5 communications found

Date, Country, Type and ref. no. of communication	Mandates	Summary	Replies received
17 Nov 2021 ReconAfrica JAL OTH 252/2021	business environment indigenous peoples	Information received concerning the impacts of oil and gas exploration and extraction on the lands of the San indigenous peoplesin Namibia and Botswana. The San, who were previously evicted from their traditional territory within the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, have strongly objected to the petroleum exploration and any future extraction that may cause irrevocable damage to the fragile ecosystem and protected areas on which they depend for their physical and cultural survival. The 25-year petroleum exploration licenses over 34,000km/8.4 million acres of lands in Namibia and Botswana traditionally used and occupied by the San peoples was granted to Canadian-based Reconnaissance Oil and Gas (ReconAfrica), through its locally registered subsidiaries and joint ventures, ReconAfrica owns 90 percent of the Namibian side of the deposit, with the government-run National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia owning the remaining 10 percent. Alleged victims: - More details...	14 Jan 2022
17 Nov 2021 National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia JAL OTH 255/2021	indigenous peoples business environment	Information received concerning the impacts of oil and gas exploration and extraction on the lands of the San indigenous peoplesin Namibia and Botswana. The 25-year petroleum exploration licenses over 34,000km/8.4 million acres of lands in Namibia and Botswana traditionally used and occupied by the San peoples was granted to Canadian-based Reconnaissance Oil and Gas (ReconAfrica), through its locally registered subsidiaries and joint ventures, ReconAfrica owns 90 percent of the Namibian side of the deposit, with the government-run National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia owning the remaining 10 percent. The San, who were previously evicted from their traditional territory within the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, have strongly objected to the petroleum exploration and any future extraction that may cause irrevocable damage to the fragile ecosystem and protected areas on which they depend for their physical and cultural survival. Alleged victims: - More details...
17 Nov 2021 Namibia JAL NAM 2/2021	business environment indigenous peoples	Information received concerning the impacts of oil and gas exploration and extraction on the lands of the San indigenous peoples of Namibia and Botswana. A 25-year petroleum exploration license (License No. 73) over 34,000km/8.4 million acres of lands in Namibia traditionally used and occupied by the San peoples was granted to Canadian-based Reconnaissance Oil and Gas (ReconAfrica), through its locally registered subsidiaries and joint ventures, ReconAfrica owns 90 percent of the Namibian side of the deposit, with the government-run National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia owning the remaining 10 percent. The San, who were previously evicted from their traditional territory within the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, have strongly objected to petroleum exploration and any future extraction that may cause irrevocable damage to the fragile ecosystem and protected areas on which they depend for their physical and cultural survival. Alleged victims: - More details...
17 Nov 2021 Canada JAL CAN 7/2021	business environment indigenous peoples	Information received concerning the impacts of oil and gas exploration and extraction on the lands of the San indigenous peoples of Namibia and Botswana. 25-year petroleum exploration licenses over 34,000km/8.4 million acres of lands in Namibia and Botswana traditionally used and occupied by the San peoples were granted to Canadian-based Reconnaissance Oil and Gas (ReconAfrica), through its locally registered subsidiaries and joint ventures, ReconAfrica owns 90 percent of the Namibian side of the deposit, with the government-run National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia owning the remaining 10 percent. The San, who were previously evicted from their traditional territory within the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, have strongly objected to petroleum exploration and any future extraction that may cause irrevocable damage to the fragile ecosystem and protected areas on which they depend for their physical and cultural survival. Alleged victims: - More details...	18 Jan 2022
17 Nov 2021 Botswana JAL BWA 3/2021	business environment indigenous peoples	Information received concerning the impacts of oil and gas exploration and extraction on the lands of the San indigenous peoples of Botswana and Namibia. A 25-year petroleum exploration license over 34,000km/8.4 million acres of lands traditionally used and occupied by the San peoples was granted to the Canadian-based Reconnaissance Oil and Gas (ReconAfrica), through its locally registered subsidiaries and joint ventures.The San, who were previously evicted from their traditional territory within the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, have strongly objected to petroleum exploration and any future extraction that may cause irrevocable damage to the fragile ecosystem and protected areas on which they depend for their physical and cultural survival. Alleged victims: - More details...