An environmental profile and atlas of Caprivi

Mendelsohn, John; Robets, Carole; Hines, Christopher

An environmental profile and atlas of Caprivi

1997

Mendelsohn, John | Robets, Carole | Hines, Christopher

The first of a number of environmental profiles by the Environmental Profile Project of the Ministry of Environment and Toursim. It deals with the region of Caprivi which forms a finger-like projection in the north-east of Namibia. The text includes information on landscape, land types, climate, administration and governance, human population, soils, vegetation, farming systems, wild animal resources, rivers, wetlands, water supply , development and conservation. The rich illustrations consist of plates, maps, tables and graphs, all in full colour.

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AGROVOC Keywords

abastecimiento de agua animal resources animal salvaje animal sauvage approvisionnement en eau chef d'entreprise conservation de la nature cours d'eau cursos de agua development policies environment environnement farming systems gerentes human population landscape managers medio ambiente namibia namibie nature conservation paisaje paysage population humaine recursos de la fauna ressource animale rivers soil types terre humide tipos de suelos type de sol vegetation water supply wetlands wild animals

Bibliographic information

Publisher

Directorate of Environmental Affairs

Pagination

45 p., 6 p. of appendices

Other Subjects

Systeme d'exploitation agricole; Conservacion de la naturaleza; Tierras humedas; Politique de developpement; Sistemas de explotacion; Vegetacion; Politica de desarrollo; Poblacion humana

Language

English

Note

Physical format: 42 x 29 cm; Chiefly coloured plates, maps, tables and graphs; Appendices include chapter notes and vegetative descriptions by Christopher Hines; Key publications: p.3

ISBN

0-86976-408-X

Type

Speech/maps Or Atlases

In AGRIS since: 1998-08-15

Format: AGRIS AP

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This bibliographic record has been provided by Namibian Agriculture and Water Information Centre, Agricultural Library, Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Rural Development

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