The besieged desert : war, drought, poaching in the Namib Desert / Mitch Reardon

Northwest Namibia is a desert - rugged, utterly uncompromising, frequently beautiful and always fascinating. It comprises two adjoining tribal homelands. Damaraland and Koakoland, and until recently was virtually untouched by the intrusive influence of the technological age. Here live great herbivores such as elephants, rhinos, and giraffe, in an environment unlike any other in Africa. Living among them are Himba PAStoralists, a tribe that time has left behind. The author joidut the area's resident ecologist, Garth Owen- Smith, to see for himself what has happedut here. This book deals with the people they met and the wildlife encountered - it tackles the problems caused by the war between the South African Army ad the Swapo guerillas which spilled over into this area; the poaching that is going on there, and the effects of a crippling five-year drought.

C. S. G. Eyre W007841, W015349