sniktawk

The new "cheap" Wilderness company gets of to a roaring start!

http://www.survival-international.org/news/3266

mkhonzo

Ouch....
Rome collapsed too.

atravelynn

Not good. Is this one of the new Wilderness less expensive accommodations?

Is Safari and Adventure Company a Wilderness spin off?

sniktawk

Yes this is the new Wilderness subsidiary there website can be viewed at

http://www.safariadventurecompany.com/

Kavey

If it's illegal how are they getting away with it? That's outrageous! Anymore information/ articles?

sniktawk

Here is another link to the same story

http://allafrica.com/stories/200804151042.html

It would not be for me to sugest that the response to your question is money, also the Botswanan government is known for its disgraceful treatment of "Bushmen".

sniktawk

And another, which includes US Government comments
http://allafrica.com/stories/200804140160.html

Kavey

Yes I have read many many times about the apalling treatment of Bushmen in Botswana and that the government often breaks it's own guidelines in this regard.

I can't imagine how this can be stopped given that the government clearly do not care what people think.

atravelynn

This is terrible. A quote from the article,

"The government has the gall to tell the Bushmen to make the 400km round trip to collect water from outside the reserve when tourists will be showering and sipping their drinks nearby. It’s against the most basic human rights and is, of course, illegal – in other words, pretty normal stuff for the Botswana government where the Bushmen are concerned. Many tourists will stay away when they know the background.’

What I am wondering is: Could this development on a more basic scale with limited water use (after all it is the desert) somehow benefit the local people? Could this be turned around for the positive if laws were not broken or if laws were changed to favor the Bushmen?

Or is the mere premise of any tourism facility in the area a terrible slap at the people who live there because they will continue to be denied access to water?

Would a note to Wilderness help?

Nyamera

Here’s Survival’s main “Bushmen page”: http://www.survival-international.org/tribes/bushmen There’re some ideas about what you could do and at the bottom there’re links to the most recent news.

And here’s the Bushmen’s own website: http://www.iwant2gohome.org/index.htm