The Okavango Delta, Botswana’s sprawling inland oasis of papyrus channels, hippos, and fish-catching owls, has long been one of Africa’s last untouched wildernesses. But a new global conservation assessment warns that this wetland wonder is showing troubling signs of strain. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has classified the delta’s condition as “good with some concerns” — a cautious phrase that belies the mounting environmental and economic pressures threatening one of the world’s most celebrated ecosystems.
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