Reports

Reports on Namibian climate

An Overview of Desertification Issues. "In Namibia, the most arid African country south of the Sahara, 70% of the population is dependent on subsistence farming. With a small but rapidly growing population (3.1% p.a.), pressure on the country's natural resources is increasing. Desertification, defined as a loss of productivity and land degradation, is a real threat to sustainable development in Namibia. It is caused by difficult climatic conditions paired with human induced impacts and changes in the environment..."

Analysis of the development of indicators in State of the Environment Reports (SoER) for Namibia compiled between 1998-2000 By P. Klintenberg. "This report aim to givean overview of the development of and a reflection of the present status of indicators used in the Namibian State of the Environment reports..."

UNCCD publications "Desertification, land degradation and drought deprive people of food and water and force millions to leave their homes. Desertification refers to the creation of new deserts through the degradation of drylands, which cover 40% of the world's land surface. Land degradation, caused by over-cultivation, over-grazing, deforestation and inefficient irrigation, affects roughly 20% of Earth's drylands..."

Range Management and Community Organisations: Investigating the socio-economic status of four pilot sites in Hardap Region for implementation of Napcod Phase III. "Land degradradation and the subsequent decrease of bio-productivity in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas of the world (desertification) is a phenomenon increasingly found on international agendas..."

Involvement of the Namibian Cicil Society in the Implementation of the UNCCD. "Traditional top-down development planning has too often failed because local needs priorities and experiences were not taken into account. Even worse, when deprived of management responsibilities, local communities sometimes adopt practices that cause land degregation..."

Monitoring Desertification in Namibia. By P. Klintenberg and Gunnar Gustad. "This paper outlines the process of developing national and local level desertification monitoring systems in Nambia..."

NAPCOD country Report # 1 - December, 2000 "Namibia has a low, variable and unpredictable rainfall, almost 80% of livelihoods are largely dependent on the natural resource base subject to this low and variable rainfall and every twenty years the number of people dependent on this vulnerable natural resource base doubles..."

NAPCOD Country Report # 2 - July, 2002"Desertification issues are addressed in the current National Development Plan (NDP2), which emphasises sustainability..."