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- ↑ Shivute, Basilia A. (2008). Multi-scale assessment of habitat use by Black Rhinos (Diceros bicornis Linnaeus 1758) in North West Namibia (Masters thesis).
- ↑ Owen-Smith, Garth (November 2012) [2002]. "A Brief History of the Conservation and Origin of the Concession Areas in the Former Damaraland" (PDF). In Carrington, Daisy (ed.). How Namibia Turned Poachers into Gamekeepers and Saved Rare Wildlife. Integrated Rural Development and Nature Conservation, November 2002). Vol. 23. Windhoek.
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