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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