Editing Kalahari Desert (section)

==Kalahari, San and diamonds==
{{See also|Ancestral land conflict in Botswana}}

In 1996, [[De Beers]] evaluated the potential of diamond mining at Gope. In 1997, the eviction of the San and [[Bakgalagadi]] tribes in the [[Central Kalahari Game Reserve]] from their land began.<ref name=heartofdryness2009>
{{cite book
|title=Heart of Dryness
|first=James
|last=Workman
|pages=323
|publisher=Walker Publishing
|year=2009
}}</ref>
In 2006, a Botswana High Court ruled in favor of the San and Bakgalagadi tribes in the reserve, finding their eviction unlawful. The Government of Botswana granted a permit to De Beers' Gem Diamonds/Gope Exploration Company (Pty) Ltd. to conduct mining activities within the reserve.<ref name=survival>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.survivalinternational.org/news/5600
|title=UN report condemns Botswana's treatment of Bushmen
|date=3 March 2010
|access-date=31 March 2013
|publisher=Survival for Tribal Peoples
}}</ref>