Fracking industry threatens to destroy one of the few remaining global wildernesses
The Botswana government has quietly sold the rights to frack for shale gas in one of Africa’s largest protected conservation areas, it has emerged.
The Kgalagadi transfrontier park, which spans the border with South Africa, is an immense 3 6,000 sq km wilderness, home to gemsbok desert antelope, black-maned Kalahari lions and pygmy falcons. But conservationists and top park officials – who were not informed of the fracking rights sale – are now worried about the impact of drilling on wildlife.
Full coverage here: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/dec/02/botswana-sells-fracking-rights-in-national-park
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