Botswana VS Hardap? Migration of animals and people? Flooding after a drought?
Hardap’s council today was filled with electricity, as new updates kept pouring in and our delegates worked hard to tackle all of the issues at hand. Councils first unmod was spent fighting over which issue they should resolve first. The question of irrigation was repeatedly brought up. The areas of Aranos and Botswana were waterlogged due to flooding and over-irrigation. When questioned about what should be done about the waterlogged areas of Aranos, the idea of building a drainage system was brought up. But this was quickly shot down when an update came in that the rich farmers actually do want their lands to be waterlogged, as it helps them with their agriculture and farming of crops. Since Aranos lands are very fertile one delegate suggested just using the waterlogged lands to increase agriculture and by extension increasing economic development.
Heres the issue; This only helps the rich farmers and not the poor farmers. Poor farmers would most likely not be agreeable to keep their waterlogged lands as it affects their livestock and their farming methods. When asked about moving the farmers, Hercules Jantze shot them down by saying that farmers will most likely say no.
Another issue caused by this flooding is that Hardap has gained the anger of Botswana. As Aranos is in the border of both, both have an equal responsibility to help out those affected. However, only Botswana has made steps to ensure that the issue doesn't get out of hand while Hardap has just been circling around it over and over. This caused a rift between Botswana and Hardap, especially after the botswanan minister called Hardap’s dialogue “brazen and impudent”. To solve this issue, our delegates came up with the idea of first taking tangible action immediately, and then sending out an official apology to Botswana and Aranos.
It is important to note that the regional councilor of Aranos was absent during this council session.
Hercules jantze then emphasized that it was necessary to move onto human-wildlife contact and not just irrigation. The issue of animals moving into farming lands was then considered. With wildlife animals moving into farming lands, livestock is being eaten and are competing for space and food. This greatly affects the farmers and their livelihoods and causes them to migrate to other places. Thus the issue of migration is born. Migration of both animals and people. Animals moving to the west of Aranoss to the area of Khara-khoen Traditional Authorities land and have started competing with livestock for sustenance. Nico harman gave a great idea, taking a few notes from GHANA and saying that using chillis and capsicums would deter animals from further entering the area, but no further build-up was made.
The latest update that happened in the council session was that the Namibia inquiry had chosen to build a wildlife bridge, for the safe transfer of animals from one park to the other. One park cannot continue to support the animals that live there. Now, this will affect the people of Hardap’s lives so it has to be prevented. What will our delegates come up with? Perhaps a joint dialogue with NIPPLE? We will have to wait and see.
Hardap’s council today was filled with electricity, as new updates kept pouring in and our delegates worked hard to tackle all of the issues at hand. Councils first unmod was spent fighting over which issue they should resolve first. The question of irrigation was repeatedly brought up. The areas of Aranos and Botswana were waterlogged due to flooding and over-irrigation. When questioned about what should be done about the waterlogged areas of Aranos, the idea of building a drainage system was brought up. But this was quickly shot down when an update came in that the rich farmers actually do want their lands to be waterlogged, as it helps them with their agriculture and farming of crops. Since Aranos lands are very fertile one delegate suggested just using the waterlogged lands to increase agriculture and by extension increasing economic development.
Heres the issue; This only helps the rich farmers and not the poor farmers. Poor farmers would most likely not be agreeable to keep their waterlogged lands as it affects their livestock and their farming methods. When asked about moving the farmers, Hercules Jantze shot them down by saying that farmers will most likely say no.
Another issue caused by this flooding is that Hardap has gained the anger of Botswana. As Aranos is in the border of both, both have an equal responsibility to help out those affected. However, only Botswana has made steps to ensure that the issue doesn't get out of hand while Hardap has just been circling around it over and over. This caused a rift between Botswana and Hardap, especially after the botswanan minister called Hardap’s dialogue “brazen and impudent”. To solve this issue, our delegates came up with the idea of first taking tangible action immediately, and then sending out an official apology to Botswana and Aranos.
It is important to note that the regional councilor of Aranos was absent during this council session.
Hercules jantze then emphasized that it was necessary to move onto human-wildlife contact and not just irrigation. The issue of animals moving into farming lands was then considered. With wildlife animals moving into farming lands, livestock is being eaten and are competing for space and food. This greatly affects the farmers and their livelihoods and causes them to migrate to other places. Thus the issue of migration is born. Migration of both animals and people. Animals moving to the west of Aranoss to the area of Khara-khoen Traditional Authorities land and have started competing with livestock for sustenance. Nico harman gave a great idea, taking a few notes from GHANA and saying that using chillis and capsicums would deter animals from further entering the area, but no further build-up was made.
The latest update that happened in the council session was that the Namibia inquiry had chosen to build a wildlife bridge, for the safe transfer of animals from one park to the other. One park cannot continue to support the animals that live there. Now, this will affect the people of Hardap’s lives so it has to be prevented. What will our delegates come up with? Perhaps a joint dialogue with NIPPLE? We will have to wait and see.
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