Conference on Environmental Monitoring of Tropical and Subtropical Wetlands. Maun, Botswana, 4-6 December 2002.
1. Introduction
- Editors' Introduction
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2. Conference Opening
- Welcome from the Government of Botswana, B. Temane
- Welcome from Debswana, L. Makwinja
- The international significance of wetlands, Prof. S. Siverts
3. Keynote Addresses
- Integrated inventory, assessment and monitoring of tropical wetlands, C.M. Finlayson
- Tropical/subtropical wetland biodiversity: Status of Knowledge, threats and sustainable management, W.J. Junk
- Wetland utilisation in the world: protecting sustainable use, W.J. Mitsch
4. Roundtable Discussions
- Databases and data management
- Sampling, tools, methods and models
- Challenges in the collection, compilation and analysis of statistics on water resources in Botswana, S.E.A. Kabiaja
- Linking landscapes and wetlands. Human utilization, absorption of human activities, tourism and ecotourism
5. Papers
Session 1 Monitoring Hydrological Change
- A spatially distributed hydrological model for the Okavango Delta. P. Bauer, T Gumbricht and W. Kinzelbach
- The hydro-geomorphology of the Featherstone Kloof wetland, South Africa. S. Ntakumba and K.M. Rowntree
- Environmental responses to drying processes in the Okavango Delta. P. Hunstman-Mapila, S. Ringrose, A. Jellema, W. Matheson and T. Kemosedile
- Assessing future change in the Okavango Delta: the use of a regression model of the maximum annual flood in a MOnte Carlo simulation. P. Wolski, T. Gumbricht and T.S. McCarthy
- Geomorphological evidence for MOZpalaeo wetlands in northern Botswana: Implications for wetland change. S. Ringrose, P. Hunstman-Mapila, A.R. Kampunza, W. Matheson, D. Downey and B. Vink
- Discussion following session 1
Session 2 Integrated Monitoring and Policy
- An integrated framework for wetland health monitoring in Dryland Namibia. P. Barnard, K. Roberts, R. Simmons, M. Seely, L. Nakanuku, H. KOlberg and C. Hay
- Perspectives on the management and conservation of a multiple use wetland: The Okavango Delta. M.B.M. Sekhwela
- Hierarchical patterns and processes forming the Okavango wetland: an integrated perspective for policy and management. T. Gumbricht and J. McCarthy
- Monitoring wetland ecosystem health using bio-indicators. M.T. Brown
- Discussion following session 2
Session 3 Monitoring Wildlife and Bird Populations
Session 4 Monitoring Changes in Plant Distribution, Structure, Biomass, and Productivity
- Water, wetlands and wattled cranes: regional monitoring and conservation programme for Southern Africa. R. Beilfuss, C. Bento, P. Hancock, A.B. Kamweneshe, K. McCann, K. Morrison and L. Rodwell.
- Watching wildlife from space. I. Heitkonig, S.Ringrose, G. Epema, C. Bonyongo, E. Veenendaal, A. Stein, A. Breeuwer, M. van Hasselt, E. Klop, J. van Goethem and M. Slot.
- Spatio-temporal habitat selection by large herbivores in the Okavango Delta. M.C. Bonyongo, I. Heitkonig and S. Harris
- Lion monitoring in the Okavango Delta. S. Ross, C. Winterbach, H. Winterbach, R. Kamnitzer, and J.A.P Applecrin
- Discussion following session 3
- Monitoring floristic diversity in subtropical and tropical wetlands: Problems, limits, and future prospects. J. Sliva, J. Herman, and B. Tacheba
- Degradation gradient as a basis for monitoring the ephemeral Omatako floodplains of Central Namibia. I. Zimmerman
- Opportunities and challenges of applying the ecosystem approach to wetlands conservation in southern Africa. H. Masundire
- Discussion following session 4
Session 5 Monitoring Socio-Economic Systems (1)
- The traditional socio-economic systems for monitoring wetlands and wetland natural resource utilization and conservation: The case of Barotseland, Zambia.K.M. Lewanika
- The dynamics of the land use system in Ngamiland, Botswana: Changing livelihood options and strategies. H. Bendsen and T. Meyer
- The importance of public participation through community involvement in experimental monitoring: Case studies from Namibia and the UK. E. Taylor and T. O'Riordan
- Limits of acceptable change for tourism in the Okavango Delta. J. Mbaiwa, T. Bernard, and C. Orford
- Discussion following session 5
Session 6 Monitoring Fisheries/Aquatic and Terrestrial Invertebrates
- Exploitation and management of the fish resources in the Okavango River, Namibia. C.J. Hay, T.S. Naesje, O.T. Sandlund, E. B. Thorstead, J. Kolding, and B.V. Zyl
- Fish stock assessment in the Okavango Delta: Preliminary results from a length-based analysis. K. Mosepele and J. Kolding
- Characterization and monitoring of the Okavango Delta artisinal fishery. K. Mosepele, T. Mmopelwa, and B. Mosepele
- Classification and ecological status of aquatic ecosystems in the eastern Caprivi, Namibia. R. Palmer
- Discussion following session 6
