Goal

The natural resources within the Okavango Delta and the connected water reservoirs remain protected from oil drilling and/or fracking.

FROM Commitment: Protect Resources & Indigenous Seeds

Civil Society Organisation / Namibia

Nutrition and Food Security Alliance of Namiba

Date made: 05 Dec 2021
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit | 2021 UN Food Systems Summit
Verification status Verified Find out more
NAF SMARTness index Upper moderate Find out more
Targeted location Sub-national - Kavango East and Kavango West in particular, but also other regions of Namibia where concerns arise.
Targeted population Overall population (all ages, both sexes)
Primary indicator Oil exploration in the Okavango and other risky endeavours have been prevented.
Primary indicator baseline Recon Africa is still exploring and considers fracking
Primary indicator target Oil drilling and mining in sensitive areas has been prevented.
Duration April, 2020 - December, 2040

Goal action plan

Advocate together with members and partners in person and online on various levels to prevent Recon Africa from continuing the very risky and questionable efforts to drill and/or frack for oil in the highly sensitive Okavango Delta area in Northern Namibia, which is connected to several water basins that lead into central Namibia.

Other very risky mining efforts that threaten water supply and other resources also need to be prevented to protect the lives of people and the environment, whereby NAFSAN (and its members and partners) plays an important advocacy role in this regard.

Nutrition Action Classification

Enabling

  • Financial
  • Operational
  • Leadership and governance
  • Research monitoring and data

Policy

  • Food environment
  • Food supply chain
  • Consumer knowledge
  • Nutrition care services

Impact

  • Undernutrition
  • Diet
  • Obesity and diet-related NCDs
  • Food and nutrition security

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