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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...

OKACOM Community Consultations a Success
Thursday, March 5, 2020

To guide OKACOM on where to focus support for building  resilience of rural livelihoods within the Basin, a series of community consultations were held with the support of partners who have a similar interest supporting livelihood resilience including the EU-funded programme, USAID Resilient...

Freshwater Health Index for The Basin
Wednesday, March 4, 2020

In partnership with Conservation International (CI) and Gabinete para Administração da Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Cunene (GABHIC), OKACOM held a two day workshop on the Freshwater Health Index (FHI) on 3-4 March 2020 in Luanda, Angola. The FHI is a tool which evaluates different indicators of...

Regional Consultations on OKACOM Data Sharing Protocol
Wednesday, February 12, 2020

OKACOM with support from the European Union (EU) through the Technical Assistance for the Programme for Transboundary Water Management in the Cubango-Okavango River Basin (CORB) has been working to improve its data sharing procedures through consultations with the three member states of Angola,...

The Resilient Waters Program Launched in Angola
Tuesday, September 24, 2019

OKACOM and USAID Southern Africa jointly launched USAID’s Resilient Waters Program in Menongue, Angola on 24 September, 2019. The launch brought together 45 local stakeholders which included representatives from the Ministry of Energy and Water of Angola, Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) -...

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