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- Title
How Community Action, Science and Common Sense can Work Together to Develop an Alternative Way to Combat Desertification.
- Authors
Bethune, Shirley; Schachtschneider, Klaudia
- Abstract
The Spitzkoppe Community Campsite in western Namibia lies in an area with very limited water resources. Water scarcity places a constraint on community income generation and development opportunities. The existing water resources are overexploited and to ensure future water security, the community must take sustainable water management into consideration in their daily lives and business ventures, including tourism. This has been successfully achieved at the Spitzkoppe Community Campsite through a combination of high community motivation, organisation and action, the involvement of researchers and trainers in water resource management and support from developers. The most appropriate water management solutions were found through ongoing practical testing of different strategies and technologies over two years. This paper presents a case study of a community-based tourist camp at Spitzkoppe and traces the community’s progress towards developing an alternative way to combat desertification and a potentially lucrative tourist business.
- Subjects
DESERTIFICATION control; DESERT reclamation; WATER resources development; NATURAL resources management; TOURISM; COMMUNITY involvement
- Publication
Environmental Monitoring & Assessment, 2004, Vol 99, Issue 1-3, p161
- ISSN
0167-6369
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10661-004-4016-4