Canadian oil company illegally bulldozes protected land in Africa: Farms, water, and endangered wildlife are threatened as ReconAfrica expands its operations despite violations [National Geographic, 2022]

Title:

Canadian oil company illegally bulldozes protected land in Africa: Farms, water, and endangered wildlife are threatened as ReconAfrica expands its operations despite violations

 

Authors:

Jeffrey Barbee & Laurel Neme

 

Published:

National Geographic, 23 February 2022

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From the article:

Once, the only marks on the ground in remote northeastern Namibia were the round, flat footprints of elephants; the cloven-hoofed spoor of giraffes, elands, sable antelopes, and cattle; and the tracks of a few four-wheel drive vehicles.   

 

Now, imprints of massive tractor tires and octagonal “thumper” plates used to locate oil and gas deposits scar the fragile landscape. The newly bulldozed roads are strewn with dead trees and bushes.