usaid/nambia environmental threats and opportunities assessment
usaid/nambia environmental threats and opportunities assessment
usaid/nambia environmental threats and opportunities assessment
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Figure 16: Bush encroachmen<br />
nt in Namibia ia<br />
(Source: after Bester r 1996)<br />
ANIMAL DISEASES<br />
Veterinary<br />
diseases of livestock play<br />
a very significant role in the distribution <strong>and</strong> productivity of<br />
Namibia’s<br />
livestock <strong>and</strong> wildlife.<br />
Foot <strong>and</strong> Mouth Disease <strong>and</strong> Contagious Bovine<br />
Pleuropneumonia are only found north of the<br />
Veterinary<br />
Cordon Fence (Red Line), <strong>and</strong> are the<br />
reason for its existence. EU <strong>and</strong> other foreign<br />
country’s regulations on these diseases are very strict, <strong>and</strong> Namibia must comply with strict veterinary<br />
st<strong>and</strong>ards of disease control to be able to export<br />
to them. While there are other notifiable diseases (e.g.<br />
Rift Valley Fever in sheep <strong>and</strong> Lumpy Skin Disease in cattle) which break out occasionally, these are<br />
not<br />
implicated<br />
in the arguments for <strong>and</strong><br />
against moving the Red Line further north to facilitate more<br />
marketing<br />
of livestock in the country.<br />
USAID/NAMIBIA ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS AND OPPORTUNITIES ASSESSMENT 65
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