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As National Geographic explained in a recent article about the drilling, ReconAfrica’s “license area supports various endangered species, such as African wild dogs, white-backed vultures, and Temminck’s ground pangolins. Africa’s largest remaining trans-boundary population of savanna elephants moves through it. In Namibia, the license area is home to more than 200,000 people”.

Their ongoing investigative series is here:

Namibia’s leading Newspaper The Namibian has covered ReconAfrica’s transgressions from the time they were discoverd.

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More resources include their original EIA, in three parts, including the Scoping Report, the Environmental Impact Assessment and their Environmental Management Plan.

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https://africageographic.com/stories/okavango-oil-exporation-by-reconafrica-a-scam/

https://www.africanews.com/2021/03/26/urge-the-namibian-president-to-save-the-okavango-delta-youth-climate-activists/

https://africasustainableconservation.com/2021/03/02/angola-opens-up-okavango-basin-to-oil-and-gas-exploration/

https://africasustainableconservation.com/2021/03/02/angola-opens-up-okavango-basin-to-oil-and-gas-exploration/

https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/4/22/namibia-indigenous-leaders-want-big-oil-out-of-kavango-basin

https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/4/22/namibia-indigenous-leaders-want-big-oil-out-of-kavango-basin

https://allafrica.com/stories/202105270657.html

https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/africa/oil-drill-threatens-namibias-unspoiled-landscape.html

https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/okavango-goes-international-with-reconafrica-under-fire/

https://canadians.org/update/185-organizations-call-canadian-officials-hold-reconafrica-accountable-massive-oil-and-gas

https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/news/watch-silent-protest-held-in-cape-town-over-exploratory-drilling-in-okavango-basin-ef4a311d-ebf2-4ae5-8ca7-3c0d7e6c7b42

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-12-15-paradise-is-closing-down-the-ghastly-spectre-of-oil-drilling-and-fracking-in-fragile-okavango-delta/

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-06-03-canadian-firm-reconafricas-quest-for-namibian-oil-and-gas-poses-seismic-risk-to-elephant-behaviour/

https://www.dw.com/en/living-planet-oil-exploration-in-namibia-causes-concern/av-55201649

https://www.dw.com/en/environmental-concerns-over-canadian-oil-venture-in-namibia/av-57087821

https://www.dw.com/en/questions-remain-over-future-of-namibian-oil-discovery/a-57560080

https://energytransition.org/2021/01/shock-at-oil-gas-prospecting-plans-for-okavango-delta-and-kgalagadi/

https://www.energyvoice.com/oilandgas/africa/ep-africa/299602/reconafrica-protest-caprio-namibia/

https://www.energyvoice.com/oilandgas/africa/ep-africa/315481/reconafrica-president-address-find/

https://ens-newswire.com/2021/02/01/paradise-closing-oil-drilling-begins-in-okavango-delta/

https://www.greenpeace.org/africa/en/blogs/13411/fridays-for-future-reconafricas-kavango-oil-and-gas-play-is-carbon-bomb-with-projected-1-6-of-worlds-remaining-co2-budget/

https://www.greenpeace.org/africa/en/blogs/13418/5-reasons-to-save-the-okavango-delta/

https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/opinion/oil-excavation-kavango-namibia-botswana-b1825483.html

http://www.ipsnews.net/2021/07/calls-to-halt-construction-of-massive-oilfield-in-one-of-africas-last-wildernesses/

https://mg.co.za/environment/2021-02-12-okavango-delta-threat-oil-gas-exploration/

https://mg.co.za/environment/2021-03-08-stop-oil-and-gas-drilling-in-namibias-kavango-basin-immediately-anglican-church/

https://mg.co.za/environment/2021-04-26-pursuing-fossil-fuels-in-kavango-basin-a-stupid-bet/

https://news.mongabay.com/2021/03/growing-concern-over-okavango-oil-exploration-as-community-alleges-shutout/

https://www.petro-online.com/news/fuel-for-thought/13/breaking-news/what-is-the-kavango-basin/54209

https://www.petro-online.com/news/safety/15/breaking-news/why-is-oil-exploration-controversial-in-namibia/54278

https://news.sky.com/story/namibian-oil-and-risk-to-the-okavango-delta-fears-over-threat-to-one-of-worlds-most-pristine-wildernesses-12261088

https://theconversation.com/how-fracking-plans-could-affect-shared-water-resources-in-southern-africa-147684

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-unesco-raises-concerns-over-vancouver-company-reconafricas-oil-project/

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-as-calgarys-reconafrica-drills-for-namibian-oil-a-global-outcry-over/

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-canadian-firm-eyes-namibia-oil-boom-sparking-environmental-fears-in/

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-canadian-oil-firms-consultant-sparks-controversy-by-attacking-african/

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the-decibel/article-the-last-big-battle-over-oil/

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/letters/article-june-5-as-a-canadian-i-am-ashamed-that-this-canadian-oil-company-is/

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-reconafrica-defends-itself-after-short-seller-says-canadian-oil/

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-globe-climate-oil-political-connections-protests-and-elephants/

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jun/20/new-oilfield-in-african-wilderness-threatens-lives-of-130000-elephants

https://thehill.com/changing-america/opinion/530591-we-cant-sacrifice-africas-okavango-delta-for-oil

https://www.namibian.com.na/206633/archive-read/Environmentalists-rebuff-Okavango-oil-exploration

https://www.namibian.com.na/100848/read/Alweendo-excited-over-working-petroleum-system-in-Kavango

https://www.namibian.com.na/208418/archive-read/Wildlife-fund-warns-against-Kavango-drilling

https://www.namibian.com.na/209437/archive-read/No-fracking-licence-considered—ministry

https://www.namibian.com.na/101068/read/Concern-for-elephants-in-Okavango-Basin-grows

https://www.namibian.com.na/208788/archive-read/Canadian-oil-driller-threatens-to-sue-The-Namibian

https://www.namibian.com.na/205038/archive-read/Govt-in-fracking-denial

https://e360.yale.edu/features/a-big-oil-project-in-africa-threatens-the-fragile-okavango-region

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