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A period of abnormally dry weather sufficiently prolonged so that the lack of water causes a serious hydrologic imbalance (such as crop damage, water supply shortage) in the affected area. (Source: MGH)

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Lehmann D 2015. Dietary and spatial strategies of gemsbok (Oryx g. gazella) and springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) in response to drought in the desert environment of the Kunene Region, Namibia.

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Dietary and spatial strategies of gemsbok_2015.pdf	8.26 MB

von Maltzahn H 1973. Folgen der duerren in Suedwestafrika. Ornithologische Arbeitsgruppe SWA Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft 9 (5/6) 6-7

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Folgen der Duerren in SWA_1973.pdf	296.62 KB

Dean WRJ, Barnard P, Anderson MD 2009. When to stay, when to go: trade-offs for southern African arid-zone birds in times of drought. South Africa Journal of Science 105 24-28

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trade-offs for southern African arid_zone birds in times of drought.pdf	208.6 KB

2016. FEWS NET (Famine Early Warning System Network) - Angola 1996-2016.

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Rainfall Statistics FEWS Angola 1996-2016.zip	2.07 MB

2016. FEWS NET (Famine Early Warning System Network) - Namibia 1996-2016.

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Rainfall Statistics FEWS Namibia 1996-2016.zip	1.77 MB

Osborne TO 1998. Suspended breeding: Effects of the current drought in Etosha. Lanioturdus 31 (1) 17-19

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Suspended breeding_Effects of the current drought in Etosha.pdf	238.16 KB

Dausab R, Francis G, Jöhr G, Kambatuku JR, Molapo M, Shanyengana SE, Swartz S 1995. Water usage patterns in the Kuiseb catchment area (with emphasis on sustainable use) - 1993/1994.

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Water usage patterns in the Kuiseb catchment area_SPD2.pdf	1.66 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

Namib Desert Environmental Education Trust (NaDEET) 2011. On the Road to Adaptation: Understanding Climate Change in Karas Region.

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On the Road to Adaptation_Understanding Climate Change in Karas Region_Poster English.pdf	11.63 MB

Ward JD, Breen CM 1983. Drought stress and the demise of Acacia albida along the lower Kuiseb river, central Namib Desert: preliminary findings. South Africa Journal of Science 79 (11) 444-447

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Drought stress and the demise of Acacia albilia along the lower Kuiseb river_1983.pdf	549.7 KB

Campbell AC 1976. The 1960's drought in Botswana. 98-109

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The 1960s drought in Botswana.pdf	705.43 KB

Adaptation Fund 2015. Proposal for Namibia (1). Adaptation Fund Board, Project and Programme Review Committee, Seventeenth Meeting, Bonn, Germany, 6-7 October 2015.

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Adaptation Fund Board_Project and Programme Review Committee_2015.pdf	3.07 MB

Angula MN, Kaundjua MB 2016. 'The changing climate and human vulnerability in north-central Namibia'. Jamba: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies 8 (2) 7

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The changing climate and human vulnerability in north_central Namibia.pdf	446.92 KB

Integrated Environmental Consultants Namibia (IECN) 2011. Let's act to adapt - Dealing with climate change: A community information toolkit on adaptation - A resource package developed for farmers and natural resource users in the Ohangwena, Oshana and Oshikoto regions, Namibia.

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Ohangwena_Oshana and Oshikoto Toolkit_web.pdf	1.9 MB

Hasheela RL 2010. Adaptation of farmers to climate change in Ohangwena Region, Namibia.

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Farming in Ohangwena and climate change Raili Laudika Hasheela thesis_2010.pdf	787.76 KB

Greyling T 2005. Factors affecting possible management strategies for the Namib Feral horses.

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Factors affecting possible management strategies for the Namib feral horses _Telane Greylin.pdf	33.51 MB

Gaff DF, Giess W 1986. Drought resistance in water plants in rock pools of Southern Africa. Dinteria 18 17-36

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Dinteria_18_1986_2.pdf	1.92 MB

Gaff DF 1972. Drought resistance in Welwitschia mirabilis Hook. Fil.. Dinteria 7 3-7

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Dinteria_7_1972_1.pdf	507.75 KB

Becker T, Veste M 2006. Perception or deception: Vegetation degradation and desertification processes in northwest Namibia. Poster Symposium 17, Managed ecosystems

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Vegetation degradation and desertification processes in northwest Namibia.pdf	111.19 KB

Midgley GF, Thuiller W 2007. Potential vulnerability of Namaqualand plant diversity to anthropogenic climate change. Journal of Arid Environments 70 (4) 615-628

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Potential vulnerability of Namaqualand plant diversity to anthropogenic climate change.pdf	5.34 MB

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196306004150

Mwale SS, Azam-Ali SN, Massawe FJ 2007. Growth and development of bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea) in response to soil moisture: 2. Resource capture and conversion. European Journal of Agronomy 26 (4) 354-362

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1161030106001699

Mwale SS, Azam-Ali SN, Massawe FJ 2007. Growth and development of bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea) in response to soil moisture: 1. Dry matter and yield. European Journal of Agronomy 26 (4) 345-353

