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New Oilfield In African Wilderness Threatens Lives Of 130,000 Elephants

"Exploratory project in Botswana and Namibia is threat to ecosystems, local communities and wildlife, conservationists say"

"Tens of thousands of African elephants are under threat from plans for a massive new oilfield in one of the continent’s last great wildernesses, experts have warned.

Campaigners and conservationists fear the proposed oilfield stretching across Namibia and Botswana would devastate regional ecosystems and wildlife as well as local communities.

The plans are the latest threat to elephants in the region, hundreds of which have died mysteriously in the past year. Scientists are trying to find the cause of the deaths but believe they may be linked to a rising amount of toxic algae – caused by global heating – in their waterholes."

Matthew Taylor reports for the Guardian June 20, 2021.

Source: Guardian, 06/22/2021