Okavango Delta: Studying Angola�s terra incognita
Friday, January 26, 2018
CAPE TOWN: For years, the southeastern region of Angola, a host to the sources of the Okavango, Zambezi and Kwanza rivers, has been a terra incognita – a mystery to science. It has remained a black hole in the map of biodiversity data because no explorers have dared to access the area due to the raging war in Angola.
The region was practically cut out from Angola and the rest of the world for over three decades due to the civil war. The warring factions put a curtain of landmines to practically block anyone from accessing the area.
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