RAISON specializes in the provision of services to collect, analyze and provide information, particularly in the fields of environmental and education planning and management. RAISON thus provides services and expertise in the fields of both the natural and human sciences.

Much of RAISON’s work involves the processing and dissemination of information, and expertise has been developed in the use of several appropriate tools: database development and querying, statistical programmes, processing and analysis of aerial photographs, orthophotos and satellite imagery, and geographical information systems. RAISON also offers expertise in the use of advanced graphics and design programmes to compile maps, graphs and books so that information can be presented in simple, interesting and attractive ways. All these technical skills are combined with a broad conceptual perspective stemming from experience gained in the human and social sciences. A better understanding of processes, issues and relationships between people and their environment can therefore be produced.

• A profile of north-central Namibia [2000]
  Book and set of data produced for the Ministry of Environment and Tourism’s environmental profiles programme. The profile covers a wide variety of issues concerning the physical, human and biological environment, and analyses links between people’s history, their economy and land uses.


• Health in Namibia: Progress and challenges. [2001]
  An overview of health services in Namibia, important diseases and other health conditions, the country’s demography, and some of the challenges that lie ahead. Compiled for the Ministry of Health and Social Services, and published by RAISON, Windhoek.


• Atlas of Namibia. [2002]
  A comprehensive atlas and reference work for the country, covering human, physical and biological aspects of Namibia. Compiled for the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, and published by David Philip, Cape Town.


• The communal lands of eastern Namibia. [2002]
  A summary of information on the communal areas in Otjozondjupa and Omaheke, compiled for the Namibia Nature Foundation and published by RAISON, Windhoek.


• Sand and Water: a profile of the Kavango region of Namibia. [2003]
  Detailed description and analysis of the physical, human and biological environment of Kavango. Compiled for the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, and published by Struik, Cape Town.


• Okavango River: the flow of a lifeline. [2004]
  Comprehensive analysis and compilation of information on the Okavango River Basin in Angola, Namibia and Botswana. Published by Struik, Cape Town.


• Forests and woodlands of Namibia. [2005]
  RAISON, Windhoek. Review of ecological, economic and management aspects published by RAISON for the Ministry of Agriculture, Water & Forestry.


• Farming systems in Namibia. [2006]
  Overview of different kinds of farming, and the factors that affect them, published by RAISON for the Namibia National Farmers’ Union.


• Okavango Delta: Floods of Life. [2010]
  Analysis and description of the functioning and components of the Okavango Delta in Botswana. Commissioned by IUCN and University of Botswana. RAISON, Windhoek