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Support to Phase 3 of the ORASECOM Basin-wide Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) – Plan: Overview
Water Resources Quality Joint Basin Surveys (JBSs)
The second 5-yearly comprehensive Joint Basin Survey (JBS2) of the quality of the water resources of the Orange-Senqu River Basin was undertaken Read more
2014 Integrated Water Resources Management Plan (IWRMP) – Summary and Documents
Purpose: This article will provide an overview of the 2014 IWRMP and provide links to the actual documents Related WIS Read more
Irrigation Water Demand Management (WP6)
Objectives The overall objective of the work package was to attain an overall understanding of how better management practices could reduce Read more
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Namibia
ORANGE–SENQU RIVER BASIN, Namibia
Forty years ago, Prosopis was introduced to areas of Namibia and South Africa as a fodder plant. However, it proved to be aggressively invasive in the drier, western areas of the Orange–Senqu River basin, outcompeting indigenous riparian vegetation, and impeding surface flow and groundwater recharge.
Prosopis is, however, a potentially valuable source of wood. Henk Kempen, who lives in Leonardville on the Black Nossob River, recognised that this pest could be turned into a profit and create much-needed employment, while addressing the environmental problems it causes. A small grant provided seed funding for community involvement and job creation through felling trees for charcoal, wood and construction timber.
Burning or treating the stumps of felled trees ensures, that they do not re-grow or coppice. Currently, his business keeps between 17 and 22 people employed and recently supplied wood used to reconstruct Swakopmund’s historical jetty.
