Oregon Offered a Chance at a Coal Free Future via It's Getting Hot In Here
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Oregon Rallies for a Coal-Free Future at Public Utilities Commission Hearing via It's Getting Hot In Here
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Environmental Security in Botswana via Flow : information for Okavango Delta planning
In this article, the author Gotsileopne Mosimanegape looks at how the diversification of the Botswana economy from a diamond led one to other sectors will affect the environmental resources and subsequently pose a threat to environmental security. The article cites the leading environmental security concerns for Botswana as range land and pasture degradation (trampling leading to exposure of...
PGE Acknowledges Coal Plant’s a Problem – But Proposed Date for Shutdown Falls Short via It's Getting Hot In Here
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Arsenic in groundwater via Flow : information for Okavango Delta planning
The International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre (IGRAC) has published Arsenic in Groundwater: A World Problem, the report of a seminar held in Utrecht in 2006. The publication includes sections about sources and distribution of arsenic in groundwater and aquifers, geochemical experimentation and modelling tools for understanding the origin of arsenic in groundwater, a review of...
2009 Winter Course Work via Flow : information for Okavango Delta planning
Seventeen University of Botswana undergraduate students completed their work for HOORC's Winter Course this week, wrapping up six weeks of research training and fieldwork assignments with presentations of the results of their research.This year's work showed an increased focus on environmental health with An assessment of the level of knowledge on malaria among Maun residents by Keletso...
Government notices of interest to the Okavango community via Flow : information for Okavango Delta planning
From the Botswana Government Gazette, Vol. XLVII, no. 1, 9 January 2009Republic of Botswana: Tender: Consultancy to develop management plan for Mosema Community Conservation Trust in partnership with Department of Forestry and Range Resources (second publication)7Republic of Botswana: Tender: Consultancy to develop management plan for Kawii Community Conservation Trust in partnership with...
WHO drinking water guidelines update via Flow : information for Okavango Delta planning
Guidelines for Drinking-Water Quality, Second Addendum to the 3rd Edition Volume 1 - Recommendations was released online by the World Health Organization (WHO) in December 2008. This addendum adds to and supersedes information in the third edition of the Guidelines. In response to feedback received, the second addendum includes more guidance on household water management, rainwater harvesting,...
Recent research from HOORC via Flow : information for Okavango Delta planning
Water resources management model for Okavango River Basin from Kiker, Munoz-Carpena, Wolski, Cathey, Gaughan and Kim article
Published results of research by HOORC staff and associates recently added to the HOORC Library catalogue cover a wide range of topics relevant to management of the Okavango.
A study reported in The effects of soil cover on soil respiration and microbial population in...
Government notices of interest to the Okavango community via Flow : information for Okavango Delta planning
From the Botswana Government Gazette, Vol. XLVI, no. 68, 29 October 2008
Supplement B: Bill No. 35 of 2008: Livestock Improvement Bill, 2008
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From the Botswana Government Gazette, Vol. XLVI, no. 69, 31 October 2008
Republic of Botswana: Tender: Design, supply and implementation of the National Disaster Management System for the National Disaster Management Office
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Participatory water monitoring guide via Flow : information for Okavango Delta planning
The CAO (Office of the Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman), an independent post that
reports directly to the President of the World Bank Group, recently published Participatory Water Monitoring : a Guide for Preventing and Managing Conflict. Developed in the context of a a major gold mining project in Peru, the guide aims to help communities, developers and others better understand and address...
Australian waterways management via Flow : information for Okavango Delta planning
Queenland, Australia's Paynter Creek in 2006 and restored in 2008
HOORC's Library had a visit today from Mr Mick Smith, Waterways Coordinator, Sunshine Coast Regional Council in Southeast Queensland, Australia where he works on monitoring and restoring ecosystem health of natural watercourses. Mr Smith is on a study tour as a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust fellow to investigate climate...
2008 HOORC Winter Course work via Flow : information for Okavango Delta planning
Nineteen University of Botswana undergraduate students completed their work for HOORC's Winter Course this week, wrapping up their fieldwork assignments with presentations of the results of their research. This year's work included economics studies from Mbakile P. Seabe - Household attitudes and willingness to pay for the conservation of Lake Ngami, Botswana -- Kaelo Galeage - The impact of...
Government notices of interest to the Okavango community via Flow : information for Okavango Delta planning
From the Botswana Government Gazette, Vol. XLVI, no. 35, 6 June 2008
Tender: Republic of Botswana: consultancy services for regional integration of Botswana’s transport sector study
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Tender: Tawana Land Board: tourism related sites identification in the Okavango Delta Ramsar Site (ODRS) second publication
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From the Botswana Government Gazette, Vol. XLVI, no. 36, 13 June 2008
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International mining waste seminar via Flow : information for Okavango Delta planning
Paste 08, the 11th International Seminar on Paste and Thickened Tailings, will be held in Kasane from 5th to 9th of May 2008. The aim of the meeting is to promote the technology of paste and thickened tailings as a technological alternative solution to conventional mine waste disposal. The objective of hosting this seminar in Botswana is to emphasize the importance of responsible water usage in...
