Pastoralists' perceptions and realities of vegetation change and browse consumption in the northern Kalahari, Namibia

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 716-730

  Katjiua, M ^a,b   Ward, D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Fodder trees; Herero; Indigenous ecological knowledge; Land degradation; Rural livelihoods; Watering points

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; CATTLE; FODDER; FOREST RESOURCE; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; LAND DEGRADATION; PASTORALISM; PERCEPTION; SEMIARID REGION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AFRICA; KALAHARI DESERT; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33947158046     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2006.11.010     Document Type: Article

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