KUCIRC 2026: KAZA UNIVERSITIES CONSORTIUM INAUGURAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE 2026
TALK KEYWORD INDEX

This page contains an index consisting of author-provided keywords.

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1. Transboundary governance
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2. Natural resource trafficking
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3. Law enforcement
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6 A’s framework
A
above-ground biomass
Abundance
Acacia karroo
academic improvement
academic performance
acaricide
acceptance sampling
Acoustic Activity
acoustic monitoring
adaptation
adaptive management
Aesthetic appreciation
Affordable internet
Africa
African clawless otter
African clawless otters
African elephant
African otters
African savanna elephant
African savannah elephant
Agricultural Innovation
Agroecology
Aloe species
Angola
animal movement
anthrax
antibiotic stewardship
Antimicrobial resistance
Aonyx capensis
Aonyx congicus
apex predator
Apis mellifera
Aquaculture
Aquaculture constraints
Aquafeeds
Artefacts
Arthropod biodiversity
Artificial Intelligence
artificial intelligence (AI)
Artificial Nests
Artificial wetlands
Arts
attitudes
Avifauna
B
Baboons
barcodes
basal area
Bat ecology
Beehive fences
Behavioural plasticity
Best practices
Big data analytics
Binga
Biodiversity
Biodiversity conservation
Biodiversity monitoring
Bioindicators
Biological invasions
Biological pest control
biomass
Bird species
Bird utilization
blockchain
Blockchain technology
Blue - green bioeconomy
Blue carbon sequestration
border communities
Borders
Botswana
Burn Dynamics
Burn Recurrence
Burn Severity
Burned and unburned plots
Bush encroachment
Business Courses
C
Calcium hypochlorite
Calves
CAMPFIRE
Capability Complementarity
Capability Conversion
Capture
carbon sequestration
Carbon storage
catfish
cattle
CBNRM
Cereal–insect diets
cestodes
Challenges
chemical composition
Chimanimani
Chobe District
Citizen Participation
Citizen science
Civic Technology
climate adaptation
Climate change
climate education
Climate exposure
Climate governance
climate justice
climate resilience
Climate vulnerable
Cloud computing
co-existence
coexistence
Cognitive awareness
COI
Collaborative Learning
communal land management
Communal lands
community composition
Community knowledge systems
Community livelihoods
community participatory planning
Community perceptions
Community-based conservation
Community-based economic development
Community-based natural resource management
community-based surveillance
Community-based tourism
Comparative policy analysis
Competition law harmonisation
Composite index
Conceptual understanding
Conflict mitigation
Connectivity
Conservation
Conservation attitudes
Conservation benefits
conservation data
conservation finance
conservation gaps
conservation governance
Conservation interventions
consumer's risk
Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia
Contamination factor
continuous-time Markov models
Contribution
Convergence
convivial conservation
copepods
Coptodon rendalli
Cost–benefit analysis
Critical minerals
Crop damage
Cross-border competition policy
Cross-border data flows
Cross-Border Education
cross-border tourism
cross-border trade
Cross-curricular
Cryptosporidium
Cuando
Cultural practices
Culture
Curriculum
Curriculum integration
Cybersecurity policy
D
Data governance
data integrity
data interoperability
data protection
Data protection legislation
data provenance
Data sovereignty
Data stewardship
Decision-support tool
Decolonial Approaches
Deforestation
demographic
density
development
Dietary contribution
Dietary selection
digeneans
Digestibility
Digital Pedagogy
digital record-keeping
digital repository
Digital tools
disciplinary policies
Disinfectant resistance
distributed ledger technology
diversity
dNBR
dog bite incidence
dog ecology
donor dependence
drought
E
Early Childhood
Echolocation
economic losses
ecosystem data
ecosystem goods and services
ecosystem management
Ecosystem remediation
Ecotourism
eDNA
Education
Education for Sustainable Development
educational leaders
effective population size
Effective population size (Ne)
Egyptian fruit bats
elephant
Elephant crop raiding
Empowerment
Enabling factors
Endophytic bacteria
Energy insecurity
engagement
Environmental education
Environmental management
Environmental Monitoring
Environmental space
environmental threat detection
Epigeal predators
Equity
Escherichia coli
Ethical–Morality
Etosha National Park
Evaluation framework
event book
Experiential satisfaction
F
Farmer perceptions
Fasciola
Fasciola gigantica
Fasciola hepatica
Fasciola nyanzae
fauna
feed conversion ratio
feed shortage
Feminist Political Ecology
Field margins
financial inclusion
Financing mechanism
Fire Regime
fire regimes
Fire risk
Fire seasonality
Fire severity
Fire Variability
Fire-Climate Correlation
Fish farmers
fish farming
fisheries
Fishing
Flood resilience
Flood-induced migration
Floods
Food Resilience
Food security
Food-Security
Foot and mouth disease
Freshwater aquaculture
freshwater ecosystems
Functional genomics
G
GBIF
Genetic diversity
Genetic viability
Gestão ambiental
Giraffe
GIS
Goat kids
Goat production
Governance
Governance maturity
GPS telemetry
Grid based spatial analysis
group sampling plan
Growth Performance
Guilds
Gwanda
H
Habitat
habitat selection
healthcare workers
Heat stress
Heavy Metal
Hidden hunger
Higher Education
Higher Education Partnerships
Hill number
Household livelihoods
HTH Chlorine
Human Capital
human crocodile interaction
human dimensions
human rights
Human wildlife conflict
