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Okavango Delta

Contributing IUCN constituents: BirdLife InternationalBirdLife Botswana

Project Details

NameOkavango Delta
Description
Contributing IUCN ConstituentBirdLife InternationalBirdLife Botswana
Start Date5/12/2005
End Date12/31/2029
Conservation Actions
Needed annual budget-
Total annual budget-
Staff♀ - | ♂ -
Beneficiaries♀ - | ♂ -

Potential reduction of species extinction risk resulting from threat abatement actions

Absolute value (STAR)

110.6

14.1% of the total biodiversity conservation potential of Botswana is covered by this project.

782

0.3% of Africa's biodiversity conservation potential is from Botswana.

233,189.9

19.1% of global biodiversity conservation potential is from Africa.

This stacked bar chart represents the relative disaggregation of the selected contribution's total potential opportunity for reducing global species extinction risk through taking actions to abate different threats to species within its boundaries. The percentages refer to the amount of the total opportunity that could potentially be achieved through abating that particular threat.

% Contribution of threats to species extinction

3.39%
War, civil unrest & military exercises
3.67%
Other ecosystem modifications
4.48%
Agricultural & forestry effluents
4.69%
Other
5.27%
Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases
5.84%
Droughts
7.62%
Annual & perennial non-timber crops
10.66%
Livestock farming & ranching
10.68%
Dams & water management/use
26.72%
Hunting & collecting terrestrial animals

Threat type