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Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>Environmental conservation education should be added to the school curriculum and supported with greater investment, according to Okavango Wilderness Safaris .<\/p>\n

Programme coordinator at Okavango Wilderness Safaris, Moalosi Lebekwe, lamented the fact that Environmental Science Education (ESE) is non-existent in Botswana due to several challenges, including a lack of resources and because training in the subject would need to be held outdoors.<\/p>\n

Lebekwe said that taking care of the environment is not highly prioritised but is a critical aspect of development. Okavango Wilderness Safaris hosted a camp for 30 girls under its foundation, Children in the Wilderness \u2013 Botswana, at James Sausage Tree Camp in Etosha.<\/p>\n

The camp was sponsored by the American Embassy to the tune of approximately \u00a318,500 for a period of one year. The theme of the camp was \u2018Conservation Science Camp for Girls in Rural Areas,\u2019 and the participants, school girls from Ngambao Junior Secondary School in Seronga, were trained and equipped with skills in environmental conservation.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Botswana. Environmental conservation education should be added to the school curriculum and supported with greater investment, according to Okavango Wilderness Safaris . Programme coordinator at Okavango Wilderness Safaris, Moalosi Lebekwe, lamented the fact that Environmental Science Education (ESE) is non-existent in Botswana due to several challenges, including a lack of resources and because […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":2647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,13,16],"tags":[233,237,234],"class_list":["post-2648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-social","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-botswana","tag-botswana"],"yoast_head":"\nConservation camp in Botswana encourages young girls to care for the environment - Botswana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Environmental conservation education should be added to the school curriculum and supported with greater investment, acc ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/conservation-camp-in-botswana-encourages-young-girls-to-care-for-the-environment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Conservation camp in Botswana encourages young girls to care for the environment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Environmental conservation education should be added to the school curriculum and supported with greater investment, acc ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/conservation-camp-in-botswana-encourages-young-girls-to-care-for-the-environment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Botswana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-02-16T13:56:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-02-16T16:22:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/02\/img-620d24b9cda59.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"990\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"730\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/conservation-camp-in-botswana-encourages-young-girls-to-care-for-the-environment#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/conservation-camp-in-botswana-encourages-young-girls-to-care-for-the-environment\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Conservation camp in Botswana encourages young girls to care for the environment\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-02-16T13:56:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-16T16:22:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/conservation-camp-in-botswana-encourages-young-girls-to-care-for-the-environment\"},\"wordCount\":181,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/conservation-camp-in-botswana-encourages-young-girls-to-care-for-the-environment#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/02\/img-620d24b9cda59.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Botswana\",\"Botswana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"Social\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/conservation-camp-in-botswana-encourages-young-girls-to-care-for-the-environment#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/conservation-camp-in-botswana-encourages-young-girls-to-care-for-the-environment\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/conservation-camp-in-botswana-encourages-young-girls-to-care-for-the-environment\",\"name\":\"Conservation camp in Botswana encourages young girls to care for the environment - 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