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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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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...

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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...

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