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Current environmental issues in Botswana are overgrazing, desertification and the existence of only limited fresh water resources. Research from scientists has found that the common practice of overstocking cattle to cope with drought losses actually depletes scarce biomass , making ecosystems more vulnerable.
The following is a list of ecoregions in Botswana, according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF). Terrestrial ecoregions.
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Environmental issues in Botswana (1 P) Environmental organisations based in Botswana (2 P) G. ... Protected areas of Botswana (3 C, 4 P) W. Water in Botswana (4 C, 2 P)
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Botswana, [c] officially the Republic of Botswana, [d] is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory part of the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the south and southeast, Namibia to the west and north, Zambia to the north and Zimbabwe to the northeast.
The next day I called Jim Luz, the environmental guy at the Department of Environmental Conservation office in Utica, who outlined the problem for me. Clinton’s sewer plant could trap solid waste.
[7] [8] Botswana experiences low rainfall and the rainfall patterns change which negatively affects the agricultural sector. Due to the state of rainfall in Botswana, which is very unreliable, there has been a reduction in hectares ploughed. Heavy rains wash away the topsoil and seeds during the ploughing season and this results in very low yields.