#SaveTheOkavangoDelta
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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 tSoFpamolneibarsrigouanrrey dif12  · PRESS RELEASE: CLARITY ON EXPLORATION ACTIVITIES BY RECONNAISANCE ENERGY BOTSWANA Click here to become a Patron and support the production of the Sustain267 Podcast Connect with us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, and let's continue the conversation. 
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