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Local knowledge that is unique to a given culture or society, which is the basis for local-level decision making in agriculture, health care, education and other matters of concern in rural communities. (Source: WIK)

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Paterson B, Norton M, Jarre A, Green L 2014. Chapter 7: Science, fishers' knowledge and Namibia's fishing industry. Africa-centred Knowledges: Crossing Fields and Worlds 111-125

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Science_Fishers Knowledge and Namibias Fishing Industry_2014.pdf	189.59 KB

van den Eynden V, Vernemmen P, van Damme P 1992. The ethnobotany of the Topnaar.

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The ethnobotany of the Topnaar_1992.pdf	28.31 MB

Shackley M 1984. #hing - #hais: an early stoneworking site from the central Namib Desert. Madoqua 13 (4) 271-279

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An early stoneworking site from the central Namib Desert_1984.pdf	2.99 MB

Shackley M 1983. Human burials in hut circles at Sylvia Hill, S.W. Africa / Namibia. Cimbebasia 3 (3) 102-106

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Human burials in hut circles at Sylvia Hill.pdf	4.48 MB

Shackley M 1982. Namib IV and the Acheulean technocomplex in the central Namib Desert (South West Africa). Palaeoecology of Africa and the Surrounding Islands 15 151-158

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Namib IV and the Acheulean technocomplex in the central Namib Desert.pdf	3.42 MB

Krämer M 2007. Die Topnaar Traditional Authority: Grenzen des Häuptlingtums in Namibia. Scientific Society, Swakopmund 39 (2/07) 12-19

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The Topnaar Traditional Authority_2007.pdf	3.46 MB

Dentlinger U 1977. An ethnobotanical study of the !nara plant among the Topnaar hottentots of Namibia. Munger Africana Library Notes 38 3-39

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An ethnobotanical study of the nara plant among the Topnaar hottentots of Namibia_1977.pdf	6.01 MB

2005. The socio-economic importance of alluvial aquifers for communities in the lower Kuiseb River, Namibia.

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The socio_economic importance of alluvial aquifers for communities in the lower Kuiseb River.pdf	32.99 MB

Werner W 2003. Werner, W. 2003. Livelihoods among the Topnaar of the Lower Kuiseb.

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Livelihoods among the Topnaar of the Lower Kuiseb.pdf	15.87 MB

Botelle A, Kowalski K 1995. Changing resource use in Namibia's lower Kuiseb river valley: perceptions from the Topnaar community.

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Changing resource use in Namibias lower Kuiseb river valley_perceptions from the Topnaar community.pdf	55.81 MB

Dieckmann U, Odendaal W, Tarr J, Schreij A 2013. Indigenous peoples and climate change in Africa - Report on case studies of Namibia's Topnaar and Hai||om Communities.

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Indigenous peoples and climate change in Africa.pdf	1.65 MB

Turco M 1996. 'I'd rather they kill me'. Keeping Track February/March (1996) 11-15

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Id rather they kill me.pdf	1.96 MB

Ezzell C 2001. The Himba and the dam.

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The Himba and the dam.pdf	2.71 MB

Ipinge S 2004. Indigenous plants: opportunities for communities.

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Opportunities with indigenous plants.ppt	2.14 MB

National Forestry Programme Facility in Namibia 2009. Indigenous Natural Products of Namibia - Marketing information.

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Indigenous Natural Products of Namibia_Marketing information.pdf	422.42 KB

Munisse P, Andersen SB, Jensen BD, Christiansen JL 2011. Diversity of landraces, agricultural practises and traditional uses of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) in Mozambique. African Journal of Plant Science 5 (2) 75-86

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Diversity of landraces_agricultural practises and traditional uses of watermelon.pdf	315.09 KB

Salokoski M 2006. How Kings are made - How Kingship changes. A study of rituals and ritual change in pre-colonial and colonial Owamboland, Namibia.

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How Kings are made_How Kingship changes.pdf	3.75 MB

Colpaert A, Matengu K, Polojärvi K 2013. Land use practices in Caprivi's changing political environment. Journal for Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences 2 (2) 141-162

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Land use practices in Caprivis changing political environment.pdf	556.02 KB

Behnke RH 1998. Range and livestock management in the Etanga development area, Kunene Region.

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Range and Livestock Management in the Etanga Development Area_Kunene Region.pdf	16.1 MB

Chinsembu KC, Hedimbi M 2010. An ethnobotanical survey of plants used to manage HIV/AIDS opportunistic infections in Katima Mulilo, Caprivi region, Namibia. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 6 25

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An ethnobotanical survey of plants used to manage HIV_AIDS opportunistic infections in Katima Mulilo_2010.pdf	580.63 KB

Cheikhyoussef A, Shapi M, Matengu K, Ashekele HM 2011. Ethnobotanical study of indigenous knowledge on medicinal plant use by traditional healers in Oshikoto Region, Namibia. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 7 10

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Ethnobotanical study of indigenous knowledge on medicinal plant use by traditional healers in Oshikoto Region.pdf	456.32 KB

Website link:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3062575/

Eiseb E, Giess W, Haacke WHG 1991. A Preliminary list of Khoekoe (Nama/Damara) Plant Names. Dinteria 21 17-30

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A Preliminary list of Khoekoe Plant Names_1991.pdf	1.34 MB

Mogotsi K, Ulian T 2013. Conserving indigenous food plants in Botswana – the case of the morama bean. Samara 24 4

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Conserving indigenous food plants in Botswana.pdf	76.39 KB

Roets M, van Fleet JW 2006. Rights, Resources, Markets and Development. A South African/Namibian Farmer's Guide to Using Intellectual Property. Workshop Guidebook.

