Zambezi Region with the United Kingdom. Leo von Caprivi arranged for the Caprivi strip to be annexed to German South West Africa in order to give Germany access to the Zambezi River as part of the Heligoland-Zanzibar Treaty. The German motivation behind the swap was to acquire a strip of land linking German South West Africa with the Zambezi River, providing easy access to Tanganyika (Tanzania) and an outlet to the Indian Ocean. Unfortunately for the Germans, the British colonisation of Rhodesia (Zimbabwe and Zambia) stopped them well upstream of Victoria Falls, which proved a considerable barrier to navigation on the Zambezi.
Flow: For Love of Water diseases worldwide. The root causes of this crisis range from pesticide and chemical runoff, to simply not having access to clean water due to economic or political factors. As of 2008, 70% of the world’s water was used for agricultural needs. With agricultural upkeep comes heavy pesticide and chemical use. As the land drains, these chemicals flow into the river systems and alter ecosystems. Altrazine and its health effects on mammals and amphibians is discussed briefly while mentioning its ban in the European Union, however, it is still used in the U.S. The film also spends a lengthy amount of