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5.2.9.1<br />

Resource Utilisation and Management with Special<br />

Reference to Wildlife<br />

5.2.10 Tourism 142<br />

5.3 Background Information on <strong>the</strong> Okavango Delta Region 144<br />

5.3.1 Introduction 144<br />

5.3.2 Overview <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Okavango Delta Region 145<br />

5.3.2.1 Climate 150<br />

5.3.3 Natural Resources <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Okavango Delta 150<br />

5.3.3.1 Fish Resources 151<br />

5.3.3.2 Soil Resources 152<br />

5.3.3.3 Vegetation Resources 153<br />

5.3.3.4 Wildlife Resources 155<br />

5.3.4 Land Use <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Ngamiland District 156<br />

5.3.5 Socio-Economic Pr<strong>of</strong>ile <strong>of</strong> Ngamiland District 157<br />

5.3.5.1 Population 157<br />

5.3.5.2 Employment 158<br />

5.3.5.3 Income 158<br />

5.3.5.4 Social Services 159<br />

5.3.6 Agriculture <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Okavango Delta Region 160<br />

5.3.6.1 Agricultural Production Constra<strong>in</strong>ts 162<br />

5.3.6.2 Horticultural Crops 162<br />

5.3.6.3 Livestock Production 163<br />

5.3.6.4 Disease and Mortality 164<br />

5.3.7 Tourism <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Okavango Delta Region 164<br />

5.4 History <strong>of</strong> Tourism and Natural Resource Management<br />

142<br />

<strong>in</strong> Botswana and <strong>the</strong> Okavango Delta 165<br />

5.4.1 Historical Development <strong>of</strong> Natural Resource Management<br />

<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Okavango Delta Region 165<br />

5.4.1.1 Traditional Inhabitants <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Okavango Delta 165<br />

5.4.1.2 Pre-Colonial Natural Resource Management <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Okavango Delta 171<br />

5.4.1.3 Traditional Land Use Management Amongst San Groups 172<br />

5.4.1.4 Ecological Understand<strong>in</strong>g Amongst San Groups 173<br />

5.4.1.5 Bantu-Groups Traditional Resource Management Patterns<br />

<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Okavango Delta: Wayeyi, Hambukushu and Dxeriku 174<br />

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