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Call for permanent moratorium on exploration and mining activities for uranium in the Stampriet Transboundary Aquifer System.

By Mareike Voigts, Echart Foertsch and Vera CorryNamibian Organic Association The Namibian Organic Association is a member-based association to further organic agriculture across all sectors and for all Namibians. Our association consists of farmers, consumers, and traders of organic goods. We are deeply concerned about the aggressive push to mine uranium from the Stampriet Transboundary...

Stampriet Aquifer Uranium Association opposes mining activity
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Stampriet Aquifer Uranium Association opposes mining activity

The Stampriet Aquifer Uranium Association remains adamant that the proposed mining activity on one of the aquifers that contains abundant and precious water should not continue as planned by the Uranium One group. The association presented their scientific findings through a geologist, Dr. Roy Miller, to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Natural Resources, Economic, and...

Aquifer to continue watering Ohangwena – Windhoek Observer
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Aquifer to continue watering Ohangwena – Windhoek Observer

Chamwe Kaira The government is committed to the sustainable utilisation of the Ohangwena II aquifer to ensure a continuous water supply to the residents of the Ohangwena Region. According to Jona Musheko, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform, the ministry has been tapping into this aquifer for some time now...