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Africa in Focus—Travel—Botswana Focus Okavango Region
Chapter from hypertext guidebook. Includes photographs. There is also a map of the Okavango Delta.

AfricaNet—Country Information—Botswana
Basic information for travelers includes climate, transportation, accomodations, brief descriptions of national parks.

Conservation International Field Activities—Botswana
Description of efforts to protect the Okavango Delta region.

Virtual Africa—Botswana Travel Background
Geographical descriptions of national parks and other features, including the Okavango Delta.

African Wildlife Foundation
Works to protect and preserve African wildlife.

World Wildlife Fund
Works to protect and preserve wildlife worldwide.

Okavango Wildlife Society
Organizational mission and aims, membership information, bibliography of books on the Okavango.

On Safari—Okavango
David Anderson Safaris.

Wild Dogs and Foxes
World Wildlife Fund factsheet.

The African Wild Dog Conservation Fund
Contains a FAQ on African Wild Dogs, photos by Jeremy Woodhouse, and information about the AWDCF.

Order Pholidota, Family Manidae (pangolins)
From Animal Diversity Web, a collection of species accounts compiled by students in a University of Michigan Biology class. Links to species: Manis gigantea (Giant Pangolin), Manis tetradactyla (Long-tailed pangolin), and Manis tricuspis (African Tree pangolin/3-pointed pangolin)

Endangered Wildlife Trust
Organization dedicated to conserving the diversity of species in southern Africa. Information about EWT activities. Includes excerpts from South Africa’s Threatened Wildlife and The Pangolin, an essay by Don Beswick about threats facing the pangolin.

St. Louis Zoo Cheetah Survival Center

Crocodylus niloticus (Nile Crocodile)
Species description from Animal Diversity Web.

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Bibliography

For more information about African wildlife, see the following National Geographic Society publications and products. Videos are available for purchase from the NGS Store. You can also search the NGS Publications Index for a more comprehensive list.

Video Wings Over the Serengeti.” 1996.

Last Feast of the Crocodiles.” 1996.

Lions of Darkness.” 1994.

Reflections on Elephants.” 1994.

Africa’s Animal Oasis.” 1992.

Eternal Enemies: Lions and Hyenas.” 1992.

Zebra: Patterns in the Grass.” 1992.

Book Eckstrom, Christine K. and Frans Lanting. Forgotten Edens: Exploring the World’s Wild Places. 1993.
 
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC     “Crater and Delta: Life and Death for African Wildlife” (On Television). April 1992.

Frans Lanting. “Botswana: A Gathering of Waters and Wildlife.” December 1990.

Douglas B. Lee. “Okavango Delta: Old Africa’s Last Refuge.” December 1990.

William Graves. “Okavango: Africa’s Wild Treasure.” December 1990.

Arthur Zich. “Botswana, the Adopted Land.” December 1990.

RESEARCH Robbins, Lawrence H. “The Depression Site: A Stone Age Sequence in the Northwest Kalahari Desert, Botswana.” Summer 1990.

RESEARCH & EXPLORATION Robbins, Lawrence H. “The White Paintings Rock Shelter, Western Kalahari Desert, Botswana” (Field Notes). Autumn 1991.

TRAVELER Chadwick, Douglas H. “Safari to Botswana.” November/December 1995.

 

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