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Botswana Selected Environmental Indicators Digest 2020 BOTSWANA SELECTED ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS DIGEST 2020 BOTSWANA SELECTED ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS DIGEST 2020 1 Published by STATISTICS BOTSWANA Private Bag 0024, Gaborone Tel: 3671300 Fax: 3952201 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.statsbots.org.bw Contact Section: Environment Statistics Unit Four Thirty Square Plot 54350, PG Matante Road, CBD Gaborone ISBN: 978-99968-907-8-9 (PAPER BACK) June 2021 2 BOTSWANA SELECTED ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS DIGEST 2020 BOTSWANA SELECTED ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS DIGEST 2020 BOTSWANA SELECTED ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS DIGEST 2020 3 PREFACE This report is the second edition in a series of the Selected Environmental Indicators Digests of Botswana. It presents the latest available statistics and trends on environmental resource availability; resource use; waste resulting from resource use; as well as associated disasters that may occur as a result of the use. The United Nations Framework for Development of Environment Statistics guided the production of this Report. The report covers Energy; Water; Forestry; Wildlife; and Waste. Information presented in this report is vital for evidence based environmental planning and management. It also provides a basis for monitoring progress towards the attainment of Vision 2036 and the Sustainable Development Goals. Secondary data was used in the production of the Report, most notably from the Department of Primary Health; Department of Water and Sanitation; Water Utilities Corporation; Department of Energy; Department of Forestry and Range Resources; and Department of Wildlife and National Parks. I wish to recognise these stakeholders for the collaboration and the immense input they made. I remain grateful for the invaluable contributions towards the preparation of this Report. For more information and further enquiries, contact the Directorate of Stakeholder Relations at 3671300. All Statistics Botswana outputs are available on the website at www.statsbots.org.bw, and at Statistics Botswana Information Resource Centre (Head Office, Gaborone). ____________________ Dr Burton S. Mguni Statistician General June 2021 4 BOTSWANA SELECTED ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS DIGEST 2020 TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................4 List of Abbreviations..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................7 Executive Summary.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................8 Energy......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................8 Water........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................8 Forestry...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................8 Wildlife....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................8 Waste.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................8 1.0 ENERGY STATISTICS................... ................................................................................................................................................................9 1.1. Total Final Energy Consumption (TFEC)......................................................................................................................................................................9 1.2. Energy Intensity by Economic Sector.........................................................................................................................................................................10 1.3. Energy Production.............................................................................................................................................................................................................12 1.4. Total Primary Energy Supply (TPES)............................................................................................................................................................................13 1.5. Final Electricity Consumption........................................................................................................................................................................................14 1.6. Coal Statistics......................................................................................................................................................................................................................15 2.0 WATER STATISTICS...................................................................................................................................................................................17 2.1. Dam Levels...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................17 2.1.1. Dry and Wet Season Dam Levels Percentage Change......................................................................................................................................18 2.2. Water Production...............................................................................................................................................................................................................19 2.2.1. Water Production by Management Centres..........................................................................................................................................................20 2.2.2. Water Production by Settlements............................................................................................................................................................................23 2.3. Water Consumption..........................................................................................................................................................................................................26 2.4. Non-Revenue Water..........................................................................................................................................................................................................28 2.5. Water to Mines....................................................................................................................................................................................................................29 3.0 FORESTRY..................................................................................................................................................................................................31 3.1. Trends in Forest Cover in Botswana............................................................................................................................................................................31 3.2. Pressures on Forests........................................................................................................................................................................................................33 3.2.1 Fire Incidences.................................................................................................................................................................................................................33 4.0 WILDLIFE STATISTICS...............................................................................................................................................................................37 4.1. Poaching...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................37 4.1.1 Poaching Incidences.......................................................................................................................................................................................................37 4.2. Problem Animal Control (PAC) Incidences....................................................................................................................................................................39 4.2.1 Trends in Problem Animal Incidences......................................................................................................................................................................39
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