Integrating Indigenous Approaches to Enhance Conservation of Forest Resources

Session Submission Type: Traditional Presentation

Summary

Monitoring environmental change, with ecological wisdom, in Shaikarawe forest conservation area can help to guide policy on conservation of forest resources and provide early warning data on its degradation. Shaikarawe is a remote village of San ethnic group of people situated in the Okavango Delta (UNESCO World Heritage Site) west region of Botswana in Africa.

Sub Unit

• Conservation and Environmental Education

Presenter

• Kgosietsile Velempini, University of Botswana