%0 Journal Article %A Francis Sefe %A Susan Ringrose %A Wilma Matheson %T Desertification in north-central Botswana: Causes, processes, and impacts %D 1996 %J Journal of Soil and Water Conservation %P 241-248 %V 51 %N 3 %X The mid-Boteti river area in north-central Botswana is undergoing desertification from the perspective of a decline of available natural resources. Since the area has suffered no decline in average rainfall during past decades, resource depletion is considered to be related to intense resource use, particularly during early drought years. Decline is manifesting mainly as decreasing available fresh water, reductions in the amounts of woody vegetation cover for both fuelwood (locally) and browse (generally), species decline with changes to unpalatable cover, and increased areas of exposed soil, leading to soil erosion. %U https://www.jswconline.org/content/jswc/51/3/241.full.pdf