New reporting from NatGeo revealed that Canada-based oil and gas company ReconAfrica did not submit an application to the communal land board for land use rights until six months after clearing the equivalent of five football fields of protected land in the Kapinga Kamwalye Community Conservancy, which borders the Okavango River.
The Okavango River flows into the Okavango Delta: a UNESCO World Heritage site, a Key Biodiversity Area, and an ecological wonderland so vast it is visible from space. This region sustains nearly one million Indigenous and local people by providing clean water, food, livelihoods and places to live. Local and Indigenous communities are concerned for their homes, their water supply, and the ecosystem that supports them and all life around them.
Stand with the communities in Namibia and Botswana calling for a moratorium on all oil and gas development in the Okavango River Basin.
#SaveTheOkavango #Rewild #ForAllWildkind