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indigenous knowledge

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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du Plessis P 2002. Promoting Indigenous Fruit in Namibia (PIF).
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Promoting_Indigenous_Fruit_In_Namibia_by_Pierre_Du_Plessis_October_2002.pdf 7.86 MB
LaFranchi C 1996. Small-Scale and subsistence use of natural resources in Namibian CBNRM, the LIFE Program, and LIFE Sub-grantee activities - Estimating the value to livelihood of selected wild foods, medicinals, building and craft materials, and fuelwoods.
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Small-Scale_and_Subsistence_use_of_Natural_Resources_in_Namibian_Communal_Areas.pdf 3.99 MB
du Plessis P 2001. Strategy and Action Plan for promoting indigenous fruits in Namibia.
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Trategy_and_Action_Plan_For_Promoting_Indigenous Fruits_in_Namibia_compiled_by_Pierre_du_Plessis_October_2001.pdf 5.02 MB
Sheuyange A Landscape level vegetation change in relation to fire history in eastern Ohangwena Region, Namibia.
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Landscape_level_vegetation_change_in_relation_to_fire_history_in_eastern_Ohangwena_region_Namibia_Sheuyange.pdf 4.74 MB
2009. Environmental Information Services, Systems and Knowledge Management for Biodiversity and Protected Areas, 14 August 2009, Windhoek. Workshop Proceedings.
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Proceedings Workshop Environmental Info Syste Aug 09 Final.pdf 262.48 KB
Glawion R, Henschel J Heritage Interpretation as a potential driver for economic development, environmental conservation and cultural Regeneration in southern Africa. Example: Namib-Naukluft Park in Namibia.
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Glawion_R_and_Henschel_J.pdf 1.44 MB
Cole D, Powell N, !Aice B 1998. San/Vakwangali natural resource and livelihood study, Mpungu and Kahenge Constituencies Kavango Region - Namibia.
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San_or_Vakwangali_Natural_and_Livelihood_Study_1998.pdf 3.59 MB
Köhler-Rollefson IK 2001. Intellectual property rights regime necessary for traditional livestock raisers. Indigenous Knowledge and Development Monitor 9 (1) 12-15
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Intellectual property rights_2001_Koehler_Rollefson.pdf 107.01 KB
IWRM Plan Joint Venture Namibia 2010. Development of an Integrated Water Resources Management Plan for Namibia. Theme Report 4: Formulation of Information and Knowledge Systems.
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MAWF_The Formulation of Information and Knowledge Systems 2010 08 31.pdf 1.09 MB
Thomas DSG, Twyman C 2004. Good or bad rangeland? hybrid knowledge, science, and local understandings of vegetation dynamics in the Kalahari. Land Degradation and Development 15 215-231
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Good or bad rangelenad_Thomas_Twyman_2004.pdf 422.06 KB
Sheuyange A, Oba G, Weladji RB 2005. Effects of anthropogenic fire history on savanna vegetation in northeastern Namibia. Journal of Environmental Management 75 (3) 189-198
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Effects of anthropogenic fire history on savanna vegetation in northeastern Namibia.pdf 198.66 KB
Taylor JJ 2005. Land, Resources and Visibility: The Origins and Implications of Land Mapping in Namibia's West Caprivi.
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Julie Taylor MPhil Thesis 2005 - Land Resources and Visibility.pdf 683.9 KB
Mulonga S 2003. Wild food: Use of natural resources for food in eastern Caprivi.
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Research Discussion Paper 62_2003.pdf 2.62 MB
Berry C 2003. Aspects of phenology and condition of inland and coastal !Nara plants in the Namib-Naukluft Park, Namibia. Dinteria 28 1 - 18
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Dinteria_28_1_Berry_2003.pdf 285.67 KB
Christian I 2000. Working experience with traditional pastoralists and their way of pasture management. Agricola 11 10 - 13
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Working experience with traditional pastoralists and their way of pasture management_2000.pdf 473.12 KB
2011. Farmers' knowledge and climate change adaptation: Insights from policy processes in Kenya and Namibia. 042
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Policy_Brief_042.pdf 634.35 KB
van Damme P, van den Eynden V, Vernemmen P 1922. Plant uses by the Topnaar people of Kuiseb Valley Namib desert. Afrika Focus 8 (3 - 4) 223 - 252
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Plant uses by the Topnaar people of Kuiseb Valley Namib desert.pdf 1.38 MB
Craven P, Sullivan S 2002. Inventory and review of ethnobotanical research in Namibia: First steps towards a central 'register' of indigenous plant knowledge.
