Is Lisima Lwa Mwono the lifeline to Okavango Delta?

Cuito River PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES
Cuito River PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES

A vital watershed and a fountain of life that nurtures six countries, millions of people and some of the most important wildlife on Earth, is begging for protection. If this place could be protected and soundly managed, biodiversity scientists argue that this would extend the life of the Okavango Delta. Staff Writer, THALEFANG CHARLES reports

The Okavango Delta is shrinking. But the encouraging news is that there are men and women, who have made it their mission to save the Okavango Delta and it is a dirty and dangerous assignment. In 2015 they did the unthinkable. They crossed into one of the world’s most heavily mined territories in south east Angola – still littered with live land mines – in an attempt to survey the area that is the principal source of the waters of the Okavango.

The National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project (NGOWP), the brainchild of Dr Steve Boyes, is a research and exploration project, “gathering the relevant baseline data in order to support the current and proposed protection, conservation and socio-economic upliftment within this undeveloped system”.

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