GABORONE, Apr 23 (IPS) - Each January, a giant pulse of water from heavy
summer rains over the south of Angola enters the Okavango River
system and begins a five-month journey through Namibia to a
richly biodiverse swamp in Botswana's Kalahari desert. The
river is a rarity, scarcely disturbed by human development along
its 1,100 kilometre length: shaping its future is the delicate
task of the Okavango River Basin Commission.