Session 7 Monitoring Nutrients, Pesticides, and Pollution
- Variations in soil organic matter and alkaline phosphatase activity as influenced by flood cycles of the Okavango Delta.T. Mubyana, J.E. Gannon, E. Acquah and M.C. Bonyongo
- Coal dust pollution effects on selected wetland tree species in Richards Bay, South Africa. G. Naidoo and D. Chirkoot
- Natural wetlands for mine effluent remediation? The case of the Copperbelt in Zambia. C.J. von der Heyden and M.G. New
- Discussion following session 7
Session 8 Monitoring Socio-Economic Systems (2)
- Natural resource scarcity in the Okavango Delta: Suggestions for policy and research. D. Kgathi, G. Mmopelwa, and K. Mosepele
- Wetland Restoration: Monitoring the socio-economic impacts and benefits on both wetland and community. E. Munzhedzi, P.L. Grundling, and M. Mugonda
- The socio-economic sustainability of tourism development in the Okavango Delta. J. Mbaiwa
- How integral is wetland monitoring to integrated wetland management? The case of the Okavango Delta Management Plan. R. Jansen
- Discussion following session 8
5. Poster Abstracts
- M. Mumba Vegetation and hydrological changes of the Kafue Flats, Zambia associated with the construction of the Itezhip-tezhi and Kofue Gorge Dams
- K. Omari, T. Mubyana, M. Matsheka, M.C. Bonyogo and E. Veenendaal Azospirillum and other Diazotrophs associated with grasses of the Okavango Delta
- A. J. Leslie and A.V. Styrdom Ecology, physiology, and conservation of the Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) in Lake St. Lucia, South Africa and the Okavango Delta
- P. Wohland, K.B. Mantlana, A. Arneth, E.M. Veenendaal, J. Lloyd, O. Kolle, P. Wolski, S. Ringrose, F. Berendse, and M. Schwartz Net ecosystem carbon dioxide exchange in a seasonal floodplain in the Okavango Delta
- T. Mubyana, G. Nkweyakgosi and B. Riddoch Microbial succession and dynamics as influenced by rainfall in the temporal rock pools of Kgale Hill siding, Botswana
- M. Thompson, J. Muller, and J. Dini Mapping small wetlands from space
- S. L. Cundill Mapping the Niger Delta for cellular communication planning
- L. Moolman, R. Greenfield, and J.H.J. van Vuren Active biomonitoring: What, where, when, why?
- K. McCann Using Wattled Cranes as indicators of the hydrological functioning of, and threats to palustrine wetlands in South Africa
- N. Mladenov, D. McKnight, and D. McKnight Organic matter sources and transport in the Okavango Delta
- P. Hancock Monitoring Wattled Crane numbers and breeding in the Okavango Delta
- J. Ramontsho Developing a community-based system to monitor long-term changes of Cymbopogon excavatus and Phragmites australis in the Okavango Delta
- C. Nunes da Chunha The woody vegetation of the termite savanna of the Pantanal wetlands, Brazil
- B.Q. Mosepele Rapid assessment survey in the Okavango Delta system
- N. Mladenov, J. Gardner, G. Mmoplwa and M. Lehmensiek Economic valuation of the Okavango Delta elicited from non-use values of the tourism sector
- A Gyllenhammar and T. Gumbricht Semi-distributed modeling of the water balance of the Okavango Delta
- A. Shaw, A.S. Goudie, B.F. Spiro, T.B. Babusi, L. Zambo, and C.J. von der Heyden Surface and groundwater evolution over an annual cycle in the Okavango Delta
- P.S. Daka, V. Obuseng, V. Obuseng, N. Torto, and P. Huntsman-Mapila A study of Deltamethrin in sediments from the Okavango Delta
- P. Huntsman-Mapila, P. Wolski, and J. Cox Transport and accumulation of the synthetic pyrethroid Deltamethrin in different habitats within the Okavango Delta
- P. Wolski, I. Mosie, and B. Mogojwa Monitoring surface-groundwater interactions in the Okavango Delta
- L. Raditsebe, P., Wolski, B.S. Majatsie, and B.F. Lynn Monitoring discharges in channel-floodplain flowsystems in the Okavango Delta
- K.M. Sethebe, M. Letshwenyo, and P. Huntsman-Mapila Seasonal variations in water quality in the Okavango Delta
- D. Harper and K. Mavuti How do 30 years of research guide a monitoring system for wetland ecosystem health? Lake Naivasha, Kenya as an example
- J.K. Kanyanga Application of remote sensing and geographic information systems in environmental impact assessments: A case study of the Witbank Dam area of Middleburg, Mpumalanga, South Africa
- J. McCarthy, T. Gumbricht, T. S. McCarthy, and P. Frost Fluctuations of inundated areas in the Okavango Delta as captured from satellite images and space Shuttle photography for the period 1962-2000
- C. Vander Post Makgadikgadi wetland site survey: Selected maps
- M. Lehmensiek, M. Murray Hudson, and T. Meyer Using environmental accounting to evaluate tourism operations in the Okavango Delta: An emergy synthesis
- B. Mosepele and K. Mosepele Determination of the possible existence of more than one population of three cichlids in the Okavango Delta
