Chobe district integrated land use plan

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Impacts of Wildlife Artificial Water Provisioning in an African Savannah Ecosystem: A Spatiotemporal Analysis

“…It is a communally administered wildlife management area with a mixture of land uses comprising arable land and cattle posts. The area is semiarid to sub-humid [17] and characterised by intensive tourism activities [18,19]. It experiences an annual average rainfall of 600 mm with daily minimum and maximum temperatures of 6 • C and 22 • C, respectively [19].…”

Identification of Areas for Sustainable Settlements in Highly Conflicted Protected Areas Using ArcGIS Spatial Analyst: A Case of Chobe District, Botswana

“…The majority of Chobe District is part of the conservation area predominantly inhabited by free-range wildlife. Human settlements in the district have been negatively affected by growth and human livelihood because of the conflicts with wildlife (Fox, 2016;Gupta, 2015;Nijhawan, 2008;van der Sluis et al, 2017). There are several land-use conflicts in the area, with the central conflict being the human-wildlife conflicts.…”

“…The rise in conflicts is due to the increasing encroachment on conservation land by the increasing population, shrinking carnivore and herbivore habitats and feeding zones. Although the area has potential for crop and livestock production, agricultural production is limited in most areas (van der Sluis et al, 2017). Cases of crop destruction and livestock predation have been reported, mainly from villages living around the Game reserve.…”

“…The higher contribution (33%) by protected areas is because the most significant part of Chobe district is under protected areas (Figure 6c). A 15km buffer area was left around the protected areas as suggested by (van der Sluis et al, 2017). This study prioritised safeguarding protected areas since protected and conservation areas remain the only sustainable option for biodiversity conservation.…”

“…Human settlements near protected areas have reported higher human-wildlife conflicts compared to those leaving farther away. This study considered a 15km buffer zone from protected areas as recommended byvan der Sluis et al (2017).…”