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This title was first published in 2003. Based on a blend of knowledge and perspectives from a variety of disciplines this volume examines the human-environment interaction in Africa, with a focus on the economic, social and political processes that generate environmental change and problems in this region. Currently there are controversies over and challenges to such concepts and issues as environment-human relationships, ecological resilience, decertification, sustainable development, globalization and North-South dialogue. This book draws upon past and present research findings to discuss...

The book analyses the use of natural resources and associated land use conflicts in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Fishing, wildlife conservation, tourism, crop farming, livestock farming, and veld product collection are some of the uses of natural resources in the Okavango Delta. Between resource users, there is resource conflict over these resources. This is caused by the lack of an integrated natural resource use policy. The Okavango Delta Management Plan recently adopted may solve the problem.