🟡 New investigation reveals one of the world’s most influential (and allegedly corrupt) energy lawyers has ties to ReconAfrica and the Okavango River Basin. Jay Park, current legal advisor to the Canada-based oil and gas company ReconAfrica, faces a litany of accusations, angry investors, and charges of “self-dealing,” even as he continues to help governments write laws to extract oil and then profit from them. Read the full newlinesmagazine article on the oil kingmaker: link in bio. The Okavango River Basin is a critical and biodiverse ecosystem at risk of destruction from ReconAfrica and Park’s complicity by advising the Namibian government on its new oil and gas legislation while he is one of the company’s major shareholders. Help #SavetheOkavango 👉 and join us in supporting communities in Botswana and Namibia who have fought to protect their land from ReconAfrica’s destructive drilling project. Visit - okavango.rewild.org - to add your name to the open letter. Visual credit...