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Inventory and review of ethnobotanical research in Namibia.pdf 8.86 MB
Verlinden A, Dayot B 2005. A comparison between indigenous environmental knowledge and a conventional vegetation analysis in north central Namibia. Journal of Arid Environments 62 (1) 143 - 175
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Comparison between indigenous knowledge and a conventional vegetation analysis Verlinden.pdf 544.64 KB
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196304002502
van Niekerk A 2004. Hoodia.
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Spotlight_079.pdf 4.55 MB
2007. United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Adopted by General Assembly Resolution 61/295 on 13 September 2007.
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.pdf 165.85 KB
Krugmann H 2001. Namibia's thematic report on Benefit-sharing mechanisms for the use of biological resources, 15 May, 2001.
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na-nr-abs-en.pdf 247.13 KB
Cheikhyoussef A, Mapaure I, Shapi M 2011. The use of some indigenous plants for medicinal and other purposes by local communities in Namibia with emphasis on Oshikoto Region: A Review. Research Journal of Medicinal Plant 5 (4) 406 - 419
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use of indigenous plants in Oshikoto region.pdf 903.82 KB
Natural Futures Programme 2007. The commercial potential scale of the Natural Products sector in Namibia.
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Indigneous plant products_namibia.pdf 321.07 KB
Ministry of Agriculture Water and Rural Development (MAWRD) 2005. The economic importance of Indigenous Plants in Namibia: A rapid assessment.
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Discussion No.20 economic importance of Indigenous Plants.doc 93 KB
Newsham A, Thomas D 2009. Agricultural adaptation, local knowledge and livelihoods diversification in North-Central Namibia..
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Agricultural adaptation local knowledge and livelihoods diversification in north-central Namibia.pdf 754.42 KB
Davies G 1994. The Medical Culture of the Ovambo of Southern Angola and Northern Namibia.
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Owambo medical culture Gwyneth Davies thesis 1994.pdf 1.62 MB
Taylor JJ 2008. Khwe San knowledge in the western Caprivi. Part I, Part II. 30 - 31
Website link:http://kalahariborderlands.googlepages.com
Taylor JJ, Murphy C 2006. Land and natural resource mapping by San communities and NGOs: Experiences from Namibia. Participatory Learning and Action 54 79 - 84
Website link:http://kalahariborderlands.googlepages.com
Taylor JJ 2007. Celebrating San victory too soon? Reflections on the outcome of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve Court Case. Anthropology Today 23 (5) 3 - 5
Website link:http://kalahariborderlands.googlepages.com
Taylor JJ 2007. Rendering the land visible. Cultural Survival Quarterly 31 (4) 10 - 15
Website link:http://kalahariborderlands.googlepages.com
Taylor JJ 2008. Naming the Land: San countermapping in West Caprivi, Namibia. Geoforum 38 (5) 1766 - 1775
Website link:http://kalahariborderlands.googlepages.com
Taylor JJ 2008. Post-Apartheid 'Tribalism'? Land, ethnicity and discourses on San subversion in West Caprivi, Namibia. African Studies 67 (3) 315 - 338
Website link:http://kalahariborderlands.googlepages.com
Taylor JJ, Battistoni A 2009. Indigenous identities and military frontiers: Preliminary reflections on San and the military in Namibia and Angola 1960-2000. Lusotopie 16 (1) 113 - 131
Website link:http://kalahariborderlands.googlepages.com
Taylor JJ 2009. Differentiating 'Bushmen' from 'Bantus': Identity Building in West Caprivi, Namibia, 1930-1989. Journal of African History 50 (3) 417 - 436
Website link:http://kalahariborderlands.googlepages.com
Stander PE, Ghau X, Tsisaba D, Txoma X 1995. A new method of darting: stepping back in time. African Journal of Ecology 34 (1) 48-53
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A new method of darting_stepping back in time.pdf 147.88 KB
Hoffman AC, Baard E 1969. Bushman engravings on walking sticks, magic sticks, a calabash and ostrich egg-shells. Researches of the National Museum 2 (8) 238-242
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Bushman engravings on walking sticks.pdf 400.78 KB
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