Namibia

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Land Use/Forests

Paradise Closing: Oil Drilling Begins in Okavango Delta

February 1, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Paradise Closing: Oil Drilling Begins in Okavango Delta

WINDHOEK, Namibia, February 1, 2021 (ENS) – The fate of one of Africa’s most valuable ecosystems will depend on results from wells being drilled deep into the bedrock beneath the Kalahari Desert of northern Namibia and Botswana in the hunt for a petroleum reservoir. If the search by Canadian oil and gas company ReconAfrica is successful, the region could be irrevocably transmogrified… […]

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Latest News

Software Foils Poachers With Rare Rhinos’ Footprints

September 14, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Software Foils Poachers With Rare Rhinos’ Footprints

DURHAM, North Carolina, September 14, 2020 (ENS) – Interactive software that reads and analyzes footprints left by black rhinoceroses can be used to monitor the movements of the critically endangered animals in the wild, giving conservationists a new way to keep watch on the species and help keep them safe from poachers, according to a new Duke University-led study. […]