Okavango Delta Management Plan - Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

TABLE 3-4: CRITERIA FOR FUTURE PRIORITY SETTING................................................................................. 96
TABLE 3-5: MATRIX FOR EVALUATING AND RANKING LAND USE OPTIONS/ACTIVITIES IN THE FUTURE ... 97
TABLE 3-6: PILOT PROJECTS TO TEST MANAGEMENT OPTIONS.................................................................... 98
TABLE 4-1: INSTITUTIONAL SUBSYSTEM SWOT ANALYSIS ....................................................................... 105
TABLE 4-2: BIO-PHYSICAL SYSTEM SWOT ANALYSIS............................................................................... 107
TABLE 4-3: SOCIO-ECONOMIC SUBSYSTEM SWOT ANALYSIS ................................................................... 108
TABLE 4-4: OPERATIONAL OBJECTIVES TO ADDRESS KEY ISSUES ............................................................. 110
TABLE 5-1: PLANNING ZONES WITHIN THE RAMSAR SITE.......................................................................... 121
TABLE 5-2: CHARACTERIZATION OF CONDITIONS IN THE CATEGORIES OF STATUS OF THE LAND............. 126
Table of Figures
FIGURE 2-1: LOCATION OF OKAVANGO AND NEIGHBOURING RIVER BASINS ............................................... 11
FIGURE 2-2: MAP OF THE OKAVANGO RAMSAR SITE ................................................................................... 12
FIGURE 2-3: THE OKAVANGO DELTA RAMSAR SITE LAND TENURE............................................................ 14
FIGURE 2-4: SETTLEMENTS AND ROAD NETWORK IN THE RAMSAR SITE ...................................................... 19
FIGURE 2-5: GEOLOGICAL MAP OF THE ODRS .............................................................................................. 24
FIGURE 2-6: INFLOW AT MOHEMBO (1997–2002) ........................................................................................ 25
FIGURE 2-7: OKAVANGO DELTA RIVER CHANNELS ...................................................................................... 26
FIGURE 2-8: OUTFLOW AT BORO JUNCTION (1997–2002)............................................................................ 27
FIGURE 2-9: VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION MAP OF THE ODRS .................................................................. 34
FIGURE 2-10: DISTRIBUTION MAP OF RARE AND ENDANGERED PLANT SPECIES IN THE ODRS..................... 36
FIGURE 2-11: SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN RAMSAR SITE (SOURCE: NDSS 2004) 44
FIGURE 2-12: LAND USE MAP OF THE ORDS ................................................................................................ 46
FIGURE 2-13: MAP SHOWING LANDSCAPES, CULTURAL AND AESTHETIC SITES ........................................... 55
FIGURE 2-14: VEGETATION RESOURCES USE BY VILLAGE (ADAPTED FROM SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL SURVEY
REPORT, EVERY RIVER HAS ITS PEOPLE PROJECT, 2001) ....................................................... 58
FIGURE 2-15: ECONOMIC VALUATION ZONES ................................................................................................ 62
FIGURE 3-1: MAP OF PILOT PROJECTS/DEMONSTRATION SITES IN THE ODRS........................................... 100
FIGURE 4-1: ECOSYSTEM SUBSYSTEMS........................................................................................................ 102
FIGURE 5-1: MAP OF PLANNING ZONES....................................................................................................... 121
FIGURE 5-2: PROPOSED LIMIT OF ACCEPTABLE AND OPPORTUNITY CLASSES ........................................... 125
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