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Namibian National Biodiversity Programme

Country Study

 Details within the programme:

 

 

Biological Diversity in Namibia is a 332-page book from the Biodiversity Programme and the DEA.

 

Sections of the book are available, as listed below.

 

All files are PDF files. Maps which appear in the book are also available as zipped ArcView shapefiles.

 
PDF files:
Section Title

Size (KB)

Cover Biological Diversity in Namibia

281

Summary Summary

 

Contents Table of contents

684

Contents Listing of abbreviations, tables, graphs, maps, text boxes and appendices

819

Chapter 1 Overview of Namibia and its biological diversity

 

Chapter 2 Biodiversity of terrestrial and freshwater habitats

 

Chapter 3 Biodiversity of marine habitats

 

Chapter 4 Economics of biodiversity conservation in Namibia

 

Chapter 5 Environmental legislation in Namibia

 

Chapter 6 Future priorities, research needs and actions

 

Appendix 1 National Biodiversity Task Force and other contributors

198

Appendix 2 Environmental conservation, research, education and awareness agencies and their capacities

288

Appendix 3 Priority plant taxa for germplasm collection in Namibia

36

Appendix 4 International herbaria housing Namibian plant specimens

60

Appendix 5 Viruses, bacteria, fungi and nematodes of major quarantine concern recorded in southern Africa

39

Appendix 6 Some veterinary disease causing micro-organisms in Namibia

43

Appendix 7 Recorded fungal diversity in Namibia

28

Appendix 8 Freshwater macro-invertebrates recorded from Namibian wetlands, with numbers of potential endemics

20

Appendix 9 Preliminary list of molluscs, nematodes and arthropod agricultural pests in Namibia

127

Appendix 10 Conservation status categories used to classify reptile, amphibian and mammal fauna in Namibia

72

Appendix 11 List of birds endemic and near-endemic to Namibia and southern Africa

80

Appendix 12 Threatened Namibian birds classified as Critically Endangered, Endangered and Vulnerable

60

Appendix 13 Freshwater fish species of conservation concern

30

 
Zipped ArcView shapefiles:
Map 1.1 Mean annual rainfall in Namibia

70

Map 1.2 Mean water deficit in Namibia

160

Map 1.3 Landforms of Namibia

187

Map 1.4 Elevation contours of Namibia

1523

Map 1.5 Drainage systems of Namibia

1958

Map 1.6 Simplified soil map of Namibia

102

Map 1.7 Wetlands of Namibia

1702

Map 1.8 Vegetation types of Namibia

56

Map 1.9 Major land uses in Namibia

102

Map 1.10 Regions and major towns of Namibia

413

 

 
       
 

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