The Okavango Delta, Where Climate Change Is A Blatant And Brutal Reality

The Okavango Delta, Where Climate Change Is A Blatant And Brutal Reality

MAUN – Benson, 54, knows exactly which herbs he can use as mosquito repellents. That is very useful knowledge in Botswana's Okavango Delta, where he was born and lives, as mosquitoes can transmit malaria and other diseases. He also knows which plants elephants eat to facilitate digestion in their large stomachs. "When I was little, before the country’s development, we used their dung to make soccer balls. We would take the largest ones, wrap the…