De-Globalisation and Deforestation in Colonial Africa: Closed Markets, the Cattle Complex, and Environmental Change in North-Central Namibia, 1890–1990**

Kreike, Emmanuel

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“…In the context of North Central Namibia, recent work by Emmanuel Kreike (2009Kreike ( , 2010 challenges accounts of unilinear degradation over the course of the 20th century. These, he maintains, were not grounded in sufficient evidence and did not leave space for the possibility (and likelihood) that degradation levels could fluctuate in ways which reflected changing and often unstable conditions over time.…”

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Knowing, farming and climate change adaptation in North-Central Namibia

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2011

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Knowing, farming and climate change adaptation in North-Central Namibia

Newsham

Thomas

2011

Global Environmental Change

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functions in Southern African Savanna Rangelands: Threats, Impacts and Solutions

Geißler,

Blaum,

von Maltitz

et al. 2024

Ecological Studies

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Savanna rangelands provide diverse communities across southern Africa with livestock and wildlife-based livelihoods, as well as extensive ecosystem services. Historical usage patterns, however, are increasingly challenged by widespread degradation. While regional- and local-scale policy initiatives have attempted to minimize damage and increase the sustainability of savanna rangelands, poverty, land tenure and shifting climate conditions all exacerbate ongoing degradation. Here, we detail the environmental and political setting of southern African savanna rangelands, causes and implications of rangeland degradation, and discuss possible strategies toward improved regional ecosystem management. We present recent knowledge on how degradation by bush encroachment influences biodiversity and biodiversity-mediated ecosystem functioning of semiarid savanna rangelands with the aim of improving rangeland management strategies. Improved rangeland management requires a broad approach which integrates both socioeconomic and ecological frameworks, built upon improved understanding of the strong couplings between flora, fauna, water and land-management strategies.

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Trends and Barriers to Wildlife-Based Options for Sustainable Management of Savanna Resources: The Namibian Case

Hauptfleisch,

Blaum,

Liehr

et al. 2024

Ecological Studies

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Use of wildlife as an alternative or complimentary rural livelihood option to traditional farming has become popular throughout southern Africa. In Namibia, it is considered a climate change adaptation measure since livestock productivity has declined across much of the country in the past few decades. In contrast with neighboring South Africa, Namibian landowners and custodian often avail large open areas to this purpose, such as in the communal conservancies where fences are prohibited. The SPACES II ORYCS project considered wildlife management in a multiple land-use and tenure study area in Namibia’s arid Kunene region. The aim was to investigate positive and negative impacts of the inclusion of wildlife on livelihoods and ecosystem services. Movement is recognized as an important survival strategy for wildlife in arid landscapes such as Namibia’s north-west, and this study found that movement barriers within and between the land uses could present a challenge to wildlife survival and productivity. Notwithstanding, wildlife persisted in crossing many of these barriers, including the national veterinary cordon fence to satisfy their requirements. This often led to human–wildlife conflict, especially with elephants and predators. Interviews found that despite this conflict, an understanding of the need for wildlife and general biodiversity provided complimentary livelihood opportunities and improved land productivity.

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De-Globalisation and Deforestation in Colonial Africa: Closed Markets, the Cattle Complex, and Environmental Change in North-Central Namibia, 1890–1990**

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Cited by 32 publications

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Knowing, farming and climate change adaptation in North-Central Namibia

Knowing, farming and climate change adaptation in North-Central Namibia

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functions in Southern African Savanna Rangelands: Threats, Impacts and Solutions

Trends and Barriers to Wildlife-Based Options for Sustainable Management of Savanna Resources: The Namibian Case

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