Moleele, N.Mainah, J.2016-04-192016-04-192003Journal of Arid Environments 54(2): 405-4230140-1963http://hdl.handle.net/10919/65660Metadata only recordThe Kalahari ecosystem is characterized by natural resource conflicts and land-use pressure resulting from intensification of human activities. This paper addresses three issues of concern associated with the Kalahari ecosystem resource management: (i) the major land-use/land cover shifts in the Kalahari ecosystem since 1970 and the resulting pattern in vegetation species composition, cover and density; (ii) the possible explanations for the observed shifts; and (iii) the possible resource conflicts likely to arise.text/plainen-USIn CopyrightEcosystem managementSemiarid zonesPlanningLand use planningEnvironmental impactsConflictLand use managementConservationHabitat destructionNatural resource managementKalahari ecosystemLand-use/coverResource use conflictMatshengAnthropogenic activitiesBiosphere conservation areasResource zoningEcosystem Farm/Enterprise Scale Field ScaleAbstractCopyright 2003 by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.https://doi.org/10.1006/jare.2002.1099