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Resilient Waters Programe Holds Transboundary Fisheries Management Consultations
Thursday, September 17, 2020

The Transboundary Fisheries Management Plan for the Cubango-Okavango River Basin (CORB) was formulated under the auspices of the Joint Permanent Commission of Cooperation (JPCC) between Botswana and Namibia. With the aim of establishing a joint fisheries monitoring system between the two...

OKACOM International Cooperating Partners (ICP) Forum
Wednesday, September 9, 2020

The 4th OKACOM International Cooperating Partners (ICP) Forum was  held  virtually on the 8 September 2020  and brought together the representatives of several ICPs  currently working with the Commssion to support the implementation of the Strategic Action Programme (SAP). The...

CORB Fund Aims to Mobilise Resources for Long Term Sustainability
Tuesday, September 8, 2020

The recently established Cubango-Okavango River Basin Fund (CORB Fund) is a fully independent hybrid fund that aims to enhance livelihoods, improve ecosystem resilience and provide equitable benefits to the riparian states of Angola, Botswana and Namibia, in the shared river basin. Registered on...

Climate Smart Horticulture Enhances Livelihoods in Botswana
Tuesday, September 1, 2020

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with financing from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) is providing technical and financial support to the Permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission (OKACOM) on its Strategic Action Programme (SAP) implementation. A key component of this...

Aquatic Ecological Monitoring in the Cubango-Okavango River Basin
Friday, June 5, 2020

The long-term beneficial use of the shared Cubango-Okavango River Basin (CORB) waters depends upon the joint sustainable management of its water and land resources. The CORB which is considered relatively undisturbed, is one of the Basins with limited long term environmental...

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