“Hope is the last thing to die.” - A popular Angolan saying Joining a team of researchers, scientists, film producers, and locals, Richard Bangs @richardjbangs set out on an #expedition in May to find the true source of the #Lungwevungu river in #Angola, Central Africa. The big question is: how do you define a river’s true source and how do you conserve it? This expedition plays a crucial part in a larger scope, called the #Okavango Wilderness Project, which intends to survey the many lakes, streams, swales, and rivers in the Angolan highlands that make up the life-nurturing watershed for both the #Zambezi and the #OkavangoRiver. The O#kavangoDelta is “one of the greatest cradles of #biodiversity on earth and #Africa’s last remaining and largest intact wetland wilderness”. (from Bangs’ expedition journal “Cry of the Okavango”) Bangs is part of a team that fights to champion a network of protected areas in the Okavango area that create a corridor from the river source to this delta. They believe tourism could be the key. Repost from our @explorersclub_socal Chapter. #PhotoOfTheDay ____________ #explorers #exploration #conservation #environment #environmental #explorersclub #theexplorersclub #explorersclubmember #photooftheweek