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The tropical African mercury anomaly: Lower than expected mercury concentrations in fish and human hair.
(Elsevier, 2011-02-20)
Mercury is a neurotoxin and global pollutant, and wetlands and newly flooded areas are known to be sites of enhanced production of monomethylmercury, the form of mercury that is readily biomagnified in aquatic food chains ...
“Where there is water there is fish” – Small-scale inland fisheries in Africa: dynamics and importance
(2015)
The importance of fish, and in particular small fish, for sustainable and healthy livelihoods in Africa, as well as their strong relationship with climate driven water dynamics are generally undervalued and little understood ...
Indigenous knowledge, livelihoods and government policy in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(Nova Science Publishers, 2011)
Communities in and around the Okavango Delta are still highly dependent on natural resources, and indigenous knowledge pertaining to the use and management of these resources has helped sustain both people‟s livelihoods ...
A case for gender equity in governance of the Okavango Deltafisheries in Botswana
(Wiley Online Library, 2012-05-22)
Fish is a major source of livelihood for the majority of people living around the Okavango Delta in north western Botswana. Gender dynamics and governance regimes determine differential access to, and control of, resources ...