The Future Okavango

Over a period of five years (September 2010 – August 2015) 140 researchers from eight countries (Angola, Belgium, Botswana, Brazil, Germany, Namibia, Portugal, South Africa), 23 universities, and additional research institutions – mainly from Angola, Botswana, Namibia, and Germany carried out the integrated transdisciplinary research project ‚The Future Okavango‘ (TFO) within the whole Basin of the Okavango-Cubango. TFO was part of the international research program ‚Sustainable Land Management‘ funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) which again formed a part of the umbrella initiative ‚Research for sustainable development‘ (FoNa). TFO has been faced with the challenge of  analyzing backgrounds and identifying drivers of ecological and social change, with the goal of improving the sustainable use of the natural resources within the catchment. The TFO project aimed to provide data and scientific knowledge, scenarios (narratives based on future projections of various possible developmental pathways), and recommendations which will help to maintain the functioning of the ecosystems, their services, and the well-being of its population. This book is one of the outcomes of this endeavour.

This book is available in the library or access it online @ http://www.future-okavango.org/downloads/TFO_Report_engl_compiled_small_version.pdf

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-03-cropping-africa-savannas-high-environmental.html#jCp

With the global population rising, analysts and policymakers have targeted Africa's vast wet savannas as a place to produce staple foods and bioenergy groups at low environmental costs. But a new report published in the journal Nature Climate Change finds that converting Africa's wet savannas into farmland would come at a high environmental cost and, in some cases, fail to meet existing standards for renewable fuels.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-03-cropping-africa-savannas-high-environmental.html#jCp

With the global population rising, analysts and policymakers have targeted Africa's vast wet savannas as a place to produce staple foods and bioenergy groups at low environmental costs. But a new report published in the journal Nature Climate Change finds that converting Africa's wet savannas into farmland would come at a high environmental cost and, in some cases, fail to meet existing standards for renewable fuels.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-03-cropping-africa-savannas-high-environmental.html#jCp

With the global population rising, analysts and policymakers have targeted Africa's vast wet savannas as a place to produce staple foods and bioenergy groups at low environmental costs. But a new report published in the journal Nature Climate Change finds that converting Africa's wet savannas into farmland would come at a high environmental cost and, in some cases, fail to meet existing standards for renewable fuels.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-03-cropping-africa-savannas-high-environmental.html#jCp

With the global population rising, analysts and policymakers have targeted Africa's vast wet savannas as a place to produce staple foods and bioenergy groups at low environmental costs. But a new report published in the journal Nature Climate Change finds that converting Africa's wet savannas into farmland would come at a high environmental cost and, in some cases, fail to meet existing standards for renewable fuels.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-03-cropping-africa-savannas-high-environmental.html#jCp

With the global population rising, analysts and policymakers have targeted Africa's vast wet savannas as a place to produce staple foods and bioenergy groups at low environmental costs. But a new report published in the journal Nature Climate Change finds that converting Africa's wet savannas into farmland would come at a high environmental cost and, in some cases, fail to meet existing standards for renewable fuels.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-03-cropping-africa-savannas-high-environmental.html#jCp