Tsetse spraying recovery monitoring report via Flow : information for Okavango Delta planning
Sampling aquatic invertebrates
The Botswana Department of Animal Health and Production has released Recovery monitoring after 2006 aerial spraying of deltamethrin for tsetse fly eradication in the Kwando-Linyanti and Caprivi region, edited by HOORC researchers Casper Bonyongo and Dominic Mazvimavi. The conclusion drawn from the 2006 spraying indicated that, in addition to affecting the...
SIT student reports via Flow : information for Okavango Delta planning
Photo courtesy of Wesley Anderson With the holiday period fast approaching. the summer rains are coming more regularly, and activities at HOORC are slowing. School for International Training students, in and out of HOORC's library on their independent study projects for the past three weeks, have completed their papers are heading back home for the holidays. Among the projects carried out at or...
Ozone biomonitoring via Flow : information for Okavango Delta planning
Pieter Smit of North-West University, South Africa, was at HOORC recently, working with Dr Wellington Masamba to establish an experimental site as part of the APINA Ozone Biomonitoring Project. The project, sponsored by SIDA and coordinated by the Air Pollution Information Network for Africa, aims at monitoring the occurrence of tropospheric ozone in southern Africa. Tropospheric or ground level...
Tsetse spraying environmental monitoring report via Flow : information for Okavango Delta planning
Open Billed Stork, courtesy of Hannelore Bendsen
The latest report in HOORC's work on tsetse fly control, Environmental monitoring of May-August 2006 aerial spraying of deltamethrin for tsetse fly eradication in the Kwando-Linyanti and Caprivi region, prepared by HOORC researchers Casper Bonyongo and Dominic Mazvimavi for Botswana's Department of Animal Health and Production has been...
Government notices of interest to the Okavango community via Flow : information for Okavango Delta planning
From the Botswana Government Gazette, Vol. XLIII, no. 71, 26 October 2007
Tender: Republic of Botswana: engineering consultancy services for design, tender documentation and supervision of major villages sanitation schemes
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Tender announcements and documents may also be found on the Government of Botswana web site. The entire issue of the Government Gazette may be read in HOORC’s...
Government notices of interest to the Okavango community via Flow : information for Okavango Delta planning
From the Botswana Government Gazette, Vol. XLV, no. 70 19 October 2007
Republic of Botswana: Government Notice No. 566 of 2007: Standards Act : Standard Specifications for Botswana (including storm water drainage, aggregates for natural resources, water quality sampling, environmental management systems, customer satisfaction)
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New drinking water web resource via Flow : information for Okavango Delta planning
The National Academy of Sciences and the Global Health and Education Foundation have released an interactive educational web resource about drinking water, Safe Drinking Water is Essential. The site uses sliding panels, pictures and maps to allow the user to explore information about drinking water sources, distribution and treatment. For example, the Technologies Decision Tool shows recommended...
Tsetse task force for southern Africa via Flow : information for Okavango Delta planning
The African Union's Pan African Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Campaign (PATTEC) has set up a technical task force to plan for a multi-national project to eradicate trypanosomiasis in the common tsetse belt in Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. HOORC researcher and tsetse fly spraying monitoring specialist, Dr Casper Bonyongo will join William Shereni and David Zinyengere of...
HOORC Winter Course student research via Flow : information for Okavango Delta planning
Winter Course Student Presentations
HOORC’s 2007 class of University of Botswana Winter Course students were completing their project reports this week, following six weeks of intensive study and fieldwork in the Okavango Delta and Ngamiland. Seanokeng Kedisaletse and Boikanyo Mokgweetsi looked at different aspects of solid waste management with Solid waste management in Maun, and Household...
Government notices of interest to the Okavango community via Flow : information for Okavango Delta planning
From the Botswana Government Gazette, Vol. XLV, no. 47 6 July 2007
Republic of Botswana, Ministry of Agriculture: Agrochemicals Act (Act No. 18, of 1999): registration of agrochemicals
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Tender announcements and documents may also be found on the Government of Botswana web site. The entire issue of the Government Gazette may be read in HOORC’s...
Government notices of interest to the Okavango community via Flow : information for Okavango Delta planning
From the Botswana Government Gazette, Vol. XLV, no. 37 25 May 2007
Republic of Botswana Ministry of Agriculture: Agrochemicals Act (Act no. 18 of 1999): registration of agrochemicals
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Republic of Botswana tender: computer hardware and equipment for Tribal Land Integrated Management System (TLIMS) Rollout Phase
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From the Botswana Government Gazette, Vol. XLV, no. 40 8 June 2007...