Resource Monitoring

Resource monitoring is an essential part of sustainably managing the natural resources of the Kunene River basin. This sections looks at resource monitoring and how the data from monitoring programmes is collected, stored, distributed and used for better decision making. This section also examines where the gaps are in current monitoring programmes and how these can be improved upon.

Chapter Summary

This chapter covers the following concepts and material:

• The Importance of Monitoring in the context of Integrated Water Resources Management;
• An overview of Existing Monitoring activities in the Kunene River basin;
• The role and importance of Information Systems in resources monitoring; and
• River Health Monitoring.

Groundwater monitoring in Namibia.

Source: GTZ 2008

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