The reports show how the company allegedly didn’t adequately consult with local communities about the full drilling plan as required by #Namibian law; intimidated local opponents; violated its promise to line its drilling waste pits to prevent groundwater pollution; failed to secure legally required water and land permits; drilled inside Kapinga Kamwalye Conservancy without legal rights, and bulldozed roads illegally through protected areas.

#BigOil #KeepItInTheGround

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/oil-drilling-reconafrica-okavango-watershed-protected-wilderness

We were strongl adised to NOT take the road after Kazungula directly to the #namibian border. Instead we took the deroute through #Botswana. After 6 hours, 2 bordercrossings and lots of beautiful landscape we arrived in Katima Mulilo. So hot 🔥.

No, the baboons didn‘t do the car inspection. They surely would have found the hidden gems. 🐒

#africa #travel #uaz452 #buchanka

#African #FossilFriday

Many of the oldest #fossils from the countries of the #Zambezi Basin come from #Namibia 🇳🇦, so we're returning there this week to meet the #Carboniferous #fish Namaichthys schroederi. It was an early member of a group with a bright future: the #Actinopterygii, or ray-finned #fishes, which, since Namaichthys swam the #Namibian seas 300 million years, has #evolved into by far the most diverse group of #vertebrates.

Figures from Gardiner 1962

https://www.palass.org/sites/default/files/media/publications/palaeontology/volume_5/vol5_part1_pp9-21.pdf

#African #FossilFriday

#Namibia 🇳🇦 has yielded many #fossils of #Ediacarans, ~600 million year old #organisms that shed light on the early #evolution of #animals. One iconic #Ediacaran, #Rangea, was first described from Namibia, where a few #specimens are preserved in #3D, giving an idea of what this #ancient #enigma might have looked like when alive.

Photo from Vickers-Rich et al., 2013 (co-authored by members of the #Namibian #Geological Survey)

https://doi.org/10.1666/12-074R.1

The law suit filed against the #German-#Namibian Joint Declaration on #reparations for the crimes committed against #Nama and #Herero could contribute to the establishment of minimum legal standards for such processes, writes Karina Theurer. https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/litigating-reparations/

All directions with Whiskyfun's Serge Valentine.
France, Namibia, England, Germany, New Zealand and Canada: whisky around the world once more
https://www.whiskyfun.com/#200123

St Wendelin 'Le Souffle Marno-Calcaire' France
Ondjaba 'The #Namibian Whisky'
Bimber 'The 1st Peated' #English
Elsburn 'The Journey 2022' #German
Cardrona 5 yo 'Growing Wings' #NewZealand
J.P. Wiser's 40 yo 1982/2022 'The Apprenticeship' #Canadian

#whiskyproeverij #whiskiesOfTheWorld #whisky #Whusjyfun #whiskyfriends

5. To counteract the #skillsgap, targeted knowledge building and transfer in parts of the #hydrogen value chain would be a decisive step for the long-term development of the #Namibian labour market and to include the now marginalised groups.

5. To counteract the #skillsgap, targeted knowledge building and transfer in parts of the #hydrogen value chain would be a decisive step for the long-term development of the #Namibian labour market and to include the now marginalised groups.

3. The #EU could oblige the multinational companies involved to make #quotas of the electricity produced available to the #Namibian population at favourable tariffs.

3. The #EU could oblige the multinational companies involved to make #quotas of the electricity produced available to the #Namibian population at favourable tariffs.

2. The state revenues from the #greenHydrogen industry could be used for expanding the #Namibian electricity grid.

2. The state revenues from the #greenHydrogen industry could be used for expanding the #Namibian electricity grid.

Attending the debate around Namibian masculinity 2022… What it means to be a man? A lady? Can youth deconstruct the narrative controlling their lives? negative stereotypes but there is a light of hope in the tunnel.
RT @philippetalave1: Happening tonight at Goethe Institute- don’t miss it and be part of ‘the caring Namibian man’ revolution @rodelio_lewis @jamesitana #caring #namibian #man

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU2Namibia/status/1559951251290431491