05
Mar
Chamwe Kaira Namibia is strengthening its technical and scientific capacity as it prepares to defend its extended continental shelf claim before the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf. The continental shelf refers to the part of the ocean floor that is shallower than the deep sea and usually follows the outline of the continent. Its width differs from place to place. In some areas the seabed drops close to land, while in other areas it stretches hundreds of kilometres into the ocean. Namibia’s Walvis Ridge forms part of this wider seabed structure. To support its claim,…
