This section includes recent campaigns not covered under those listed in C.2. or in Vol. 2. B.2. Indigenous Resistance to threats to their Environment.
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C.3.d. Climate Related Campaigns since 2015
Green outlines plans by the Canadian oil and gas company Recon Africa to create a huge oil and gas field in the Okavango valley area, which includes large areas of both Namibia and Botswana and is at present a sanctuary for wildlife and home to about 2 million people. Both African and international green organizations are mobilizing to stop the project. Recon Africa are already drilling under exploratory licenses.