Environment
Living Planet: Oil exploration in Namibia causes concern
A Canadian company has gotten permission to drill for oil and gas in Namibia’s Kavango Basin — an important ecosystem that shelters the country’s largest elephant population and feeds water into the world-famous Okavango Delta in neighboring Botswana. Although Namibia says this drilling is mere exploration, environmentalists fear oil development there will harm local communities and wildlife.
- Date 08.10.2020
- Duration 05:23 mins.
- Author Jana Genth, presented by Cai Nebe
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- Related Subjects OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries), Namibia, Environment, COP 26: Everything you need to know, Global Ideas
- Keywords environment, Living Planet, oil, Namibia
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