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1161030106001298

Stringer LC, Dyer JC, Reed MS, Dougill AJ, Twyman C, Mkwambisi D 2009. Adaptations to climate change, drought and desertification: local insights to enhance policy in southern Africa. Environment: Science and Policy 12 (7) 748-765

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1462901109000604

van Heerden PDR, Swanepoel JW, Krüger GHJ 2007. Modulation of photosynthesis by drought in two desert scrub species exhibiting C3-mode CO2 assimilation. Environmental and Experimental Botany 61 (2) 124-136

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0098847207000792

Tsoar H 2013. Critical environments: sand dunes and climate change. Treatise on Geomorphology, 11: Aeolian Geomorphology 414-427

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123747396003146

Seely M, Klintenberg P 2007. Can information circulation contribute to combating desertification?. AIDCCD – Active exchange of experience on indicators and development of perspectives in the context of UNCCD: Role of information circulation systems in scientific and practical approaches to combat desertification. Proceedings of the International Seminar 14-23

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Can information circulation contribute to combating desertification.pdf	5.18 MB

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

Website link:http://www.researchgate.net/publication/256502470_Community-driven_local_level_monitoring_recording_environmental_change_to_support_multi-level_decision-making_in_Namibia

Treichel S, Brinckmann E, Scheitler B, Willert DJ 1984. Occurrence and changes of proline content in plants in the southern Namib Desert in relations to increasing and decreasing drought. Planta 162 (3) 236-242

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00397445

Office of the Prime Minister 2013. Emergency food security assessment in communal and resettlement areas of Namibia.

Kwenani KM 2013. Namibia flood and drought situation update. Namibia Red Cross Society, Disaster Management.

Milton SJ, Dean WRJ 2000. Disturbance, drought and dynamics of desert dune grassland, South Africa. Plant Ecology 150 (1-2) 37-51

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FA%3A1026585211708

Kluge T, Liehr S, Lux A, Moser P, Niemann S, Umlauf N, Urban W 2008. IWRM concept for the Cuvelai Basin in northern Namibia. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C 33 (1-2) 48-55

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1474706507000769

Heyns P Water Conservation in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions.

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Water Conservation in Arid and Semi_Arid Regions.pdf	225.76 KB

Dean WRJ, Macdonald IAW 1994. Historical changes in stocking rates of domestic livestock as a measure of semi-arid and arid rangeland degradation in the Cape Province, South Africa. Journal of Arid Environments 26 (3) 281-298

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196384710305

Eller BM, Ruess BR, Ferrari S 1991. Reestablishment of water uptake by succulents after drought: potometric field determinations in the Richtersveld. Botanica Helvetica 101 (2) 259-265

Website link:http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=5019367

Kogan FN 1998. A typical pattern of vegetation conditions in southern Africa during El Nino years detected from AVHRR data using three-channel numerical index. International Journal of Remote Sensing 19 (18) 3688-3694

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/014311698213902

Devereux S, Naeraa T 1996. Drought and Survival in Rural Namibia. Journal of Southern African Studies 22 (3) 421-440

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/2637312

Hoogeveen JGM, Kinsey BH 2001. Land Reform, Growth and Equity: Emerging Evidence from Zimbabwe's Resettlement Programme - A Sequel. Journal of Southern African Studies 27 (1) 127-136

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/823293

Scoones I 1992. Coping with Drought: Responses of Herders and Livestock in Contrasting Savanna Environments in Southern Zimbabwe. Human Ecology 20 (3) 293-314

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/4603055

Diouf A, Lambin EF 2001. Monitoring land-cover changes in semi-arid regions: remote sensing data and field observations in the Ferlo, Senegal. Journal of Arid Environments 48 (2) 129-148

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196300907444

Twyman C, Dougill AJ, Sporton D, Thomas DSG 2001. A case of community self empowerment, Okonyoka, Eastern Namibia: environmental and policy implications. Review of African Political Economy 28 (87) 9-26

Website link:http://www.roape.org/087/02.html

Update - A Regular Briefing on Aspects of Sustainable Development in Namibia, Published by the DRFN.

Website link:http://www.drfn.info:84/

1997. Sub-regional action programme to combat desertification in southern Africa.

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Sub_regional action programme to combat desertification in southern Africa.pdf	99.14 KB

Ward D, Saltz D, Ngairorue BT 2004. Spatio-temporal rainfall variation and stock management in arid Namibia. Journal of Range Management 57 (2) 130 - 140

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/pss/4003910

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

Alexander W 2007. Climate Change in Disarray - An African Perspective. Frontier Backgrounder 51 1 - 5

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Climate Change in Disarray_An African Perspective.pdf	349.1 KB

van Aarde R, de Beer Y, Guldemond R 2004. Elephants, drought and woody vegetation in Namibia's Etosha National Park. Transactions of the Royal Society of SA 59 (2) 123

Website link:http://www.sabinet.co.za/abstracts/royalsa/royalsa_v59_n2_a15.html

Managing the water buffer: For development and climate change adaptation. Groundwater recharge retention, reuse and rainwater storage.

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Managing the water buffer.pdf	2.3 MB

CRU-TS 2.1 Climate Database.

Website link:http://www.cgiar-csi.org/data/climate/item/52-cru-ts-21-climate-database

Seely MK 1991. Namibia: drought and desertification.