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OKAVANGO ETERNAL PROTECTING A NATURAL WONDER
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DE BEERS AND NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PARTNER TO PROTECT A NATURAL WONDER
De Beers and National Geographic have launched Okavango Eternal, a five-year partnership to help address one of the most critical conservation challenges in Africa: protecting the source waters of the Okavango Delta and the lives and livelihoods they support.
The commitment builds on the efforts of the National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project (NGOWP), who have been working with governments, conservation organisations and local communities to study the Delta and its wider Basin since 2015. As part of its commitment to sustainability, enshrined in its ‘Building Forever’ framework, De Beers joined National Geographic
in 2021 to extend this work, with the aim of helping to protect endangered species, ensure water and food security for more than one million people and develop livelihood opportunities for 10,000 people, as part of a critical inward investment to underpin the resilience and long-term recovery of the region in the years ahead.
The Okavango Basin, spanning southern Angola, eastern Namibia and northern Botswana, is the main source of water for the Okavango Delta. Located in northern Botswana, the Okavango Delta is one of Africa’s most important ecosystems, unrivalled in its biodiversity, and home to the world’s largest remaining elephant population as well as lions, cheetahs, wild dogs,
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