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Farmers Guide to Using Intellectual Property.pdf	1.49 MB

2007. Presentation on Project Duras. Kalahari Melon Seed oil.

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DURAS KMS presentation 032007.ppt	1.89 MB

Shackleton SE, Shackleton CM, Cunningham AB, Lombard C, Sullivan CA, Netshiluvhi TR 2002. A summary of knowledge on Sclerocarya birrea subsp. caffra with emphasis on its importance as a non-timber forest product in South and southern Africa. Part 1: Taxonomy, ecology, traditional uses and role in rural livelihoods.

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A summary of knowledge on Sclerocarya birrea_2003.pdf	502.17 KB

National Agricultural Support Services Programme (NASSP) 2003. Proceedings of the 2nd National Indigenous Fruit Stakeholders Workshop.

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IFTT workshop proceedings final.pdf	634.85 KB

den Adel S 2005. Progress report Eco-regional Satellite Centers. September 2005.

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Progress report Eco_regional Satellite Centers.pdf	230.24 KB

Kahler JS, Roloff GJ, Gore ML 2013. Poaching Risks in Community-Based Natural Resource Management. Conservation Biology 27 177-186

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01960.x/abstract

Breton G, Schlebusch CM, Lombard M, Sjödin P, Soodyall H, Jakobsson M 2014. Lactase Persistence Alleles Reveal Partial East African Ancestry of Southern African Khoe Pastoralists. Current Biology 24 (8) 852-858

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982214002097

Chinsembu KC, Negumbo J, Likando M, Mbangu A 2014. An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used to treat livestock diseases in Onayena and Katima Mulilo, Namibia. South African Journal of Botany 94 101-107

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An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used to treat livestock diseases_2014.pdf	628.82 KB

O'Keefe SJD, Lavender R 1989. The plight of modern bushmen. The Lancet 334 (8657) 255-258

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673689904376

Newsham AJ, Thomas DSG 2011. Knowing, farming and climate change adaptation in North-Central Namibia. Global Environmental Change 21 (2) 761-770

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378010001160

Kong TM, Austin DE, Kellner K, Orr BJ 2014. The interplay of knowledge, attitude and practice of livestock farmers' land management against desertification in the South African Kalahari. Journal of Arid Environments 105 12-21

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196314000366

Hoymann G 2010. Questions and responses in +Akhoe Hai||om. Journal of Pragmatics 42 (10) 2726-2740

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378216610001049

van Wyk B-E 2008. A review of Khoi-San and Cape Dutch medical ethnobotany. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 119 (3) 331-341

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037887410800398X

Salole M 2007. Chapter 15 – Merging two disparate worlds in rural Namibia: joint venture tourism in Torra conservancy. Tourism and Indigenous Peoples - Issues and Implications 205-219

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780750664462500247

van Damme P 1998. Wild Plants as Food Security in Namibia and Senegal. The Arid Frontier 41 229-247

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-011-4888-7_12

Roux DJ, Rogers KH, Biggs HC, Ashton PJ, Sergeant A 2006. Bridging the Science–Management Divide: Moving from Unidirectional Knowledge Transfer to Knowledge Interfacing and Sharing. Ecology and Society 11 (1) 4

Website link:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol11/iss1/art4/

Kaschula SA, Twine WE, Scholes MC 2005. Coppice Harvesting of Fuelwood Species on a South African Common: Utilizing Scientiﬁc and Indigenous Knowledge in Community Based Natural Resource Management. Human Ecology 33 (3) 387-418

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/4603578

2006. Updating the San: Image and Reality of an African People in the 21st Century. Senri Ethnological Studies 70 1-42

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Updating the San Image and Reality of an African People in the 21st Century.pdf	243.33 KB

Benveniste A 2012. The Ju/'hoan San of Nyae Nyae and Namibian independence. Development, democracy and indigenous voices in Southern Africa by Biesele, Megan et Robert K. Hitchcock. Social Anthropology 20 (2) 202-204

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-8676.2012.00202_2.x/abstract

van Damme P, van den Eynden V 2000. Succulent and xerophytic plants used by the Topnaar of Namibia. Haseltonia 7 53 - 62

Website link:http://www.mendeley.com/research/succulent-xerophytic-plants-used-topnaar-namibia/

Seely M, Moser P 2004. Connecting Community Action and Science to Combat Desertification: Evaluation of a Process. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 99 (1 - 3) 33 - 55

Website link:http://www.springerlink.com/content/h162671772634n07/

Verlinden A, Seely MK, Hillyer A 2006. Settlement, trees and termites in Central North Namibia: A case of indigenous resource management. Journal of Arid Environments 66 307 - 335

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014019630500282X

Verlinden A, Kruger AS 2007. Changing grazing systems in Central North Namibia. Land Degradation and Development 18 (2) 179 - 197

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Changing grazing systems in Central North Namibia.pdf	307.73 KB

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ldr.769/abstract

Seely MK 1998. Can science and community action connect to combat desertification?. Journal of Arid Environments 39 (2) 267 - 277

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Can science and community action connect to combat desertification.pdf	75.27 KB

Krugmann H 2001. Namibia's thematic report on Benefit-sharing mechanisms for the use of biological resources.

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Namibias thematic report on Benefit-sharing mechanisms for the use of biological resources.pdf	247.13 KB

Klintenberg P, Kruger AS, Seely M 2007. Community-driven local level monitoring: Recording environmental change to support multi-level decision-making in Namibia. Secheresse 18 (4) 336 - 341

Website link:http://www.jle.com/e-docs/00/04/39/F7/article.phtml

Katjiua M, Ward D 2007. Pastoralists perceptions and realities of vegetationchange and browse consumption in the northern Kalahari, Namibia. Journal of Arid Environments 69 (4) 716 - 730

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196306004204