Renewables readiness assessment: Botswana
Botswana has considerable unexploited renewable energy potential, especially as solar, wind and bioenergy and aims to use these renewables to achieve economic energy security and independence. Botswana
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eBay is outselling the darknet in the illegal wildlife trade, fret researchers
Repeated searches of markets on the dark web have found negligible trace of illegal wildlife products. This news is troubling, conservationists say, because it suggests that traders are content to
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eBay is outselling the darknet in the illegal wildlife trade, fret researchers
Repeated searches of markets on the dark web have found negligible trace of illegal wildlife products. This news is troubling, conservationists say, because it suggests that traders are content to
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Ivory seizures hit record levels last year, report says
Ivory seizures around the world hit record levels last year, with elephant poaching in Africa declining for a fifth year in a row, a report says. About 40 tonnes of trafficked ivory was recovered, the
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Anthrax detected in Botswana after death of hippos
GABORONE – Anthrax has been detected in dead hippos floating in the Okavango River, officials in Botswana said on Wednesday, after more than 100 of the animals were suspected to have been killed by the
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Nine elephants accidentally electrocuted in Botswana
Nine elephants were electrocuted in central Botswana in a freak accident near the village of Dukwi. The elephants died after they knocked down overhead power lines while jostling to drink water from
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Botswana aims to eradicate AIDS by 2020
GABORONE Botswana (Xinhua) -- Botswana plans to eradicate HIV by 2020, a decade earlier than a target set by the United Nations, the African country’s health minister said Friday. Botswana continues
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Botswana secures Italian sponsorship for renewable energy
GABORONE – Botswana has secured a 23 million Pula sponsorship from the Italian government in an effort to boost the country’s renewable energy sector. This comes against the backdrop of a Memorandum
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Statistics Botswana reports a 63.9% decrease in power imports
According to figures released by Statistics Botswana during the first quarter of 2017 power generation imports decreased. Comparing figures from the first quarter of 2016, Statistics Botswana indicated
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Botswana suspends exports of donkey products
JOHANNESBURG - The Botswana government announced on Tuesday that they have suspended export licenses for donkeys and donkey products such as meat and hides. Botswana Ministry of Agricultural Development
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Botswana: Khama Releases Rhinos Into Sowa Park
Sowa Town — President Lt Gen. Dr Seretse Khama Ian Khama has released four rhinos into Sowa Town Park located in the Botash mine lease area. Speaking in an interview after the release on July 1 during