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Enhancing Horticulture Production and Linkage to Higher End Tourism Markets Demonstration Project
Thursday, April 16, 2020

The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) with finance  from Global Environmental Facility (GEF) is providing technical and financial support to OKACOM through the “Support to the Implementation of the Cubango-Okavango River Basin Strategic Action Programme”. A key...

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Conservation Tourism Through Strengthened Partnerships Demonstration Project
Wednesday, March 18, 2020

The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) with finance from Global Environmental Facility (GEF), is providing technical and financial support to OKACOM through the “Support to the Implementation of the Cubango-Okavango River Basin Strateic Action Programme”. A key component of this project...

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OKACOM Celebrates 25 Years of Transboundary
Wednesday, March 11, 2020

The Permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission (OKACOM) will mark 25 years of existence in a Silver Jubilee Celebration on 28-29 April 2020 in Gaborone, Botswana. The two day event is organized by the Ministry of Land Management, Water and Sanitation Services and  will bring together...

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Groundwater Assessment for the CORB
Wednesday, March 11, 2020

An Inception Workshop for the Groundwater Assessment of the Cubango-Okavango River Basin (CORB) was held on 11 March 2020 in Gaborone, Botswana and attended by OKACOM Secretariat, Water Resources Technical Committee (WRTC) members, USAID Resilient Waters Programme.
As part of the UNDP-GEF...

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Joint Surveys for Water Quality & Hydrological Flows Baseline Assessment
Monday, March 9, 2020

The Cubango-Okavango River Basin (CORB) is one of the world’s relatively undisturbed trans-boundary river basin, with unique hydrological and ecological features. It is endowed with diverse natural resources base which support socio-economic development and livelihoods of an estimate of 1.2...

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Photo Credit: Kostatin Luchansky, National Geographic, Okavango Wilderness Project.