Central Kalahari Game Reserve
A vast Kalahari sanctuary of ancient dunes, fossil rivers, and enduring Bushmen heritage.
This reserve, founded in 1961, spans 52,800 km² and ranks as the globe's second-biggest game reserve.[1]
Geography and history
The San people (Bushmen) have inhabited these lands as nomadic hunters for thousands of years.[2] A nationwide hunting ban made their traditional hunter-gatherer lifestyle illegal, while private game ranches could offer hunting for tourists.[3] The landscape is predominantly level and softly rolling, featuring bushes, grasses, and sand dunes.[4] Salt pans appear in ancient river valleys; one example is Deception Valley, whose formation started roughly 16,000 years ago.[4]
By 1997, three-quarters of the San had been moved; after renewed forced removals in October 2005, only about 250 people remained living there permanently.[4] In 2014, the Ghaghoo diamond mine, run by Gem Diamonds, began operations in the reserve's southeastern part.[5] A large wildfire in September 2008 destroyed roughly 80% of the park; its cause is not known.[6]
References
- Wikipedia, "Central Kalahari Game Reserve" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Central Kalahari Game Reserve - Attractions - Tourism of Botswana" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Central Kalahari Game Reserve" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Central Kalahari Game Reserve - Botswana (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Central Kalahari Game Reserve" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Dixon, "In Botswana reserve, Bushmen still being deprived of rights", Los Angeles Times, 28 February 2015 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Central Kalahari Game Reserve" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Go2Africa.com", Go2Africa.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Central Kalahari Game Reserve" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Miller, Jeff, "Gem Diamonds Opens Its Underground Ghaghoo Mine", <nowiki>Rapaport, 5 September 2014 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Central Kalahari Game Reserve" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Report and satellite image from NASA", Earthobservatory.nasa.gov, 2008-08-29; Michon Scott, "Huge Bushfire in the Kalahari", NASA Earth Observatory, 26 September 2008 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
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