Living on the Land. Change in Forest Cover in North-Central Namibia 1943-1996

Living on the Land is an analyse of change in forest cover in the Owambo area of north-central Namibia, focusing on the domestic use of wood in constructions on farms in the timespan 1943-1996.
Erkkilä, Antti
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Book title: Living on the Land
Subtitle: Change in Forest Cover in North-Central Namibia 1943-1996
Author: Antti Erkkilä
Series: Silva Carelica, Vol. 37
Editor: Hannu Mannerkoski
Publisher: University of Joensuu, Faculty of Forestry
Joensuu, Finnland 2001
ISBN 9524580497 / ISBN 952-458-049-7
Hardcover, 18 x 25 cm, 118 pages, numerous colour photos, illustrations and tabellas

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The objective of the present study was to analyse the change in forest cover in the Owambo area of north-central Namibia, focusing especially on the domestic use of wood in constructions on farms. Aerial photographs from 1996, 1992, 1970 and 1943, and satellite images from 1996, 1992 and 1981, amplified by ground truth data gathered in 1996, were used to monitor and analyse expansion of the settled area and its effects on forest cover in the Ondobe and Eenhana constituencies of the Ohangwena Region. The results indicate that deforestation was caused almost entirely by clearing of land for permanent agriculture. The clay-rich sandy soils on the lower part of uplands were occupied first; whereas the slightly more elevated, but less fertile, sandy sites have been occupied later. It was estimated that a population increase of one person led to about 1 ha of deforestation. […]

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