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‘lsiblc from space, llle Okavango Delia. is
Africa’: lasl-rcnlalining piisiinc wetland
wilderness. This shining iii-lla in nllrlhtrn ‘
liiilxivana is ill: ‘Jewel iii lhc Kalahari‘: ‘\ ‘
more valuable than diamonds |(\ the wiiililzi 4,‘
largesl iiianionil piiidiicei.l1ii.s vzlsl alluvial \\
fan is stranded in one of the driest dcsel-is in the wurld.
and depends almiisl enlimly UH flimdwzilais sustained '
by distant. pmlrly ulllicrstlmd wnlmheds in lhe eastern \
Aiigiilin highlands. The work in" me National G¢0g|'Z}.‘hi€ A
okavliiigii Wilderness Piinm (NGOWP) Wnrks every day i \
In inalia siiic llinl lhesc life-giving Waters mnliiiiie l(i rliiw 05 .
llilo the (Jkamngu. Kwando. Lillyanil and (Ihube River ' '
syilciiis in niiillls-in Enlswtlna. ‘ I
in lune 2014, UK‘ delia was listed as our planer: Louulh ‘ . >3.
UNESCO wiiilil Heiiiagi-. a long ()V('Idll(.' accolade riii , " 5:‘
a wilderness bcyullr.‘ aiiiiipiiiisdn. Aflcr iiliniisl ii decade ‘ ; 3 '1
supporllllg [he campaign in have me Okavmgn Della .—‘.-\j I"‘ ,_ I
Cclcbrallctl iii lliis way. lht‘ lliiliwaiia Wild Bird Tilisi. willi v ;
llii» support of llic Nalluiial Geographic siiali-ly, began to V __ ' '
liiiili noiili. up ink) llii- Aiigolaii highlands wlim .ilinii.il ‘ ‘
iill or lhi.‘ Waller i-iiiiies rmiii. llcidic the and iii‘ 2014, the -. i t,
[[1811 llc\vI]y~csI.’\l)Hs|\cd Nailoiial oi-iigniiiiiis oliavaiigii - , J.» >
Wilderness Project team was in Mciloiigiic lllcfling lilc - ‘
Angnlilu lltndcrship, and S0 began flu!‘ sliiied mission : _
in sccllrl: lllc lillure iii‘ one of nur plililelis grcal nnlllral , ., .
wonders and all lilatdcpclldson ii. .
Since 2010. our CXpL‘(H|iUn team has crossed lllc " ' *._ . ’— ‘ ’
()k&|VM1gl) Delia. riiiin the pallhandlc lii Maiiii. |(‘I\ IIITIGS in , I
on |rz|dilinmIldllgdiulcilnucs c-.illcd~iiickiiin':niiw made _ __ , ii I‘ i ‘I 1’ —
nl'l‘ibieglais oiii guidcsa lI\c‘I\I0|‘S aiiil pfllcria the Waycyi “. ’ 9.7 V“ ~ 5 ' ,. _
people. am the ones who made these la.day. 340|(i'n ». i -i = in . \ . V
“nlcg;llr;lnsecl:i" pnssiblc, (caching us how in pole and be 1' .7“ . V ' ' ". ’ ‘
safe in uils \VHdCrnc§S, wliili» Conducting delailed scientific , « ‘ ~ .1 3 .
surveys in lhe rclnotesl pnrls uflhc Okavangu Della. They ' ‘ l
‘Vb .- iii‘ 2’
Puvlails pages: Pholo nl a source lake » The ciliid soliiaa . _: i
laku up in [he iiigiiliiiids is Suflnvndcd by pl-in deposiis, an “,3 hi _ ,4 i_ ,;.i
exciting discovery which helps explain liisw the ciliiis is a slow , '1: ;,'.- .. _ 7‘ in ' - ,
ieleasesysisiiiinidiiie Okavango De!1a.(Phclc.KosIadin '- - _ ,,» ‘= wig‘ - 2 '
Liicliaiisliyi - .l .-;;_j’_‘*-_-1",‘-_.l gg IS‘ _;-‘_ .,
miilislis mu: ris» iindeiwaisi: Researching ilie blodlvnfstly ‘= , 2 is _- ;- 5.’: - , A
alilieaqiialielliewiiliininasaiiieelaldisliasliidseiaiiiiiisiisa }- . QM‘ _«. ~ , :3, i,
gilllelunderslinding olinesysiein asa whole. [Phato‘.Chlis . _»-,. ~37 4 , i- -1 x A. 2 V I-'
Bayes). 1-v .e 5 .._,;\l-‘.; T‘, .;- — ,
Top mm: Gobonamnng Kgetho is one oi several Ba’Yel 1 ~31; - «l ;-~ I
paleis and river guides who have iiavelled wizli ilie ieaiii ta , s ~ 3‘: rs,‘ _
the source wnieis oi irieii Mother Okawrlgo and ieiiiiiisd I0 7 agar .4: K 7
iell lneii iiiands and veil-lily llie sidiies of iiiaii idiiiney. (Photo: V“ ' ‘Xx
Kostadin Luchansky) i ‘ <-' i i.-
nlgm; Moonrise Oval a giant Baobab and palms an one of '- ' e~ , l -
me islands ins ieaiii camped on in me Okavango Della. ' ' :' ,1 , i
Thraughoul the deita, there are various islands. some are and ‘
and scrub. oilieis have liaidwdod ioissls, and sanis look like
Iropicai paiadises. (Phelo: cliiis Bayes)
racing Fan: The antienx landscape of the Cubango Mei. V _
meandering iis way towards Namibia where ii cismis irie :~-'
bdidsi, iiisii ii ioined by in. Curio relvsi lseldis crossing i
Inla Batswana and spreading aiii inio the O|(aVaI'o§0 Dalia _ ~
lsviioial Kosmdin Lucharlsky) ' .
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