua 20 (1) 91-104

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Soils and soil erosion in the Etosha National Park.pdf	2.05 MB