PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Francis Sefe
AU  - Susan Ringrose
AU  - Wilma Matheson
TI  - Desertification in north-central Botswana: Causes, processes, and impacts
DP  - 1996 May 01
TA  - Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
PG  - 241--248
VI  - 51
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.jswconline.org/content/51/3/241.short
4100  - http://www.jswconline.org/content/51/3/241.full
AB  - 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.