US parliament passes bill to save Okavango Delta

Capitol Hill PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES
Capitol Hill PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES

PRESS RELEASE: Washington, D.C. The House on Tuesday passed the Defending Economic Livelihoods and Threatened Animals (DELTA) Act, H.R. 4819.

The bipartisan legislation promotes sustainable economic development and conservation across Africa’s critical Okavango River Basin, which supports more than one million Angolans, Botswanans and Namibians, as well as the largest remaining elephant population in the world.

On the House floor prior to the vote, Chairman Royce delivered the following remarks (as prepared for delivery):

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