Comparing a DSS and farmersdecisions for rangeland management in semi arid Namibia
Rangeland management in Namibia is largely reactive, with large sums of money being used in attempts to eradicate indigenous bush species that form thickets.A Decision Support System (DSS) for rangeland management with emphasis on preventing bush thickening has been developed in a wiki format and also in booklet form (Joubert et al.2005) (http :/ /chameleon.polytechnic.edu.na/wiki/).Decisions are of three types : opportunistic or adaptive ; reactive ( treating of symptoms) ; and ongoing good management.Workshops were conducted to involve land users in the DSS development.As part of the workshops, the DSS decisions were compared with decisions taken by farmers, in order to develop insights into farmer decision making.This paper reports on this comparison.
bush thickening preventative management wiki format
Joubert D.F Zimmermann I Fendler,J Winschiers H Graz F.P.2
Polytechnic of Namibia,Private Bag 13388,Windhoek Namibia Dept.Environmental Management,University of Ballarat,POBox 663,Ballarat Victoria 3353,Australia
国际会议
呼和浩特
英文
2008-06-29（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）