Namibia defends drilling in unique biodiversity site

Namibia defends drilling in unique biodiversity site

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Windhoek (AFP) Dec 3, 2020

Namibia's environment minister on Thursday defended a decision to allow oil and gas drilling in a biodiversity hotspot and near UN-listed cave paintings believed to be thousands of years old. Canada-based firm ReconAfrica is set to begin drilling this month in the Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA) - a unique ecological site spanning parts of Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Z

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