Description
In this episode of Sustain267 we are in conversation with Gakemotho Satau, a Community Developer in the Ghanzi and Okavango Delta and Max Muyemburuko, the chairperson of the Kavango East and West Regional Conservancy and Community Forestry Association. We hear from the community members, what is going on in the Okavango, what the effects of the ReconAfrica oil drilling project will be on their community and environment
Petitions:
https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1231/keep-the-oil-industry-out-of-africas-natural-treasures
https://www.change.org/p/200000-stop-the-plans-to-drill-and-frack-in-okavango-delta
Sources
https://media.business-humanrights.org/media/documents/ReconAfrica_articles__ReconAfrica_input_for_Saskia.pdf Recon comments
https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/environment-and-conservation/2021/03/test-drilling-for-oil-in-namibias-okavango-region-poses-toxic
https://n-c-e.org/sites/default/files/2020-11/ReconAfrica%20Okavango%20fact%20sheet_0.pdf
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/oil-gas-test-drilling-begins-namibia-okavango-region
https://earth.org/a-planned-oil-drilling-project-threatens-the-okavango-delta-ecosystem/
https://news.mongabay.com/2020/12/alarm-as-exploratory-drilling-for-oil-begins-in-northern-namibia/
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2230
https://allianceearth.org/fracking-the-okavango/
Press Release by Botswana's Ministry of Mineral Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security: https://www.facebook.com/182968962460835/posts/891498414941216/?sfnsn=mo
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