From the Botswana Government Gazette, Vol. XLVI, no. 66, 21 October 2008
Supplement B: Public Service Bill 2008, Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (Transition) Bill, 2008, Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 2008, Architects’ Registration Bill, 2008, Media Practitioners Bill, 2008, Veterinary Surgeons Bill, 2008, Engineers Registration (Amendment) Bill, 2008, Civil Aviation Authority (Amendment)...
A copy of Botswana's new fisheries regulations has arrived in HOORC's Library. Statutory Instrument no. 41 of 2008, the Fish protection regulations, 2008 set out for the first time detailed instructions for both commercial and recreational fishing under Botswana's Fish Protection Act. Included are regulations related to licensing, restriction of gillnet size, importation and sale, open seasons,...
Natural resources and conflict in Africa : the tragedy of endowment by Abiodun Alao, published by the University of Rochester Press in 2007, looks at the ways that ownership, management and control of land, minerals, water and other natural resources have been linked to conflicts in Africa. Chapter Six: Water and Conflict, includes discussion of the Okavango and other southern African river...
AllAfrica.com recently included a story from the New Era that reports an extension of the deadline for registration of claims in Namibia under the Communal Land Reform Act. The law provides for registration and recognition of customary land rights, including the right to a farming unit, residential unit and other forms of customary tenure. The story says that two thousand customary land rights...
Recently published as Number 6 in HOORC's Okavango Report Series is the Socio-economic survey of subsistence fishing in the Okavango Delta, Botswana by HOORC researchers Barbara Ngwenya and Keta Mosepele. The report argues for development of a national fisheries policy that could support and safeguard traditional basket fishing as an important livelihood activity in the Delta. Dr Ngwenya also...
IISD Linkages has reported on the Third International Conference on Managing Shared Aquifer Resources in Africa, which took place in Tripoli, Libya, from 25-27 May 2008, where an overview of the 38 Transboundary Aquifer Systems in Africa, prepared by the International Hydrological Programme of UNESCO, the Global Environmental Facility’s International Waters Programme and various universities,...