Central Kalahari Game Reserve
For the radio station, see CKGR-FM
Central Kalahari Game Reserve is an extensive
History
The
In 2014 a diamond mine called Ghaghoo operated by Gem Diamonds opened in the southeast portion of the reserve. The company estimated that the mine could yield $4.9 billion worth of diamonds. The Rapaport Diamond Report, a diamond-industry pricing guide, stated, "Ghaghoo's launch was not without controversy [...] given its location on the ancestral land of the Bushmen".[5]
A huge bush fire in and around the park in the middle of September 2008 burnt around 80 percent of the reserve. The origin of the fire remains unknown.[6][7]
Geography
The land is mostly flat, and gently undulating covered with bush and grasses covering the
Wildlife
The Central Kalahari Game Reserve hosts
The most common trees are species of acacia and terminalia.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Central Kalahari Game Reserve - Attractions - Tourism of Botswana". Archived from the original on 2011-05-05. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
- ^ Central Kalahari Game Reserve - Botswana Archived October 19, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Go2Africa.com". Go2Africa.com. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
- Dixon, Robyn (28 February 2015). "In Botswana reserve, Bushmen still being deprived of rights". Los Angeles Times. Johannesburg.
- ^ Miller, Jeff (5 September 2014). "Gem Diamonds Opens Its Underground Ghaghoo Mine". Rapaport | Diamonds.Net.
- ^ "Report and satellite image from NASA". Earthobservatory.nasa.gov. 2008-08-29. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
- ^ Michon Scott; Rebecca Lindsey (26 September 2008). "Huge Bushfire in the Kalahari". NASA Earth Observatory. Retrieved 3 May 2011.