Prescribed burning based on range condition in the Okavango Delta Ramsar site in Botswana,Africa
The Okavango Delta located in north western Botswana in southern Africa is one of the worlds largest remaining inland wetland ecosystems that is protected under the Ramsar Convention.The frequency and severity of fires are perceived to be a threat to the conservation and wise use of the Delta and provided the motivation for the formulation of a fire management plan for the area.The vegetation in the Ramsar Site comprises the Permanent and Seasonal Sw amps and Burkea, Mopane and A cacia Woodlands.The development of simple and practical quantitative criteria describing the ecological condition of the vegetation that could be used to identify areas that should be considered for prescribed burning was an important requirement for the fire management plan and comprised the following guidelines :
W.S.W.Trollope L.A.Trollope C.de B.Austin A.C.Held
Working On Fire-International,38 Durban Street,Fort Beaufort,5720,South Africa
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2008-06-29（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）