The frightening prospect of seeing the Okavango Delta turned into an oil production site

THE CONSERVATION ACTION TRUST OUTS PLANS TO KILL OKAVANGO WITH DRILLING AND FRACKING

(Posted 23rd December 2020)

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Paradise is closing down: The ghastly spectre of oil drilling and fracking in fragile Okavango Delta

15th December 2020 | Daily Maverick | Andreas Wilson Spath

For a distance of some 150km, Canadian company ReconAfrica’s oil and gas prospecting concessions border the Kavango River, a crucial source of water in a semi-arid area and the lifeline for one of Africa’s greatest concentrations of wild species in the Okavango Delta into which it discharges. The fate of one of Africa’s most valuable … Full Story ?
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