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New project to boost sustainable wildlife management and food security in southern Africa
3 February 2021, Rome – FAO and the French Development Agency (AFD) today launched a new 3.5 million Euro project to improve sustainable wildlife management and food security in the world’s largest terrestrial transfrontier conservation area.
Southern Africa’s Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area, which straddles Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe, each year experiences large scale migrations of megafauna, in particular elephants, where 50 percent of the total population of African elephants can be found.
However, the area is also home to poor rural communities whose livelihoods depend on agriculture, fishing and hunting and who are not always able to meet their basic needs due, in part, to erratic rainfall and frequent droughts.
24th January 2021
Botswana’s Ambassador to the United States (U.S) Onkokame Kitso Mokaila has said Botswana is grateful for the US$4.65 million the world’s largest economy has pledged towards the country’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
“Responding to Covid-19, we quickly pivoted to virtual platforms and events. We have also witnessed the remarkable speed and progress the U.S. has made in the vaccine development,” said Mokaila in an interview with
Sunday Standardlast week.
He said there are opportunities that can arise from Botswana’s relations with the U.S in every sector of the economy, including but not limited to education, training, information technology, tourism, hospitality, and environmental management, conservation and wildlife management.