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Challeges Facing Natural Resources Management: Human-wildlife Co-existence in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

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Title Challeges Facing Natural Resources Management: Human-wildlife Co-existence in the Okavango Delta, Botswana ?
Author Lucas Pius Rutina, Ketlhatlogile Mosepele, and Gaseitsiwe Smollie Masunga ?
Abstract In southern Africa, co-existence between human and wildlife is hampered by the rate of conflict between the two, especially where the two share a common resource. We investigated this in the Okavango Delta using crop raiding and livestock predation by wildlife. We found that both crop raiding and livestock predation were significant increase from 1992 to 2012 around the Okavango Delta. Potential strategies (conservation agriculture, game ranching and community natural resource management) to reduce the conflict and promote co-existence are suggested. ?
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.2316/P.2016.836-029 ?
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Document Reference Date Type publication ?
Date 2016-09-07 ?
Language English ?
Online Linkage https://www.actapress.com/Abstract.aspx?paperId=456287 ?
Associated project SASSCAL (Phase 1) ?
Subproject 314 Exploring human-wildlife interactions in agro-ecosystems in northern Botswana ?
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Type PDF ?
Category publication ?
Geographic Location
Study site Okavango Catchment ?
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Metadata Contact Person Masunga, Gaseitsewe, Dr ?
Metadata Date Stamp 2019-10-01 ?
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Internal identifier sdp_doc_documents_6614 (Link)