Kalahari Desert

Climate change is already having an impact in southern Africa

Current climate change predictions make it ‘very unlikely’ that hornbills will persist across hottest parts of their range, even over the next decade

Opponents also label Canadian oil and gas company’s announcement of working petroleum system in Namibia as premature

Civil society groups have called on Namibia’s agriculture, water and forestry minister to immediately stop a Canadian company from prospecting

Losing birds in the Kalahari has a wider effect. Desert areas are critical to overall evolution in avian species, adding diversity to the species