human-lion conflict
Human-wildlife coexistence
Human-Wildlife Conflict
Human–Wildlife Coexistence
Human–wildlife conflict
Husbandry practices
Hwange National Park
HWC
Hydrictis maculicollis
I
IKS
imitation
Immigration
Impacts of armed-conflict
iNaturalist
Inclusive Development
Inclusive economic development
Indigenous Knowledge systems
industrialisation
Industry
Indústria
infection prevention
infestation rate
infiltration gallery
Infrastructure Development
Innovation
Insect diversity
Integrating Indigenous
Inter-agency data
Interdisciplinary collaboration
Intergenerational knowledge transfer
Internet costs
Introgression
Invasive alien species
Investor Matching
irregular sampling
IT strategy
Ivlev's Electivity Index
J
Joint Ventures
K
Kafue National Park
Kafue River
Kaleidoscope Lite
Katima Mulilo
Kavango River
Kavango-Zambezi TFCA
KAZA
KAZA region
KAZA TFCA
KAZA Transfrontier Conservation Area
Kernel Density Estimation
Keywords
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Knowledge
knowledge attitudes and practices
Knowledge Sharing
Kraal assessment recommendation
Kraal assessments
Kunene River
Kwando Wildlife Dispersal Area
Kwandu Conservancy
L
Lambs
Land cover
Land Use Planning
Land-use
Land-use impacts
Landscape
language of instruction
Large carnivores
learner indiscipline
Learners
Learning Facilities
Legal Pluralism
leopard
Lion-livestock predation
Literature Review
Livelihood
Livelihoods
Livestock - Wildlife Interface
livestock depredation
Livestock losses
livestock predation
livestock-wildlife competition
local empowerment
local value capture
low-bandwidth technology
LUCIS
Lumpy skin disease
Lupane District
M
Macrocystis pyrifera
Malnutrition
Mapping
Mashi conservancy
mathematics education
mathematics teaching resources
MaxEnt
mean intensity
Medicinal plants
metadata standards
microhabitat
Mining pollution
Mining sector
Miombo woodlands
Mitigation
mobile messaging platforms
mobile money
Mobile platforms
MODIS Indices
Molecular identification
monogeneans
Mopane bark
morphology
mortality
Multi-hazard Assessment
multilingual education
N
Namibia
Namibian communal conservancies
National Development
National Parks
nature-based tourism
nematodes
niche pattern
North-East Namibia
Nutrient-sensitive fisheries
O
Occurrence
Ohangwena
Okavango Basin
Okavango Delta
One Health
One KAZA vision
open data
Open source GIS
operating characteristic
Opportunities
Oreochromis andersonii
Orthomarburgvirus reservoirs
Oryx gazella
P
Panel data
parasites
Participatory GIS
participatory mapping
Participatory research
Passive Acoustic Monitoring
Pasteurella
Perceptions
phytochemicals
Pitfall traps
Plant Knowledge
plant-based control
Policy and governance
policy implementation
Political Ecology
political economy of conservation
Pollution index
Population genomics
Population trend
Population Vulnerability
Poultry pathogens
Poverty
practice
predation patterns
Predator spillover
Predator-prey interactions
Predator–prey interactions
prevalence
Prey depletion
Principals’ views
producer's risk
protected areas
Public sector data governance
Public sector digital transformation
Public sector innovation
Public sector regulation
Pull factors
Q
QGIS
quota utilisation
R
rabies
Rangeland governance
rangeland management
Raw water quality improvement
Regional cooperation
Regional governance frameworks (KAZA)
Regional harmonisation
Regional integration
Remote Sensing
Research
research collaboration
research repositories
resilience
Resources
Rethinking
Robotics
Rodent community structure
rural schools
Rural women
S
SADC
Salambala Conservancy
Savanna
Savanna woodland
savanna woodlands
Scarabaeinae
seasonality
Seaweed biochar
Seaweed biomass
Sectoral innovation systems
Sediment
Sediment contamination
Seed Powder Coagulant
selection
Senkobo
Sentinel-2
septicaemia
Sewage treatment ponds
silica
silicosis
Skills
Skin disease
small business
Small mammals
Small to Medium Enteprises
Smallholder Farmers
Social capital
social networking sites
Socio economic benefits
Socio-economic impacts
Socio-economic trade-offs
source-sink dynamics
South Luangwa National Park
Southern Africa
Southern Ground Hornbill
space use
spatial analysis
Spatial distribution
Spatial weighting
Spatiotemporal
Species
Species composition
species distribution modelling
Species diversity
Species richness
species richness and species diversity
Stakeholder Participation
Stakeholders
static holding system
suitability
supplementation
Sustainability
sustainable
Sustainable agriculture
Sustainable Development
Sustainable tourism governance
Sustentabilidade
T
Technology
Technology compliance
temporal shift
TFCA
tick mortality
tiered access
tilapia
top-down policies
Tourism
tourism development
Tourist perceptions
Traditional Knowledge Systems
traditional water knowledge
transboundary
Transboundary bat movements
Transboundary biosecurity
Transboundary Cooperation
Transboundary governance
transboundary research
Translocation
Travel decisions
Trophic guilds
trophy hunting
truncated life test
Trypanosomiasis
U
uneven development
ungulates
University
V
Vegetation
Vermicomposting
viability
Virulence factors
Vulnerability
W
Wastewater treatment plants
Water
Water quality
water resources
water resources management
water security
Water treatment
Waterbirds
Waterpoint infrastructure
wetland
Wetland conservation
Wetlands
Whole-genome sequencing
Wild reintroduction
wildife policies
Wildlife conservation
Wildlife corridors
wildlife migration corridors
wildlife-livestock interface
woodland degradation
Y
youth engagement
Z
Zambesi region of Namibia
Zambezi River
Zambezi Valley
Zimbabwe
Zinc deficiency
Zoning
zoonotic diseases