2004 NO ISBN Pamphlet

Descriptions of the late 1800s landscape in the Ovambo floodplain in north-central Namibia closely match the areas late 1900s appearance, suggesting that little change occurred between the pre-colonial baseline and the postcolonial outcome. Yet, paradoxically, colonial conquest, population pressure, biological invasions, new technology, and economic globalization caused both dramatic deforestation and reforestation in less than a century. The paradox stems from the fact that the prevailing global environmental models obscure and homogenize the process of environmental change: different and contradictory interpretations are dismissed as alternative readings or misreadings of the same process. This book, however, argues that the paradox highlights the need to reframe environmental change as plural processes occurring along multiple trajectories that may be dis-synchronized and asymmetrical. 226pp, NETHERLANDS. BRILL.

Describes all 127 species, their distribution, range, habitat, ecology and behaviour. Extensively illustrated with colour photographs, lines drawings and distribution maps. 280pp, NAMIBIA. GAMSBERG MACMILLAN.

The Namibia National Farmers Union (NNFU) commissioned this book with several aims in mind: to describe and emphasize the variety of farming systems in the country; to better inform decision-makers, development specialists, agriculturalists, and resource managers about the diversity of farming practices; to improve awareness of environmental, historical and economic features that affect farming. Col photos, tables, charts, 80pp, NAMIBIA. RESEARCH AND INFORMATION SERVICES OF NAMIBIA.

2006 9789991678047 Paperback

Photographic study of Namibia woodlands, with extensive information on distribution and commercial uses of each species. Notes, 152pp, NAMIBIA. DIRECTORY OF FORESTRY.

Having been born in Windhoek in 1951, David Jacobson left South West Africa in 1971. He only returned in August 2003 to an independent Namibia intending to repeat the rite of passage for his generation, to drive on route B2 from Windhoek to Swakopmund and back. Col photos, 47pp, SWITZERLAND. BASLER AFRIKA BIBLIOGRAPHIEN.

Brief and colourful guide to all 7 species, with useful contact information for tortoise advice. 18pp, NAMIBIA. SELF-PUBLISHED TITLES/NO IMPRINT.

The Etosha Region in Namibia, comprising the famous Etosha National Park and its adjacent communal and commercial farm lands, has been a contested region since the advent of colonial settlement. The centenary of the Etosha Park in 2007 provides an opportune moment for critical reflection on its history. At the centre of this book are the Hai||om San and their long history of dispossession and discrimination. Ute Dieckmann analyses with care the historical transformations. These were linked not only to the creation of one of the largest nature conservation areas in Africa but also to the establishment of a settler state and society. Index, maps, b/w illus, 398pp, SWITZERLAND. BASLER AFRIKA BIBLIOGRAPHIEN.

Compilation of feature reports and interviews on land reform issues in an attempt to steer the debate away from the catastrophic consequences that characterised Zimbabwe's land seizures. Col photos, charts, tables, 39pp, NAMIBIA. GTZ NETQUOTEVAR:NAMIBIA.

2006 9789991607504 Pamphlet

Assessment of how far conservancies given over to rural communities have reversed environ-mental damage and resource losses in Namibia. Maps, tables, full colour throughout, 80pp, NAMIBIA. NAMIBIAN ASSOCIATION OF CBNRM SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS .

2004 NO ISBN Paperback

Advocates reforms to Namibia's land tenure patterns. Bib, tables, col photos, 99pp, NAMIBIA. LEGAL ASSISTANCE CENTRE.

2005 999166307X Paperback

By listening to the views and experiences of black and white landowners, of the landless and the land hungry and of farm workers, government officials and agricultural experts, Erika von Wietersheim took a look at land reform from the inside, at its human face. B/w photos, 260pp, NAMIBIA. FRIEDRICH EBERT STIFTUNG.

2008 9789991682051 Paperback

Presents the distribution and estimated abundance of over 400 species of woody plants in Namibia. It is the culmination of six years of data collection by volunteers with a keen interest in trees and is one of two products of the Namibian Tree Atlas Project. Over 300 distribution maps show where the major species are found, while graphs depict their height and habitat, and when each species has leaves, flowers or fruit. Although not intended as a field guide, this book gives a brief description of each species, highlighting the most distinguishing features, and illustrates most species with a line drawing of the leaves and flowers or fruit. Notes are included on general biology, uses and conservation concerns. 674pp, NAMIBIA. NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE.

2005 9991668063 Paperback