Botash saves flamingoes

Monday, March 04, 2013

They are mining salt at Sowa, in a flamingo rich part of Botswana and they have come on board to invest P450,000 and their human resource towards the conservation and development of Sowa area and the neighboring areas as a tourist attraction of repute.

Botash has joined hands with Birdlife Botswana in a relationship that will span three years, entailing the development of the flamingo rich areas of the Makgadikgadi salt pans into viable tourists attractions.

The salt mine is located roughly 30 km away from a breeding place for the flamingoes. It is one of the large systems in Botswana where flamigoes breed. Others are Mosu, Mokubilo, Mmea, Mmatshumu, all in the vast Makgadikgadi.

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Botash saves flamingoes

They are mining salt at Sowa, in a flamingo rich part of Botswana and they have come on board to invest P450,000 and their human resource towards the conservation and development of Sowa area and the neighboring areas as a tourist attraction of repute.

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