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Namibian Invasive Alien Species Working Group
Resources
Namibia
Namibia:
Announcement of prohibition on importation of large predators and alien species of wild animals. 2019
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Abridged proceedings of the workshop on Alien Invasive Species in Namibia 2004
Bethune S et al. 2004. National review of invasive alien species, Namibia. Consultancy Report on information collected regarding Invasive alien species in Namibia for the SABSP
Boyer DC. 1989. Invasive alien plants in areas of the Namib Naukluft Park disturbed by man. Madoqua 16(2):137-139
Brown CJ et al. 1985. Invasive alien organisms in South West Africa/Namibia. Brown CJ et al (Eds). South African National Scientific Programmes Report 119
Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia 2002. Government Notice, No. 231: Promulgation of Aquaculture Act, 2002 (Act No. 18 of 2002), of the Parliament. 1-22
Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia 2003. Government Notice, No. 91: Promulgation of Inland Fisheries Resources Act, 2003 (Act No. 1 of 2003), of the Parliament. 1-15
Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia 2003. Government Notice, No. 117 & 118: Commencement of the Inland Fisheries Resources Act, 2003 (Act No. 1 of 2003); Inland Fisheries Resources Regulations: Inland Fisheries Resources Act, 2003 (Act No. 1 of 2003)
Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia 2002. Government Notice, No. 245 & 246: Commencement of Aquaculture Act, 2002 (Act No. 18 of 2002), of the Parliament; Aquaculture (Licensing) Regulations: Aquaculture Act, 2002
Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia 2002. Government Notice, No. 71: Regulations relating to import and export of aquatic organisms and aquaculture products: Aquaculture Act, 2002
Henschel JR & Parr T. 2009. Population changes of alien invasive plants in the lower Kuiseb River. Dinteria 31: 5-17
Joubert DF. 2009. Invasive plants in Namibian subtropical and riparian woodlands. In: Kohli RK et al. (Eds). 2009. Invasive plants and forest ecosystems. CRC Press.
Klaassen ES & Kwembeya EG. 2013. A Checklist of Namibian Indigenous and Naturalised Plants. National Botanical Research Institute, Occasional Contributions 5
Macdonald IAW & Nott TB. Invasive alien organisms in central SWA/Namibia: Results of a reconnaissance survey conducted in November 1984. Madoqua 15(1): 21-34
Malan J. Discussion document on the regulation of alien and invasive species
Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) 2001. Towards responsible development of aquaculture - Namibia's Aquaculture Policy
Schachtschneider K & February EC. 2013. Impact of Prosopis invasion on a keystone tree species in the Kalahari Desert. Plant Ecology 214(4): 597-605
Shapaka TN et al. 2008. Invasive alien plants in the Daan Viljoen Game Park. Dinteria 30: 19-32
Strohbach BJ et al. 2015. Prosopis encroachment along the Fish River at Gibeon, Namibia. I. Habitat preferences, population densities and the effect on the environment. Dinteria 35: 53-73
Vinjevold RD et al. 1985. Invasive alien plants in the Namib-Naukluft Park. South African National Scientific Programmes Report 119: 24-27
Williams D et al 2013. Impact of alien trees on mammal distributions along an ephemeral river in the Namib Desert. African Journal of Ecology 52(4): 404-413
International
Convention on Biological Diversity – Invasive Alien Species
Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS)
IUCN Global Invasive Species Database (GISD)
Novoa A. et al. 2014. Introduced and invasive cactus species: a global review. AoB PLANTS 7
Plaza PI et al. 2017. Rubbish dumps as invasive plant epicentres. Biol Invasions
Stricker KB et al. 2015. Improving methods to evaluate the impacts of plant invasions: lessons from 40 years of research. AoB PLANTS 7
Tsegay BT, Livingstone J and Fre Z (Eds) 2014. Exploring Prosopis management and policy options in the greater Horn of Africa. Proceedings of a regional conference.
South Africa
South Africa:
Presentation by Guy Preston to Namibian Invasive Alien Species Working Group 29th May 2023
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An assessment of the information content of South African alien species databases
van Wilgen BW, Measey J, Richardson DM, Wilson JR, Zengeya TA (Eds). 2020. Biological invasions in South Africa. Invading Nature - Springer Series in Invasion Ecology 14.
Holmes PM et al. 2005. A decision-making framework for restoring riparian zones degraded by invasive alien plants in South Africa: review article. South African Journal of Science 101: (11-12) 553-564
Le Maitre DC et al. 2015. Impacts of invading alien plant species on water flows at stand and catchment scales. AoB PLANTS 7
Shackleton RT et al. 2015. The impact of invasive alien Prosopis species (mesquite) on native plants in different environments in South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 97: 5-31
Zachariades C et al. 2011. Biological control of mesquite (Prosopis species) (Fabaceae) in South Africa. African Entomology 19(1): 402–415
Southern Africa
Bruton MN. 1985. Alien and translocated aquatic animals in Southern Africa: a general introduction, checklist and bibliography. South African National Scientific Programmes Report Number 113:1-72
Macdonald IAW. 1994. Conservation implications of the invasion of southern Africa by alien organisms. PhD Thesis. University of Cape Town
Peacock DS et al. 2007. The distribution and spread of the invasive alien common myna, Acridotheres tristis L. (Aves: Sturnidae), in southern Africa. South Africa Journal of Science 103: 465-473
Stafford W et al. 2017. The economics of landscape restoration: benefits of controlling bush encroachment and invasive plant species in South Africa and Namibia. Ecosystem Services 27: 193–202
Walters M et al. 2011. Naturalised and invasive succulents of southern Africa. Samyn Y et al (Eds). 11:370
